Still time to vote in British Travel Awards

Saturday, 07 Jun, 2010 0

The British travel trade still has time to vote for deserving companies in the British Travel Awards (BTA). The closing date for nominations is next Wednesday (June 16).

More than 35,000 nominations have already been received by the awards to be put through to the next stage.

There are 100 consumer-voted awards spread across 12 categories and ten travel trade-only awards.

To nominate a company, go to www.britishtravelawards.com.

BTA chief executive Lorraine Barnes Burton said: “Nominations have been coming in thick and fast but I would like to especially alert small operators to some new awards for 2010 – the Outbound Tour Operator categories which have been broken down into destinations, giving specialist operators a real chance to compete against the big boys.

“Also, given the popularity of the staycation, and our decision to increase theUK / Domestic Holiday Categoriesto reflect the surge of interest in these types of holidays for 2010, these categories could do with a boost in nominations, and there is a real opportunity for UK tourist boards, attractions, holiday parks and self catering companies to get their name in front of the consumers and be considered for an award.”

Consumers will start voting on July 3, encouraged by travel industry partner Travelmole, RoughGuides, TripAdvisor plus traditional media The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, the News of the World, LBC, Heart and Classic FM.

The event is sponsored by Lloyds TSB Cardnet plus industry supporters including P&O Ferries, Avis, DoSomethingDifferent.com and Attraction Tickets Direct, Thomas Cook, Viking River Cruises, TUI, GTA by TravelPort, World Travel Market, TTA Worldchoice, AITO, ITT and Training For Travel.

New sponsors for 2010 are Universal Studios, On The Beach Holidays, Airport Parking & Hotels, Debbee Dale Development and TravelCube.

Tickets for the British Travel Awards Gala Dinner on November 4 at Battersea Evolution are already half sold out.

by Dinah Hatch

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