Nominations open for Advantage Big Celebration Lunch awards

Nominations have opened for the fourth annual Advantage Travel Partnership Big Celebration Lunch awards.

Members of the consortium can be entered in one or more of the 20 categories.

A new ‘Giving Back’ award has been added to recognise members’ charitable and CSR efforts.

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The self-nominated categories include both Employee of the Year categories, an Outstanding Achievement Award and the Next Gen Talent Award.

Winners will be chosen by a mixture of members, business partners and an independent panel.

The awards will be handed out at the lunch at the Hilton London Bankside on September 27.

Advantage CEO Julia Lo Bue-Said said: “We are delighted to once again be hosting our stand-alone awards ceremony, the Big Celebration Lunch.

“This is our fourth year and the event is growing each year – it’s so important to us to be able to show recognition to our member and business partners.

“We look forward to having guests join us at the Hilton London Bankside in September for what has become a firm fixture on the industry events calendar.”

Awards categories:

Corporate Business Partner Awards voted by members

• Business Travel Airline Partner of the Year 2019
• Business Travel Technology Partner of the Year 2019
• Business Travel Ancillary Partner of the Year 2019
• Business Travel Account Manager of the Year 2019
• Business Travel Hotel Partner of the Year 2019

Leisure Business Partner Awards voted by members

• Leisure Account Manager of the Year 2019
• Leisure Sales Team of the Year 2019
• Leisure Partner of the Year 2019
• Agent Friendly Leisure Partner of the Year 2019

Member Awards 

• Advantage Holidays – Agent of the Year 2019
• Advantage Business Travel Agent of the Year (Less than £30m sales annually) 2019
• Advantage Business Travel Agent of the Year (More than £30m sales annually) 2019
• Advantage Leisure Travel Agent of the Year (More than 5 branches) 2019
• Advantage Leisure Travel Agent of the Year (Less than 6 branches) 2019
• Most Engaged Leisure Travel Agent of the Year 2019
• Most Engaged Business Travel Agent of the Year 2019

Member Awards can be self-nominated

• Employee of the Year 2019
• Outstanding Achievement Award Winner 2019
• Next Gen Talent Award 2019
• Giving Back Award 2019

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