A record 11,827 agents voted in this year’s Travel Weekly Globe Awards making it the trade’s largest independent poll. More than 1,500 travel professionals gathered at the Grosvenor House hotel in London last night to hear celebrity host Lenny Henry unveil the winners. Thomas Cook scooped the award for best major operator, short haul while the gong for best transatlantic airline went to Virgin Atlantic. The full list of winners was…
BEST USA HOTEL GROUP: Holiday Inn
BEST EUROPEAN HOTEL GROUP: Riu
BEST ASIA PACIFIC HOTEL GROUP: Le Meridien
BEST CARIBBEAN HOTEL GROUP: Sandals
BEST TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE: Virgin Atlantic
BEST EUROPEAN AIRLINE: British Airways
BEST UK CHARTER AIRLINE: Britannia
BEST UK DOMESTIC AIRLINE: BMI
BEST EX-UK CRUISE COMPANY: P&O Cruises
BEST FERRY OPERATOR: Stena Line
BEST SPECIALIST CRUISE COMPANY: Silversea Cruises
BEST FLY-CRUISE COMPANY: P&O Cruises
BEST THEME PARK: Walt Disney World Florida
BEST ENGLISH CHANNEL-SHORT SEA CROSSING OPERATOR: P&O Ferries
BEST RAIL OPERATOR: Eurostar
BEST HOLIDAY ADD-ONS: Holiday Extras
BEST CAR RENTAL – LEISURE: Worldwide Cars
BEST CAR RENTAL – BUSINESS: Holiday Autos
BEST RESERVATIONS SYSTEM (GDS): Worldspan
BEST RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY: Travel Trade Recruitment
BEST WEBSITE: Kuoni
BEST OPERATOR – WINTERSPORTS: Neilson
BEST OPERATOR – EUROPEAN SHORT BREAKS: Cresta
BEST OPERATOR – UK SHORT BREAKS: Superbreak
BEST OPERATOR – UK HOLIDAYS: Butlins
BEST COACH OPERATOR: Shearings
BEST AIRLINE TO AFRICA: South African Airways
BEST AIRLINE TO THE MIDDLE EAST OR ASIA: Emirates
BEST AIRLINE TO THE PACIFIC, NEW ZEALAND OR AUSTRALIA: Qantas
BEST UK AIRPORT: London Gatwick
BEST TOURIST BOARD/DESTINATION (UK OFFICE): Barbados
BEST SCHEDULED CONSOLIDATOR: Gold Medal
BEST CHARTER SEAT-ONLY OPERATOR: Avro
BEST LONG-HAUL OPERATOR: Hayes & Jarvis
BEST SPECIALIST OPERATOR – SHORT HAUL: Sovereign
BEST MAJOR OPERATOR – SHORT HAUL: Thomas Cook
INNOVATION AWARD IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM: Co-op Travel Ultra, Kidderminster
BEST BROCHURE: Thomas Cook Select
TRAVEL TALENT: Kellie Stevenson, Scotia Travel, Glasgow
For full coverage of the Globe Awards make sure you pick up your copy of Travel Weekly on February 2.
