The shortlists for the 2023 Agent Achievement Awards have been revealed, with agents and agencies from across the UK and Ireland bidding for the trade’s highest accolades.
The industry’s biggest celebration of agents will take place at the Westminster Park Plaza Hotel on Thursday, July 13 and will be held for the third year in association with headline sponsor Virgin Atlantic.
The shortlists include agencies nominated by more than 100 suppliers, ranging from tour operators and cruise lines to airlines, tourist boards and ancillary companies.
We look forward to honouring the very best of the trade in London on July 13
Nominated and self-nominated categories also feature individuals from a wide range of companies and business models in addition to up-and-coming start-ups and those who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to sustainability and staff wellbeing and development.
Lucy Huxley, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly Group, said: “We have been blown away by the response to this year’s Agent Achievement Awards, with suppliers casting their votes for their top suppliers and record numbers of entries for the individual and self-nominated company categories.
“We are incredibly grateful to our headline sponsor Virgin Atlantic and all the other supporters of the AAAs, and we look forward to honouring the very best of the trade in London on July 13.”
Scroll down to see the shortlists in full
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The Shortlists
Individual Awards
Nominated by colleagues
Young Leisure Agent of the Year
Chloe Anderson, Tenerity
Olivia Davies, Barrhead Travel
Sian Freestone, Sunlounger Travel
Ellie Lamb, Now Let’s Travel
Rosie Richardson, ArrangeMY Escape
Libby Rodde, Hays Travel
Ellie Suttle, Fred Olsen Travel
Tamzin Watson, Dawson & Sanderson
Leisure Agent of the Year
Craig Barton, Barrhead Travel
Jamie Carson, Independent Travel Experts
Julie Deighton, Hays Travel
Robert Lewis, Live for Holidays/The Holiday Village
Stephanie Mannock, Blue Bay Travel
Sally O’Hara, The Personal Travel Agents
Ryan Sowney, ArrangeMY Escape
David Walker, Travel Snob
Leisure Manager of the Year
Amanda Allen, Dawson & Sanderson
Diane Buck, Premier Travel
Sean Buckley, Barrhead Travel
Zoe Franklin, Travel Club Elite
Gemma Hopkins, Fred Olsen Travel
Jonathan Howitt, The Cruise Room
Mark Lomas & Karen Brown, Market Place Travel
Luke Nicol, Hays Travel
Agency Support Team Member of the Year
Laura Clark, Independent Travel Experts
Margaret Charles, Hays Travel
Julie Cloe, Dawson & Sanderson
Lyndsay Cuddy, Panache Cruises
Susan Forsdike, The Holiday Village
Caroline Haddon, The Personal Travel Agents
Maisie Smith, Blue Bay Travel
Paul Whitters, Barrhead Travel
Regional awards
Nominated by suppliers
Northern Ireland
Clubworld Travel
Feherty Travel
Oasis Travel
L&J World Travel
Thompson Travel International
Republic of Ireland
Atlantic Travel
Cassidy Travel
Fahy Travel
Sunway
Trailfinders
Scotland – Small Agency
Jimmy Martin Travel
Kenneth Macleod Travel
Murray Travel
Stewart Travel
Thorne Travel
Scotland – Large Agency
Barrhead Travel
Hays Travel
Trailfinders
North West England and North Wales – Small Agency
Aspen Travel
Cumbria Travel
Delmar World Travel
Deva Travel
Garstang Travel
North West England and North Wales – Large Agency
Althams Travel
Designer Travel
Hays Travel
Polka Dot Travel
The Travel Village
Yorkshire, North Midlands and North East England – Small Agency
Andrew Earle’s Holidays
Beverley Travel
Seaside Travel
Spa Travel
Spear Travels
Yorkshire, North Midlands and North East England – Large Agency
Althams Travel
Dawson & Sanderson
Hays Travel
Central England – Small Agency
ArrangeMY Escape
Holiday Lounge
Knowle Travel
Market Place Travel
Peakes Travel Elite
Central England – Large Agency
Midcounties Co-operative Travel
Millington Travel
Polka Dot Travel
East of England – Small Agency
Deben Travel
Oyster Travel
Ponders Travel
Sunlounger Travel
Travel Stop
East of England – Large Agency
East of England Co-op
Fred Olsen Travel
Lincolnshire Co-operative Travel
Millington Travel
Premier Travel
South West England and South Wales – Small Agency
C The World
Cartwright Travel
La Vida Travel
Newell’s Travel
Travel by Hannah
South West England and South Wales – Large Agency
Hays Travel
Miles Morgan Travel
The Travel House
London and South East England – Small Agency
Abbotts Travel
Baldwins Travel
Haslemere Travel
Swords Travel
Triangle Travel
London and South East England – Large Agency
Flight Centre
Fred Olsen Travel
Hays Travel
Trailfinders
National awards
Nominated by suppliers
Cruise Agency of the Year – Small Agency
Cruise 1st
Cruise 365
Cruise Circle
Cruise Nation
Mundy Cruising
Panache Cruises
Cruise Agency of the Year – Large Agency
Bolsover Cruise Club
Cruise 118/Six Star Cruises
Cruise.co.uk
Iglu.com
ROL Cruise
Southampton Cruise Centre
Touring and Adventure Agency of the Year
Cartwright Travel
Miles Morgan Travel
Trailfinders
Travel Club Elite
Travel Counsellors
Online/Call Centre Agency of the Year
Blue Bay Travel
Iglu.com
Inspire
Loveholidays
ROL Cruise
Tenerity Travel
Homeworking Agency of the Year – Small Agency
Travelosophers
Silver Travel Advisor
Personal Holiday Advisors
The Travel Directors
Homeworking Agency of the Year – Large Agency
Designer Travel
Hays Travel PTC
Holidaysplease
Independent Travel Experts
Inteletravel
Not Just Travel
The Personal Travel Agents in partnership with Your Co-op
Travel Counsellors
High Street Agency of the Year – Small Agency
High Street Agency of the Year – Large Agency
Winners to be announced at the ceremony
Business excellence awards
Self-nominated or by colleagues
One to Watch Award
Heather Love, Personal Travel Agents
Horizon Holidays
Inspire ITAs
Momente Travel
Perfect Getaways Isle of Man
Silver Travel Advisor
Travelosophers by Harry Wales
Sustainability Champion of the Year – Small Agency
ArrangeMY Escape
Morelli Travel
Travel Matters
Sustainability Champion of the Year – Large Agency
Barrhead Travel
Not Just Travel
Travel Counsellors
People Awards
Self-nominated or by colleagues
Best Agency to Work For – Small Agency
Inspire
Market Place Travel
Now Let’s Travel
Panache Cruises
Seaside Travel
Best Agency to Work For – Large Agency
Althams Travel
Barrhead Travel
Designer Travel
Millington Travel
Not Just Travel
Travel Counsellors
Mental Health Matters Award
Winner to be announced at the ceremony
Special Awards
Panel judged. Winners to be announced at the ceremony
Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award
Clia Cruise Master Award
Atas Ambassador Award
Tipto Independent Agency of the Year Award
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