The Influential Ten poll is LIVE

So after a few weeks of planning and gathering submissions, Travolution’s quest to find the pioneers and innovators in online travel over the last decade is ready to take your votes.

These aren't just those figures that have run successful businesses - they are the leaders, pacesetters and ideas people, who have helped bring the online travel industry to where it is now, in 2006.

The poll – The Influential Ten – will run for the next few weeks and consists of a shortlist of 20, from which we will produce our definitive ten, to be published in the September edition of Travolution.

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The shortlist:

Simon Breakwell (ex-Expedia Europe)

Sergy Brin and Larry Page (Google)

Pierre Chappaz and Dominique Vidal (Kelkoo)

Tony Cheng and Jim Donnelly (Igougo)

Dinesh Dhamija (ex-Ebookers)

Bob Diener and Dave Litman (Hotels.com)

Barry Diller (Interactive Corp)

David Filo and Jerry Yang (Yahoo!)

Bill Gates (Microsoft and Expedia)

Simon Talling-Smith (BA.com)

Stelios Haji-Ioannou (Easy Group)

John Hatt (Cheapflights)

Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox (Lastminute.com)

Mark Jones (Online Travel Corporation)

Terry Jones (ex-Travelocity)

Steve Kaufer and Langley Steinert (TripAdvisor)

Michael O’Leary (Ryanair)

Andy Phillips and Adrian Critchlow (ex-Active Hotels)

Jay Walker (ex-Priceline)

Alex Zoghlin (ex-Orbitz)

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Further information on each nomination is available on the Travolution website.

Most polls are often mildly ontroversial, so we're happy to hear from you by either leaving a comment on the blog or emailing us.

Many thanks to those who suggested names for inclusion on the shortlist. Happy voting!

Kevin May, editor, Travolution