The nominees in the running for this year’s National Travel Industry Awards have been revealed by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) with more nominations received than last year.
With more than 80 nominees, the Best Sales Executive Industry Supplier category topped its record last year.
“This is a testament to the calibre of the NTIA and the desire for people to be a part of these awards,” AFTA said.
Voting kicks off at 9am on Monday March 24 and will run until 5pm on Thursday April 17. There will be one voting form for travel agents to use when voting in the supplier categories, and another for suppliers when voting in the travel agency categories. Participants may vote for up to five nominees in each category. Voting forms may be found on the AFTA website.
“We have had a great result in the 2014 NTIA nominations as well as large volumes of Gala Dinner ticket requests coming through already since opening on Tuesday,” AFTA event manager Alex Cook said.
“We are expecting another huge response when voting opens on Monday. We wish all nominees the best of luck during the voting period.”
Meanwhile, ticket sales for the event have already opened with tickets selling “very quickly”.
AFTA chief executive Jayson Westbury promised this year’s awards ceremony will be “an even more impressive night than the last”.
Here's a full list of list of the nominees:
Best Travel Agency Group (100 outlets or more)
Escape Travel
Flight Centre Travel Group Limited
Helloworld Limited
Travellers Choice
Best Travel Agency Retail – Single Location
Alpine World
Australians Studying Abroad
Bicton Travel
Cruise Travel Centre
Cruise Travel Centre – Hobart
Diploma Travel Homebush
Flying Colours Travel
Gippsland Travel Centre
Globenet Travel
Harvey World Travel Lane Cove
Hawthorn Travel And Cruise
Helloworld Albury
Helloworld Belgrave
Helloworld Blacktown
Helloworld Brisbane Street Launceston
Helloworld Caboolture
Helloworld Caloundra
Helloworld Capalaba
Helloworld Helensvale Plaza
Helloworld Ipswich Mall
Helloworld Lower Templestowe
Helloworld Newcastle
Helloworld Surrey Hills Vic
Jetset Travel Hurstville
Landmark Travel
Maria Slater Travel
Morcombe Travel
MTA Travel
Press & James Travel Associates
Queanbeyan City Cruise and Travel
RAA Travel Mile End
Sabra Travel Bondi
St Ives Travel
Suncoast Travel
The Manly Travel Shop
Travel by Wyndham
Wings Away Travel
WOW! Travel
Best Travel Agency Retail – Multi Location
Australian Holiday Centre
Cruise Holidays
Discover Cruise and Travel
Helloworld Hunter Travel Group
Helloworld Waverley Gardens, Ferntree Gully and
Endeavour Hills
itravel
Phil Hoffmann Travel
RACT Travelworld
Travel – 195
TravelManagers
where2travel
Whitesands Travel
Best Travel Agency Corporate – Single Location
Anywhere Travel
Atlantic Pacific Travel
DBT Corporate Travel
Goldman Travel
IYC Travel
Maxims Travel
Sean Simmons Travel
Spencer Travel
Unique Group Travel
Best Travel Agency Corporate – Multi Location
Corporate Traveller
Firstclass.com.au
Platinum Travel Corporation
Show Group Enterprise
The Travel Authority
Best National Travel Management Company
Corporate Travel Management
CPE Travel
FCm Travel Solutions
GBT – Global Business Travel
QBT
Total Travel Solutions
Voyager Travel Corporation
Best Business Events Travel Agency
cievents
Event Travel Management
Impact Travel International
The Events Authority
Best Travel Consultant – Retail
Andrea Mithen, Flight Centre Eastland, VIC
Ashlee Simpson, Australian Holiday Centre, NSW
Bev Hand, Diploma Travel Homebush, NSW
Carla Di Mento, Cruise Express, NSW
Cassie Frankel, Flight Centre, NSW
Cassie Muhlhan, Where2Travel Malvern, VIC
Chris Moloughney, Emerald Travel, VIC
David Broadbent, Travel Beyond Group, NSW
David Tattersall, Emma Whiting Travel, VIC
