The winners of the Agent Achievement Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony last night at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.
Advantage members celebrated after winning five out of the seven small agent regional leisure awards plus the TIPTO Independent Proprietor of the Year accolade.
Advantage Travel Centres chief executive John McEwan, who was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award said: “Overall, Advantage members won 12 out of the 32 awards which was a tremendous achievement.”
And the Winner’s are:
The UK Principals’ Regional Leisure Agent Awards of the Year
Northern Ireland
Large Agent: The Co-operative Travel
Small Agent: Oasis Travel
Scotland
Large Agent: Barrhead Travel
Small Agent: John Semple Travel
North West England & North Wales
Large Agent: Althams Travel Service
Small Agent: Aspen Travel
Yorkshire, North Midlands & North East England
Large Agent: Hays Travel
Small Agent: Spa Travel.uk
Central England
Large Agent: Premier Travel
Small Agent: Carrick Travel
South West England & South Wales
Large Agent: Bath Travel
Small Agent: Thorntons Travel Service
London & South East England
Large Agent Bath Travel
Small Agent Baldwins Travel
The UK National Agent & TMC of the Year Awards
Cruise Agent of the Year
Large Agent: Barrhead Travel
Small Agent: The Cruise Village
Luxury Agent of the Year
Wexas
Ski Agent of the Year
Iglu.com
Online Agent of the Year
Large Agent Iglu.com
Small Agent Blue Water Holidays & Cruise118.com
Leisure High Street Agent of the Year
Large Agent Thomas Cook
Small Agent Garstang Travel
Travel Management Company of the Year
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
The Travel Industry Awards
Promotion / Innovation of the Year
The Travel Division
Highly Commended – Travel Designers
Travel Website of the Year
www.BarrheadTravel.co.uk
Homeworker of the Year
David Hoyle – Personal Travel Advisors
Highly Commended – Jacqui Ridler, Instant Cruise Holidays
Leisure Travel Young Professional of the Year
Natasha Hutchings – First Choice Retail
TMC Account Management Team of the Year
Chambers Travel Management
Call Centre Manager of the Year
Vicky Selwood – On the Beach
Leisure High Street Manager of the Year
Nicholas McKay – Travel Designers
Highly Commended – Sharon Nichol, Hays Travel
The Agent Achievement Awards Travel Consultants Competition
Sponsored by Bourne Leisure
David Hugo, Just The Flight
Wendy Larkin, Gray Dawes Travel
Pauline Newman, Anders Travel
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Sponsored by Sandals & Beaches Resorts
Stephen Bath, Bath Travel
John McEwan, Advantage Travel Centres
Alan Spence, FCm Travel Management
The Tipto Independent Proprietor of the Year (Sponsored by Tipto)
Ian Widdowson, Beaver Travel