Categories & Entry Forms
Agent Categories
Reservations Consultant of the Year
This category is open to all reservation consultants in whatever sized company.
Reservations Team of the Year
Open to all reservations teams in whatever sized company.
Manager of the Year
Open to all managers in all areas of travel, for example, a branch, a team, etc
Account Manager of the Year
This category is open to all account managers in whatever sized company.
Account Management Team of the Year
This category is open to all account management teams in whatever sized company.
Sales Manager / Business Development Manager of the Year
This award is open to any person who manages sales or develops business in the industry.
Sales Team / Business Development Team of the Year
This award is open to any team who manages sales or develops business in the industry.
Young Business Travel Professional of the Year
This category is open to a person from operations, sales or account management who has perhaps reached a management or senior position at a young age due to outstanding performance and ambition. OR A person who has achieved results in any of the above areas at an early stage in their career and has demonstrated great promise.
Supplier Categories
Supplier Sales Team / Business Development Team of the Year
An Award for the best business development team/sales. It is open to sales teams/BD teams working for air, hotels, technology, rail, car rental, corporate cards, meet-and-greet services etc. The award will be given to the team which can demonstrate group success, team spirit, communication and support plus best use of team resources to achieve demonstrable sales success to target.
Supplier Sales Manager / Business Development Manager of the Year
An award for the best individual who is both tasked with and can demonstrate the development of business for the benefit of their company. It is open to sales managers/BD managers working for air, hotels, technology, rail, car rental, corporate cards, meet-and-greet services etc. Extra marks will be awarded for demonstration of added benefits to the client whose business was increased through the provider as a result of this individual’s work.
Industry Categories
Contribution to the Industry
This award is looking for the individual who has contributed the most to the industry in the past 12 months. He or she must have gone beyond work for their own individual organisation and be seen to have contributed to the greater good of the industry as a whole, whether it be through membership and influence on an association, an industry body, speaking slots at conferences or key in influencing legislation which impacts business travel.
Travel Management Company of the Year
The TMC which has a proven record over the past 12 months of excellence in a number of key areas which affect positively upon their employees, such as training, recruitment, an active and influential HR department, mentoring, internal awards schemes, career development, innovation of working practices (flexibility, working from home etc.), a generous maternity/paternity leave policy, bonuses, incentives, perks such as insurance, help with mortgages etc., and a decent level of pay.