Debbie McCamish, Helloworld Emu Plains, NSW
Gemma Smith, City Beach Travel and Cruise, WA
Hayley Parkin, Escape Travel Geraldton, WA
James Jang, Where2Travel South Yarra, VIC
Jenny Cooper, Queanbeyan City Travel and Cruise, NSW
Kerry McDonald, Helloworld Innisfail, QLD
Kimberley Sheean, Helloworld Ipswich City Mall, QLD
Lauren Blackstone, Flight Centre, NSW
Leesa Assaillit, Suncoast Travel, QLD
Margaret Freemantle, Travel Makers, ACT
Margaret Ong, Seniors Holiday Travel, QLD
Matt Lowe, Alpine World Snowy River Travel, NSW
Michael O’Kell, Flight Centre, VIC
Michelle Watson, STA Travel, VIC
Natasha Hargraves, Illawong Travel, NSW
Olga Alexander, Corporate Travel Management, QLD
Samantha Pedley, Helloworld Daisy Hill, QLD
Sophie Brooks, Harvey World Travel Lane Cove, NSW
Steve Thompson, Anywhere Travel, NSW
Susan Ungerboeck, Door Way Travel, VIC
Best Travel Consultant – Corporate
Debbie Schofield, IYC Travel, QLD
Gary McLaughlin, Firstclass.com.au, VIC
Lee Wissemann, Corporate Travel Management, QLD
Linda Pauer, Platinum Travel Corporation, VIC
Mark Perrott, American Express Global Business Travel, VIC
Renee Cipollone, Show Group Enterprise, NSW
Ric Pattaro, TravelManagers, NSW
Sharn Parker, The Travel Authority, NSW
Best Travel Agency Manager – Retail
Adelina Arancibia, St Ives Travel, NSW
Bec Brown, My Adventure Store Paddington, NSW
Ben Farrell, Escape Travel Helensvale, QLD
Carol McCarthy, Helloworld Drysdale, VIC
Cindy Lee, Helloworld Blacktown/Seven Hills/Lithgow, NSW
Debbie Ashes, Harvey World Travel Lane Cove, NSW
Jaculin Lowien, Travel by Wyndham, QLD
Jim Cooper, Queanbeyan City Cruise and Travel, ACT
Karen Kenter, The World @ Braeside Travel, VIC
Karen Magee, Diploma Travel, NSW
Lisa Myers, WOW! Travel, VIC
Lois Crook, Australian Holiday Centre, NSW
Maria Slater, Maria Slater Travel, ACT
Michelle McNamara, Phil Hoffmann Travel, SA
Pip Windsor, Reho Travel Leisure, VIC
Rosemarie Church, Jetset Travel Hurstville, NSW
Sam Torrisi, Harvey World Travel, QLD
Suraj Hewa Arachchige, Helloworld Ipswich City Mall, QLD
Best Travel Agency Manager – Corporate
Benjamin Shagrin, Flying High Travel, NSW
Christine Tilston, American Express Global Business Travel, NSW
Jason Starling, Hunter Travel Group, NSW
Lorrelle Barnett, IYC Travel, QLD
Michelle La Franchi, CPE Travel, QLD
Sean Simmons, Sean Simmons Travel, VIC
Shelley Leven, Corporate Travel Management, QLD
Vera Konsou, Voyager Travel, NSW
Rookie of the Year – Agent
llyce Balderston, STA Travel, NSW
Bridgit Little, Globenet Travel, QLD
Caroline Wickes, Flight Centre Baldivis, WA
David Simpson, Macedon Ranges Travel Services, VIC
Erin Fahey, Student Flights, ACT
Lisa Coronica, Flight Centre, SA
Nessie Allen, HWT Lane Cove, NSW
Nicola Rowlingson, Maleny Cruise and Travel, QLD
Sabine Absenger, Going Places Travel, VIC
Best Niche Wholesaler
0 Degrees North
Access Ireland Holidays
Adventure Destinations
Back-Roads Touring
Beachcomber
Exotic Destinations
French Travel Connection
Honeymoon Worldwide
Island Destinations
Livn Holidays
Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours
Nexus Holidays
Nullabor Traveller
Ormina Tours
Raging Thunder Adventures
Skimax
Snow Scene
Spain & Portugal Travel Connection
Swagman Tours
Tahiti Travel Connection
The Africa Safari Co
The Kimberley Collection
The Tailor
This Is Africa
Touchdown Tours
Vanbur Travel
Wide Eye Tours
Wild Earth Travel
World Drive Holiday
Best Domestic Airline
Qantas Airways
Virgin Australia
Best International Airline – On-Line
Air New Zealand
British Airways
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Garuda Indonesia
Hawaiian Airlines
Korean Air
Malaysian Airlines
Qantas Airways
Qatar Airways
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
Thai Airways
Virgin Australia
Best International Airline – Off-Line
