Australia’s travel sector celebrates support, resilience and resurgence.
The 2022 National Travel Industry Awards has just wrapped up at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, with about 1,200 attendees now partying into the night as they celebrate the winners of the first NTIAs in three years.
AFTA CEO Dean Long set the scene with a heartfelt rallying call for everyone to remember the support they provided during the pandemic – to clients, to the industry and to each other. The awards honoured suppliers and travel sellers from across the board, with some of the big winners including Flight Centre, Travellers Choice, Norwegian Cruise Line, TravelManagers Australia and more.
“The 2022 NTIAs was truly a night to remember…this is in no small part due to the high calibre of entries we received and the exemplary support travel professionals provided to their clients this year,” Long said.
The full list of winners is here:
- Rookie of the Year – Bella King, AMEX Global Business Travel
- Most Outstanding Travel Consultant Leisure – Emily Kadinski, itravel Carlingford
- Most Outstanding Travel Consultant Corporate – Lynette Wells, AMEX Global Business Travel
- Most Outstanding Travel Industry Training Institution – CLIA Australasia
- Most Outstanding Employee Engagement and Recruitment Program – AMEX Global Business Travel
- Travel Consultant Scholarship – Kristy Moore, Travel Moore
- Most Outstanding Wholesaler – Creative Cruising
- Most Outstanding Tour Operator – Chimu Adventures
- Sustainability Award – Agency – Reho Travel
- Sustainability Award – Supplier – Air New Zealand
- Most Outstanding Marketing Campaign – Agency – Ignite Travel Group – MyCruises
- Most Outstanding Marketing Campaign – Supplier – Norwegian Cruise Line Walk for Wellness
- Most Outstanding Consumer Travel Journalist – Fiona Carruthers
- Most Outstanding Industry Support – Accommodation – Quest Apartment Hotels
- Most Outstanding Industry Support – Air – Singapore Airlines
- Most Outstanding Industry Support – Cruise – Norwegian Cruise Line
- Most Popular Travel Support Service – Amadeus
- Most Popular Tourism Office – Singapore Tourism Board
- Most Outstanding Sales Executive – Land Supply – Dylan Hearne, Backroads Global Touring
- Most Outstanding Sales Executive – Air – Nicole Laurie, Delta Air Lines
- Most Outstanding Sales Executive – Cruise – Tenille Hunt, Quark Expeditions
- Most Outstanding Travel Agency Manager – Jacinta Blundell, Helloworld Travel Buderim & Caboolture
- Most Outstanding Mobile/Home Based Travel Advisor – Rose Febo, TravelManagers
- Most Outstanding Travel Agency – Leisure – Helloworld Travel Mackay, Mt Pleasant & Townsville
- People’s Choice Award – TravLin Travel
- Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency – MyCruises
- Most Outstanding Mobile Advisor Network – TravelManagers Australia
- Most Outstanding Travel Management Company – Corporate Travel Management
- Most Outstanding Non Branded Agency Group – Travellers Choice
- Most Outstanding Travel Agency Group – Flight Centre Travel Group
Lots more from the industry night of nights in Monday’s issues of Travel Daily and Cruise Weekly as well as special reports in travelBulletin all week.