In total, TUI Travel brands received 22 awards, four more than the previous year.
Brands from all sectors across TUI Travel won accolades at the publically voted British Travel Awards on 31 October 2013. In total, TUI Travel brands received 22 awards, four more than the previous year. Held at Battersea Evolution in London and attended by almost a thousand travel industry people, this year’s event saw the Group receive a record amount of awards.
See the categories and our winning brands below:
– Best national travel retailer – Thomson
– Best large holiday company family – Thomson
– Best large holiday company all inclusive – First Choice
– Best large holiday company for customer service – Thomson
– Best national travel retailer for customer service – Thomson
– Best large holiday company adults only – Thomson
– Best large holiday company ski & winter sports – Crystal
– Best hotel booking company – LateRooms.com
– Best overall holiday company to Australasia – Austravel
– Best small holiday company escorted adventures – Grand American Adventures
– Best small holiday company to Canada – Trek America
– Best small holiday company to the USA – Trek America
– Best medium holiday company to the Iberian Peninsular & Islands – Sovereign Luxury Travel
– Best medium holiday company to the Italian Peninsular & Malta – Citalia
– Best medium holiday company to Hellenic Europe – Sovereign Luxury Travel
– Best large holiday company to North Africa – Thomson
– Best large holiday company to the Iberian Peninsular & Islands – Thomson
– Best large holiday company to the Italian Peninsular & Malta – Thomson
– Best large holiday company to Hellenic Europe – Thomson
– Best airline for customer service – Thomson Airways – Silver
– Best family cruise line – Thomson Cruises – Silver
– Best UK departure cruise line – Thomson Cruises – Silver
British Travel Awards’ chief executive Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “This year more than one million votes were cast by consumers to determine the winners of the coveted British Travel Awards – making it the largest awards programme in the UK; to win is truly an accolade. The travelling public regard the British Travel Awards winners logo as the benchmark for excellence when it comes to finding out who really are the best travel companies and TUI Travel is to be congratulated on their achievement in an awards programme which garners the opinions of the nation – these finalists and winners really are the best in travel.”
Peter Long, Chief Executive of TUI Travel PLC, said: “This is fantastic news. These awards are voted for by the public and are testament to our strategy of putting the customer at the heart of everything we do across all our brands. We have great colleagues who strive to deliver the best holiday experience wherever they sit across the Group and I would like to thank them for all their hard work over the year. I would also like to thank everyone who voted for us. We continue to innovate and improve the customer experience at all stages of the holiday cycle and share best practice across the business.”
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