Alaska Airlines
Alitalia
FinnAir
KLM
Lufthansa
Swiss Air
Best Cruise Operator – International Based Operation
APT
Avalon Waterways
Azamara Club Cruises
Carnival Cruise Lines
Celebrity Cruises
Crystal Cruises
Cunard Lines
Heritage Expeditions
Holland America Line & Seabourn
Hurtigruten
MSC Cruises
P&O Cruises – World Cruising
Princess Cruises
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Silversea
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection
Best Tour Operator – Domestic
AAT Kings
Adventure Tours Australia
APT
Contiki
Evergreen Tours
G Adventures
Great Southern Rail
Scenic Tours
Topdeck Travel
Best Tour Operator – International
APT
Buffalo Tours
Busabout, Haggis and Shamrocker Adventures
Contiki
Discover Croatia
Evergreen Tours
Exodus Holidays
G Adventures
Globus
Insight Vacations
Intrepid
On The Go Tours
Scenic Tours
Tauck World Discoveries
Topdeck Travel
Trafalgar
Travel Indochina
Wendy Wu Tours
Best Car/Campervan Rental Operator
Avis
Europcar
Hertz
Thrifty Car Rental
Tourism Holdings Limited – Britz/maui Campervans
Travellers Autobarn
Best Tourist Office – National
Destination NSW
South Australia Tourism Commission
Tourism and Events Queensland
Tourism Victoria
Tourism WA
Toursim Tropical North Queensland
Best Tourist Office – International
Brand USA
Dubai Tourism
Hawaii Tourism Oceania
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Oman Tourism
Singapore Tourism Board
South African Tourism
Tourism Fiji
Tourism Ireland
Tourism New Zealand
Visit California
Best Wholesaler – Australian Product
Creative Holidays
Excite Holidays
Infinity Holidays
Innstant Travel
Qantas Holidays and Viva! Holidays
Sunlover Holidays
TasVacations
TravelCube Pacific
Best Wholesaler – International Product
Adventure World
Abercrombie & Kent
Asia Escape Holidays
Chimu Adventures
CIT Holidays
Creative Holidays
DriveAway Holidays
Excite Holidays
Infinity Holidays
Innstant Travel
Island Escapes
New Horizons Holidays
Pinpoint Holidays
Qantas Holidays and Viva! Holidays
Rail Plus
Tempo Holidays
TravelCube Pacific
Best Agency Support Service
AA Appointments
Air Tickets
Amadeus IT Pacific
C & M Travel Recruitment
eNett International
inPlace recruitment
PROGRESS IT
QIC & the Qantas Industry Sales Site
roomsXML
Sabre Pacific
TMS Asia Pacific
Tramada Systems Pty Ltd
Travel Trade Recruitment
Travelport
Best Sales Executive – Industry Supplier
Adam Joseph, Qantas Holidays, NSW
Ann Hope, Silversea Cruises WA/SA/NT
Amy Craig, Creative Holidays, VIC
Amy Harrison, Contiki Holidays, WA/SA/NT
Amy Ryan, Royal Caribbean, NSW
Anastasia Kotanidis, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, VIC
Andrew Scott, Silversea Cruises, NSW
Angelya Vassiliadis- Balaguer, Greece and Mediterranean Travel Centre, NSW
Bianca Orsola – Rose, Creative Holidays, VIC/TAS
Blake Muir, Topdeck, VIC/SA
Cameron Mannix, RCI, VIC
Camilla MacInnes, Entire Travel Connection, NSW
Chris Catanzariti, G Adventures, NSW
Christian Coronica, Trafalgar, NSW
Christina Shephardson, Azamara Club Cruises, NSW
Conrad McCall, Trafalgar, NSW
Darren Perry, Globus Family of Brands, NSW
Debbie Cox, Sunlover Holidays, QLD
Debora Evans, Travel Indochina, WA
Di Bignell, On The Go Tours, SA
Dylan Hearne, P&O Cruises, QLD
Eddie Steinmann, Adventure World, WA
Emma McInnes, On The Go Tours, NSW
Fabricio Leiva, Air Tickets, VIC
Felicity Allan (LaTerra), Virgin Austalia, VIC
Georgina Davies, Etihad Airways, VIC
Glen Williams, Qantas Industry Sales, SA
Graham Werner, APT Touring, QLD
Greg Schein, G Adventures, VIC
Hamish Evans, Globus Family of Brands, NSW
Hayley Tidyman, Topdeck, NSW/ACT
Helen Eves, Holland America Line & Seabourn, NSW
Helen Mezzen, Princess Cruises, QLD
Holly Cooling, Creative Holidays, WA
Hugh Twomey, Hawaiian Air, NSW
Jill Lance, APT, VIC
