UK and Ireland’s top agents and agencies honoured at Agent Achievement Awards

Pictured: Leisure Agent of the Year: Wendy Haines from The Holiday Village

Find the full list of winners below, and take a look at our gallery from the night here

Agents and agencies from across the UK and Ireland have been honoured at the 2022 Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards.

The event, held in partnership with headline sponsor Virgin Atlantic, took place at London’s Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel in London with more than 600 guests in attendance.

The coveted awards were presented by TV and radio favourite Vernon Kay alongside Travel Weekly editor-in-chief Lucy Huxley, with new categories originally introduced pre-pandemic including honours for commitment to sustainability, mental health and staff wellbeing.

Coveted individual awards included Leisure Agent of the Year, won by Wendy Haines from The Holiday Village; Leisure Manager of the Year, won by Barrhead Travel’s Chris Cooper; Young Leisure Agent of the Year, won by Hays Travel PTC Aaron Petty; and Agency Support Team Member of the Year, won by Nina Fox from Blue Bay Travel.

Young Leisure Agent of the Year, Hays Travel PTC Aaron Petty

Multiple award winners included Hays Travel, which won the Large Agency category in the North East and London and the South East in addition to the national High Street Agency of the Year award and Petty’s individual honour.

Barrhead Travel was named best large agency in Scotland, in addition to Cooper’s award and being crowned the Best Large Agency to Work For. The agency’s Carol-Ann Jones also won the inaugural Mental Health Matters Award.

Miles Morgan Travel won two awards – for Large Agency in the South West and South Wales, and for Touring and Adventure Agency of the Year.

Swords Travel was named Small High Street Agency of the Year, having won the regional award for London and the South East, while the national homeworking, call centre and online agency awards were won by Travel Counsellors, ROL Cruise and Holidaysplease respectively.

Outstanding Contribution honours went to Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said and Travel Village Group chief executive Phil Nuttall, while The Cruise Room picked up the One to Watch Award.

Outstanding Contribution to the Industry winner Phil Nuttall

More: Lo Bue-Said and Nuttall receive Outstanding Contribution honours at AAAs

Gallery: Agent Achievement Awards 2022

Full list of Agent Achievement Award 2022 winners

More: Lo Bue-Said and Nuttall receive Outstanding Contribution honours at AAAs

Gallery: Agent Achievement Awards 2022