MARCH 2020 PAGE 8
IRELAND'S PREMIER SOURCE OF TRAVEL INFORMATION
ITIA AWARDS 2020
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All the award winners pose for their annual photograph,
tlantic Travel Letterkenny and Tour America have won travel agency of the year awards at the Irish travel Industry awards in the Mansion House, Dublin. Siobhan Byrne Learat won the travel agent of the year award. Atlas Travel and FCM won the corporate travel agency awards. Noel McAuliffe’s Travel Focus were time winners in the long haul and specialist tour operator categories. Camino Ways were first time winners in the digital market-
And the winners are: Four travel awards recipients make it ten years in a row
ing category. The winners included serial winners of the award in several categories. Amadeus won their tenth award as technology provider, Irish Ferries their tenth award in the ferries category, Lanzarote their tenth in the winter destination category. Bookabed won
Award compere Bryan Dobson
the accommodation provider for the ninth time in ten years. Spain won their ninth successive award for best tourist board, Sunway won their eight successive award for best tour operator to Europe. Austria remain undefeated in the ski destination category, having won on the eight occa-
sions it was included as a category. Barcelona won the combined Europe and worldwide city award.. They were undefeated in the Europe category. The supplier representative award has been discontinued and the supplier team award split into four new categories, won by Amadeus,
Bookabed, Emirates and MSC. MSC also retained their cruise line of the year award. The new value airline category, to include Ryanair and Vueling, was won by Aer LIngus. And a newTravel Agency International Corporate award. The airline business
ITAA Presdient John Spollen
class to Europe category has been discontinued, as have the Destination City Worldwide category, the shopfront marketing campaign, the corporate agent of the year award and a category for the supplier promoting the trade to the public..