Jo Ellies, APT, WA
Julian Insall, The Africa Safari Co, VIC
Julianne Rose, Pinpoint Travel Group, QLD
Karen Mackay, Scenic Tours, QLD
Katrina MacKay, APT, VIC
Katrina South, Innstant travel, QLD
Katy Oxer, Qantas Airways, WA
Kim Knight, Qantas Holidays, QLD
Kristine Chippendale, Qantas Airways, NSW
Larry Burrows, Rail Plus, QLD
Laura Cuthbert, Trafalgar, NSW/ACT
Lauren Stuchbury, Qantas Holidays, QLD
Leigh Holme, Pinpoint Travel Group, NSW
Leya Pearce, Trafalgar, WA
Linda Costantini, Emirates, VIC/TAS
Luke Skarbek, Club Med, NSW
Maggie Brew, Oceania Cruises, QLD
Marsha Datt, Cox and Kings, VIC
Matthew Symonds, Tourism Fiji, NSW
Megan Lang, Contiki, VIC
Melinda Robilliard, Globus, VIC
Mia Druschowitz, Contiki Holidays, NSW/ACT
Michael Goei, Garuda Indonesia, QLD
Michael Poes, Qantas Airways, VIC
Nichole Steadman, AAT Kings, QLD
Nicole Brotton Chapman, Qantas Holidays and Viva! Holidays, WA
Nishant Kothary, Innstant Travel, VIC
Noree Kahika, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, QLD
Owen Boyce, Insight Vacations, SA
Peter Darby, Princess Cruise Lines, QLD
Rachel Javier, Travel The World, VIC
Rebecca Merlino, Pinpoint Travel Group, NSW
Rebeka Belcher, Uniworld River Cruises, WA
Sally Plenderleith, Holland America Line & Seabourn, SA
Samantha Davies, Excite Holidays, NSW
Sandra Cahill, Insight Vacations, NSW
Scott Ellis, APT, VIC
Scott Graham, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, NSW
Sean Flint, FTM Australia Pty Ltd, QLD
Sharon Joseph, Covermore Insurance, WA
Sheena Smith, Contiki, VIC
Shelley Martin, Globus Family of Brands, QLD
Simone Barnett, Pinpoint Holidays, QLD/NSW
Stacey Alderton, Excite Holidays, QLD
Stella Hritis, Trafalgar, NSW
Suzy McPhail, Trafalgar, VIC
Tenille Hunt, G Adventures, VIC
Tomas Malmberg, Insight Vacations, QLD
VickI Gordon, New Horizons Holidays, WA
Victoria Chapman, Globus Family of Brands, SA/NT
Zoe Gentle, Contiki Holidays, QLD
Rookie of the Year – Supplier
Andrea Morgan, G Adventures, NSW
Brooke Gabriel, Contiki, QLD
Clarence Goff, VisasDirect a CIBT Company, VIC
Michael Stribling, New Horizons Holidays, WA
Shaun McIntosh, Globus Family of Brands, WA
Zach Gregory, Princess Cruises – Business Development Coordinator, NSW
Zack Redfern, Expedia TAAP, NSW
Best Hotel/Resort – Australian Property
Cable Beach Resort – Broome
Crown Metropol Melbourne
Crown Perth
Daydream Island Resort and Spa
Hayman Island or One and Only
Langham Melbourne
Palazzo Versace Gold Coast
Peppers Beach Club – Port Douglas
Pullman Port Douglas Sea Temple Resort & Spa
Pullman Resort Bunker Bay
QT Hotels & Resorts
Qualia
Shangri-La Hotel Sydney
Southern Ocean Lodge
Swissotel Sydney
The Darling
The Westin Sydney
Best Hotel/Resort Group
Accor
Club Med
Dorchester Collection
Fairmont Raffles Swissotel
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Hilton
IHG
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Mantra Group
Marco Polo Hotels – Hong Kong
Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Best Registered Travel Industry Training Institution
TAFE SA – Adelaide City Campus
Australian Pacific Travel & Tourism
Bankstown TAFE
Canberra Institute of Technology
Franklyn Scholar
Gold Coast Insitute of TAFE (GCIT )
Sunshine Coast TAFE
Sydney TAFE -Travel & Tourism
Training and Development Australia
Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE
Best Travel Writer
Daniel Scott
James Gregory Wilkinson
Jane E Fraser
Jon Underwood
Julie Miller
Kerry van der Jagt
Kris Madden
Lyndon Barnett
Margaret Turton
Mark Luckey
Roderick Eime
Best Travel Agent Technology Innovation
Amadeus Open Profile Suite
Around the World Online
CTM SMART Technology
Express Marketing Tools
Map View Search
ReadyRooms for Agents – 7 day book and pay
enhancement
tramada® Connect Wholesale
Travel to the Cloud
