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House of Travel took home three of the four categories in last night’s AFTA New Zealand NTIA awards. Pictured mid-celebration are House of Travel founder Chris Paulsen, on left, and chief executive Mark O’Donnell. |
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Cathay’s Vanessa Traille and Rafael Sandoval from Air NZ. |
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Flight Centre New Zealand boss Mike Friend, a key lobbying force in the extension of the AFTA awards to New Zealand, congratulates House of Travel’s Mark O’Donnell on the chain’s success last night. |
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Winning Executive Travel duo Nicola Jamieson and Kevin Weston |
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Air NZ’s Cam Wallace told those at the event ‘was not a night for partisan airline politics but a night to join together and celebrate success’. Wallace, on left, is pictured with visiting Qantas head of industry and corporate sales Karen Tsolakis, QF New Zealand’s Igor Kwiatkowski and Chris Lethbridge from Emirates. |
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Business World Travel’s Grant Bevin, John Lewis from Corporate Travel Management and Gilpin Travel’s Keith Sumner. |
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Harvey World Travel Rotorua’s Deborah Kay and HWT’s Adrian Turner |
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AFTA chairman, and JTG executive Mike Thompson and Qantas Holidays’ Lindy Christian |
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Air NZ’s Nick Judd and Flight Centre’s Simon McKearney. |
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United Travel The Mount Group duo Kay Rogers and Catherine Membery accept a special judges’ commendation award at last night’s event. |
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AFTA chief executive Jayson Westbury, TAANZ chairman Peter Barlow, House of Travel founder Chris Paulsen, QF’s Karen Tsolakis, TAANZ boss Andrew Olsen, House of Travel chief executive Mark O’Donnell, Air NZ’s Cam Wallace and AFTA chairman Mike Thompson. |
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The TAANZ board members, who were instrumental in the roll out of the new awards: chairman Peter Barlow, TAANZ chief executive Andrew Olsen, First Travel’s Andrew Bowman, John Willson from United Travel, Stella’s Neil Gestro and Ross Manson from ITN. |
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GO Holidays’ Jason Buckley with Trish Ryder from United Travel Manly |
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Air NZ’s Kirsten Dundas with Flight Centre’s Heidi Janssen and Jo Rendell and Kellie Carson from Air NZ. |
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David Libeau from United Travel and Fiji Airways’ Shannon Currie. |
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