United Kingdom
United States
Asia Pacific
Lorraine Barnes Burton gets her own award
British Travel Awards CEO Lorraine Barnes Burton was honoured with the Association of Women Travel Executives' (AWTE) Business Impact Award, announced at the association’s Christmas lunch.
The award was presented by AWTE chairman Karen Ramirez and AWTE sponsored paralympic athlete Bethany Woodward, before an audience of over five hundred influential travel industry people.
Journalist and TV presenter Selina Scott was the guest speaker and the all profit from the event was donated to travel industry charity ‘Just a Drop’
AWTE chairman, Lingua Communications’ Karen Ramirez, said: “The AWTE Business Impact Award is presented to a female in the travel industry who has shown great innovation with positive impact in her role.
"Lorraine Barnes Burton encompasses everything that AWTE and this award stand for – a woman who has taken ownership of her role and stepped up her own game, particularly since taking the helm just four years ago.
"She has increased the integrity of the British Travel Awards through engaging credible partners and initiated new products – TravelVision and Check-in – providing highly valuable products for the industry to use in planning and marketing their businesses.
"These activities have resulted in the business going from a loss making position to a significant profit – the most commercially important part of all! To me, Lorraine is an inspirational role model CEO and a shining example of what women in the travel industry can achieve when they really take themselves on!”
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
Kittipong Prapattong’s Plan for Thailand’s Tourism Growth: Taxes, Visas, and Campaigns
James Jin: Didatravel’s Journey from China to Global Reach and the Impact of AI on Travel
Darien Schaefer on Pensacola’s Evolution: From Small Town to Global Destination
Florida Tourism’s Next Frontier: Dana Young on Expanding Beyond the Classics
Patrick Harrison on Tampa Bay Tourism’s Resilience and Marketing Strategy
Bubba O’Keefe on Clarksdale’s Vibrant Music Scene
Commemorating Elvis and Embracing Tupelo’s Culture with Jennie Bradford Curlee
Craig Ray and the Expansion of the Blues Trail
Presenting Mississippi’s Cultural Trails with Katie Coats
Robert Terrell: A Journey Through BB King’s Influence
Rochelle Hicks: Celebrating Mississippi’s Musical Legacy
Exploring Jacksonville with Katie Mitura: The Flip Side of Florida
Dozens fall ill in P&O Cruises ship outbreak
Boy falls to death on cruise ship
Turkish Airlines flight in emergency landing after pilot dies
Unexpected wave rocks cruise ship
Woman dies after going overboard in English Channel