Lorraine Barnes-Burton, BTA. British Travel Awards 2016.
This year 333,200 consumers registered to place their votes and give their opinions on the additional Travel Vision survey which runs alongside the BTA voting categories.
The results of The British Travel Awards for 2016 were announced on 23 November at a glittering gala ceremony in front of a record number of guests from the travel and leisure industry.
152 awards were presented to winners in categories including best travel money retailer, car hire, weddings and honeymoons plus the best tour operators to all regions of the world, coach holiday companies, travel insurance, cruise and best hotels and villas in the UK and overseas – and of course customer service categories.
This year 333,200 consumers registered to place their votes and give their opinions on the additional Travel Vision survey which runs alongside the BTA voting categories. A whopping 1,332,516 votes and opinions were cast between 4 July and 30 September 2016. To encourage votes, the BTAs offered consumers the chance to win some fabulous holiday prizes via the BTA Prize Chest, so thanks to all those companies who donated prizes to help incentivise customers to vote.
Since 2008 the BTA votes and processes have been verified by leading global business practitioners, Deloitte, to ensure the integrity and transparency of The BTAs is maintained and the winners can confident that they have been voted the best in their field by validated customer votes. This year saw a more diverse mix of winning companies than ever before, once again recognising small, medium and large companies across many of the categories.
We’d like to thank our sponsors and media partners for all their support during the months leading up to the results night and in particular Trinity Mirror national and regional newspapers, TravelMole – and our new broadcast media partners at Made Television who filmed the proceedings on 23 November for a special two-hour British Travel Awards programme across the Made TV city channels around the UK on 24 November.
See the winners here.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales.
She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.
