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.
