Travolution Awards - Winners

The winners of the Travolution Awards have been unveiled at a ceremony in London:

ADVERTISING AWARDS

Best Use of Online Advertising

• Love Creative for STA Travel
• Harvest Digital for Cruise Thomas Cook
• Harvest Digital for Cheapflights
• KitCatt Nohr for Virgin Holidays
• Agency.com for BA.com

WINNER: Love Creative for STA Travel

Best Use of Affiliate Advertising

• The Dedicated Partnership for UKSeries.com
• Affilinet for Paramount Hotels
• Buy.at for LateRooms

WINNER: Buy.at for LateRooms

Best Use of CRM

• CreatorMail for Thomson
• Lastminute.com (in-house)

WINNER: CreatorMail for Thomson


MARKETING & INNOVATION AWARDS

Best Use of Social Media

• Jumeirah Hotels – The JCast
• TravellersPoint maps
• STA Travel Blogs
• EnjoyEngland/Yahoo! Answers
• Avis WeTryHarder Blog
• Select World Travel Blog

WINNER: STA Travel Blogs

Best Agency for Search Engine Optimisation

• Neutralize for Justtheflight.co.uk
• Spannerworks for SN Brussels Airlines
• Tamar for National Car Rental
• Greenlight for Monarch Airlines
• BigMouthMedia for Superbreak

WINNER: Neutralize for Justtheflight.co.uk

Best Agency for Website Design

• Adams Creative for TravelOwl.co.uk
• Designate Communications for Wales In Style
• Five By Five for Island Cruises and Club 18-30
• Netizen Digital for various
• Fortune Cookie for Kuoni UK
• Nucleus for various

WINNER: Designate Communications for Wales In Style

TRAVEL AGENT AWARDS

Best Travel Agent Website

• RailChoice
• Travel Designers
• Isango.com
• STA Travel
• Expedia.co.uk
• WhyDontYou.com
• TravelRepublic
• PackYourBags.com
• Expedia Corporate Travel

HIGHLY COMMENDED: STA Travel
WINNER: Expedia.co.uk

Best Use of Technology

• DirectLine Holidays
• Door2Tour.com
• Comtec
• Dolphin Dynamics
• Touch Clarity

WINNER: Touch Clarity

TOUR OPERATOR AWARDS

Best Tour Operator Website

• Leger Holidays
• Thomson
• VisitBattlefields.com
• Voyages Jules Verne
• Sunisle.co.uk
• Kuoni.co.uk
• VillaPlus
• OnTheGoTours.com
• DirectSki.com
• ErnaLow.co.uk

WINNER: Voyages Jules Verne

Best Use of Technology

• Adventure Company/Netizen Digital
• Kuoni

WINNER: Adventure Company/Netizen Digital

SUPPLIER AWARDS

Best Hotel Website

• Paramount-Hotels.co.uk
• Jumeirah.com
• BestWestern.co.uk
• Hyatt.com
• Sheraton.com
• VonEssenHotels.co.uk

WINNER: Paramount-Hotels.co.uk

Best Airline Website

• FlySilverjet.com
• BA.com
• FlyBMI.com
• ThomsonFly.com
• VirginAtlantic.com

HIGHLY COMMENDED: BA.com
WINNER: FlySilverJet.com

Best Travel Insurance Website

• GoTravelInsurance.co.uk
• JourneysTravel.co.uk/InsureMore.co.uk
• 1StopTravelInsurance.co.uk

WINNER: GoTravelInsurance.co.uk

Best Car Hire Website

• USRentacar.co.uk
• TaxiTransfers.co.uk
• HolidayAutos.co.uk
• Avis.co.uk

WINNER: HolidayAutos.co.uk

TRAVEL INFORMATION AWARDS

Best Travel Portal

• TravellersPoint.com
• TravelGator.com
• WalesInStyle.com
• WAYN.com
• EnjoyEngland.com
• TripAdvisor.co.uk
• Viator.com
• Yahoo.co.uk/Travel

WINNER: TripAdvisor.co.uk

Best Meta Search/Price Comparison Website

• Kinkaa.com
• Australia Travel Market
• Cheapflights.co.uk
• Sidestep.com
• TravelSupermarket.com
• Kelkoo Travel

WINNER: TravelSupermarket.com

Best Use of Technology

• Teletext Holidays Linguabot
• IfYouSki.com
• Cheapflights.co.uk Partner Portal
• Icelolly.com TV
• Online Travel Brochures

WINNER: IfYouSki.com

TRAVOLUTION SM@RT AGENT OF THE YEAR

• Mann Link Travel
• Sunmaster
• Coachtrips.com
• Select World Travel
• C&B Maddocks Travel
• Travelcare

WINNER: Coachtrips.com

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• Isango.com
• TravelZoo UK
• Sidestep UK

WINNER: SideStep UK

ONLINE TRAVEL BRAND OF THE YEAR

Shortlist to be decided from winners of Best Travel Agent Website, Best Tour Operator Website, Best Airline Website, Best Hotel Website, Best Car Hire Website, Best Travel Portal and Best Meta Search/Price Comparison Website categories.

WINNER: Expedia.co.uk

TRAVOLUTION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Brent Hoberman

Further details and comments from the judges are available on the Travolution website.