Last Saturday, Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) and its independent affiliates took home seven awards at the Australian Travel Industry Association’s (ATIA) National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA), the industry’s most prestigious annual awards program.
FCTG’s leading luxury brand Travel Associates took out Most Outstanding Branded Travel Agency Group and Flight Centre Broadmeadows’ Rosie Loxley was awarded Most Outstanding Travel Agency Manager.
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Independent agencies affiliated with FCTG brands Envoyage, Link Travel Group and the Luxury Travel Collection also secured five awards:
- Most Outstanding Leisure Travel Agency – Single Location, Envoyage member Planetdwellers
- Most Outstanding Australian-Owned Travel Management Company – Link Travel Group member Spencer Travel
- Most Outstanding Travel Consultant (Corporate), Jamie McLeod – Link Travel Group member Mobilise Travel
- Sustainability Award – ATAS Accredited Agency – Link Travel Group member Reho Travel
- Most Outstanding Leisure Travel Agency – Multi-Location – Luxury Travel Collection member Bicton Travel
“Flight Centre Travel Group taking home a number of NTIA awards is something we’re incredibly humbled by. The recognition is testament to the diversity of our brands, quality of our people and partners and strength of our culture,” said James Kavanagh, Managing Director, Australia of Flight Centre Travel Group.
“These awards reflect the hard work and passion of our people, who always place our customers at the centre, and strive to deliver exceptional travel experiences”
“As we look to the future, we remain focused on elevating our services and continuing to set new benchmarks in the travel sector.”
“It’s wonderful to see so many of our people be recognised by their peers and customers through these awards.”Rachel Kingswell, GM ANZ for Travel Associates said the purple luxury brands was honoured to have been recognised in one of the program’s most respected categories.
“We’ve always said Travel Associates is the best kept secret in luxury travel, but this year has been all about uncovering the most unique parts of our brand and showing everyone how we deliver one-of-a-kind travel experiences to our clients.
“This award wouldn’t be possible without our incredible advisors, business leaders and support staff – thank you for your unwavering dedication to our brand and of course, to our clients for your loyal support.
“This means the world.”
Andrew Stark, Managing Director of Flight Centre Global congratulated Rosie on her award, saying the brand was “so proud” after she took out Most Outstanding Travel Agency Manager.
“Rosie is a respected leader who has been with Flight Centre since 2015, representing our brand every day by creating dazzling travel experiences for our customers, and helping those in her team develop from new starters to leaders in their own right.
A huge congratulations to Rosie for this recognition of hard work and dedication to her customers and her in-store team.”
Danielle Galloway, FCTG Global Managing Director Luxury and Independent Brands congratulated Travel Associates, Planetdwellers, Jamie McLeod, Reho Travel, Spencer Travel and Bicton Travel for their awards.
“This recognition tops off an incredible year for Travel Associates as they continue to reinforce themselves as the experts in one-of-a-kind luxury travel.
“It’s also wonderful to see members of our leading luxury and independent networks recognised for their incredible businesses.
“One of the most rewarding parts of my role is to see the businesses in our member networks grow, so I really share in the excitement of this win with our affiliates and can’t wait to see what’s next for our winning individuals and businesses,” she Galloway concluded.
