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30 August, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: Entries for the Australian Travel Awards close in four weeks!

By laurencroft

The women, men and companies that make up the Australian travel industry form the backbone of a booming economic sector – and now there’s a new way to champion their success.

Enter the Australian Travel Awards: a brand new awards programme to champion the best and brightest in the Aussie travel industry.

Presented in association with Seven West Media’s Better Homes and Gardens and 7Travel and featuring Crystal as our principal partner, this consumer and travel trade facing industry awards programme will celebrate wholesalers, destinations, airlines, tourism boards, cruise lines, retailers and the myriad of other companies that make the travel industry so amazing.

And entries are open as we speak!

We know four weeks seems a long way away, but for your entry to win, it needs to rise above and beyond the rest – so make a start now and put your best foot forward.

Judged by more than 70 of Australia’s most experienced travel industry alumni as well as the country’s foremost marketing experts, 37 categories cover the full gamut of the travel industry, and there’s no limit on the number of categories you can enter.

And for one company making the biggest, most impressive splash in the industry overall, the highly coveted Grand Prix Award awaits. The victorious winner of this award will also receive an advertising package worth over $75,000 across the Seven West Media network. And if that’s not a reason to get started on your entry today, we don’t know what is.

If you’ve already started on your entry but are yet to finish it, now is the time!

Entries will close on September 28, 2018 and cost $99 +GST per entry.

Get started on your entries right here and take a look at the categories below:

Corporate Travel Agency of the Year – Under $100 million revenue
Corporate Travel Agency of the Year – Over $100 million revenue
Wholesaler of the Year
Specialist Wholesaler of the Year
Adventure Wholesaler of the Year
Marketing Campaign of the Year
PR Campaign of the Year
Social Media Campaign of the Year
Tourism Board of the Year
Technology Provider of the Year
Trade Sales Team of the Year
Destination of the Year
Luxury Travel Brand of the Year
River Cruise Line of the Year
Ocean Cruise Line of the Year
Expedition Cruise Line of the Year
Small Ship Cruise Line of the Year
Business Airline of the Year
Economy Airline of the Year
Premium Economy Airline of the Year
Low-Cost Airline of the Year
Rail Operator of the Year
Vehicle Rental of the Year
Hotel Group of the Year
Hotel of the Year
Boutique Hotel of the Year – 10 properties or less
Online Booking Website of the Year
Travel Insurance Provider of the Year
Escorted Touring Company of the Year
Travel Agency of the Year – Over 30 employees
Travel Agency of the Year – Under 30 employees
Employer of Choice
Sustainable Tourism Award
Social Responsibility Award
Innovation in Travel
People’s Choice Award – Favourite Travel Brand (consumer public vote via Better Homes and Gardens and 7Travel)
Grand Prix (selected by Travel Weekly team for the overall most outstanding entry)

To reiterate, entries are open from now until September 28, so get to it.

And mark these key dates down in your diary:

Entries open: August 6, 2018
Entries close: September 28, 2018 – entry fee $99 + GST/entry
Judging period: submit entries from the financial year July 2017 – June 30, 2018
Awards night: Friday 30th November 2018 – Paddington Town Hall, Sydney

You can grab early-bird tickets right here (for when your stellar entries win one of our shiny trophies), and find all the nitty gritty details on the website here.

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