AlEXANDRIA, VA (June 18, 2008) — Vacation.com® presented the 2008 Agency Awards and the 'Power of the Partnership' (POP) awards to honor top member agencies and preferred suppliers during the 10th International Conference & Trade Show, June 16–19, held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
The 2008 Agency Awards honored the members in North America who produced the highest amount of preferred supplier revenue, as well as agencies with largest year-over-year growth within the last year.
"The Vacation.com mission has always been to facilitate 'The Power of the Partnership' through exceptional preferred supplier offerings for our members and their clients and it is important for us to acknowledge those agencies that use this partnership to their full advantage,” said Steve Tracas, president and CEO, Vacation.com.
Awards were presented to nine agencies in two categories: Chairman's Award for the highest preferred supplier sales, and President's Award for the largest preferred supplier sales growth in three revenue categories:
Chairman's Award
- U.S. Agency – Cruise.com, Port Everglades, FL
- Canadian Agency – Merit Travel Group Inc., Toronto, ON
President's Award
- U.S. Agency – Continental Travel Group, Coconut Grove, FL
- U.S. Agency – Campbell Travel-Landmark Vacations, Dallas, TX
- U.S. Agency – Cain Travel, Boulder, CO
- U.S. Agency – CruCon Cruise Outlet, Center Harbor, N.H.
- Canadian Agency – Solaway Travel Ltd., Burnaby, BC
- Canadian Agency – Eglinton Travel Downsview, ON
- Canadian Agency – BNW Travel Management Ltd., Vancouver, BC
The POP Awards honored the preferred supplier partners who consistently met the needs of member agencies. The awards were distributed based on votes from Vacation.com members.
"The POP Awards were designed to reinforce the value of a Vacation.com partnership by recognizing and rewarding those suppliers that present quality products and programs to our members and their clients,” said Tracas.
POP awards were bestowed upon 14 companies in 11 categories with the winners as follows:
- U.S. Tour Partner of the Year – Globus Family of Brands
- Canada Tour Partner of the Year – Signature Vacations
- Hotel & Resort Partner of the Year – Marriott International
- U.S. Insurance Partner of the Year – AIG Travel Guard
- Canada Insurance Partner of the Year – RBC Insurance
- Car Rental Partner of the Year – The Hertz Corporation
- U.S. Airline/Consolidator Partner of the Year – Air New Zealand
- Canada Airline/Consolidator Partner of the Year – Intair
- Rail/Ground Transportation Partner of the Year – Amtrak
- President's Partner of the Year – Globus Family of Brands
- Premium Cruise Partner of the Year – Holland America Line
- Luxury Cruise Partner of the Year – Crystal Cruises
- Specialty Cruise Partner of the Year – Viking River Cruise
- Contemporary Cruise Partner of the Year – Royal Caribbean International
Votes were submitted by members over a two-month period via AgentNet.com. Judging was based on a specific criteria including quality of service; marketing support provided to agencies; value delivered by suppliers; point of differentiation offered; reliability, responsiveness and effective problem-solving; and overall commitment to the travel agent channel.
Vacation.com
Vacation.com is a travel services marketing organization currently serving more than 5,100 travel agency locations across the U.S. and Canada. Vacation.com facilitates "The Power of the Partnership" between a network of quality preferred suppliers and member agencies who earn higher profits from disciplined marketing, training, and booking tools. Focused on leisure travel distribution and - "Powered By Real Travel Agents" - Vacation.com is North America's largest vacation selling network.
Not already a Vacation.com member? Visit JoinVacation.com to learn why Vacation.com is the right choice for your agency.
Vacation.com is a subsidiary of Amadeus IT Group, SA, and maintains its headquarters in Alexandria, VA.
For further information, contact Vacation.com at 1650 King Street, Suite 450, Alexandria, VA 22314; tel: 800-843-0733.
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