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People Awards: Find out
FINAL preparations are now underway for the 2022 Business Travel People Awards in London on Tuesday September 13.
The shortlisted fi nalists are keenly awaiting the fi nal decisions of the Judging Panel, which met in person on July 7 to choose the winners.
There are fi ve new award categories this year – Technology Innovator, Sustainability Champion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion, Travel Buyer of the Year and TMC of the Year – plus a special award chosen by the Chairman of the Judging Panel, Leigh Cowlishaw, to recognise a team or individual that has demonstrated particular excellence in their category.
The annual awards, now in their 11th year, will be presented at a glittering evening ceremony with a new format that proved to be such a success last year.
“We decided to make the awards presentation a more relaxed evening aff air for 2021 and knew within the fi rst 10 minutes that it was the right decision” says Kirsty Hicks, Publisher of The Business Travel Magazine and organiser of the awards.
"Business travel is such a sociable, friendly industry. We’re like one big family. The new evening format works so well and allows as much time as possible for networking. "It's the perfect chance to catch up with friends and colleagues, rub shoulders with the industry’s most infl uential fi gures and make new business contacts. "It’s also a great opportunity for travel companies to motivate and reward their teams, which is even more important right now, especially with the shift to hybrid working and in light of the current recruitment challenges the sector is
It's the perfect experiencing.” chance to catch up The 2022 awards with friends and colleagues, rub shoulders celebration is being held in a new venue – the luxury four-star with the industry's most Leonardo Royal influential figures and London City Hotel. make new business Tickets are now on contacts sale for £125+VAT and include entrance to the networking ceremony and party, welcome drinks, bowl food and entertainment. Generously sponsoring the People Awards this year are HotelHub, United Airlines, Agiito, FREE NOW for Business, Reed & Mackay, Focus Travel Partnership, Sirius Talent Solutions, ATPI, TripStax, and Virgin Atlantic with Delta Air Lines.
the finALists
Account MAnAgeMent teAM of the YeAr
Diversity Travel Agiito Corporate Traveller Venues and Events International TAG
Account MAnAger of the YeAr
Lisa Swithenbank, Agiito James Connell, Situ David Luney, Inntel Joanne Hopwood, ATPI
operAtions teAM of the YeAr
Operations Support Team, Agiito Corporate Traveller, Stage Screen & Sports Team, Corporate Traveller Lowestoft Operations Team, ATPI Synergy Operations Team, Synergy Film Production team, BCD Media and Entertainment
operAtions MAnAger of the YeAr
Katy Johnson, Inntel Pat Barber, Agiito Michael Savage, TBR Global Chauffeuring
Meetings & events teAM of the YeAr
Reed & Mackay Events Team, Reed & Mackay Venue Find and Events Team, Agiito Major Events Team, TBR Global Chauffeuring
Business trAnsforMAtion initiAtive of the YeAr
Agiito Focus Travel Partnership Avis Budget Group & Nexus Vehicle Rental
DutY of cAre initiAtive of the YeAr
Mark Stevens (leader of the Project Nexus team), Agiito Robyn Joliat, 3Sixty PwC, supported by Global Secure Accreditation, PwC/GSA
chAnge chAMpion LeADer
Dana Moore, Agiito Jen Fackelman, Nomadic Technologies Lynne Griffiths, Sirius Talent Solutions DiversitY, equitY AnD incLusion chAMpion
Chris King (they/she), Lightning Travel Recruitment Carolyn Pearson, Maiden Voyage Carol Fergus, Fidelity International
sustAinABiLitY chAMpion
Mark Corbett, Thrust Carbon COCO+ Team, COCO+ Kirsty Given, Agiito Nico and Elkie Nicholas, Trees4Travel Sally Higgs, American Express Global Business Travel Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, AltoVita
trAveL technoLogY innovAtor
Jack Dow, Grapevine Chris Lewis, Travelogix UnderTheDoormat Group, Under The Doormat Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, AltoVita
Georgia Suttie, Agiito Sinead Ryan, ALTOUR UK Laura Garton, Synergy rising stAr
shining stAr
Tony Peckham, Reed & Mackay Gillian Robson, Agiito Seth Hanson, Situ Lynne Griffiths, Sirius Talent Solutions Linda Bekoe, APLBC / Bekoe.com
tMc of the YeAr
Blue Cube Travel Agiito American Express Global Business Travel Hotel and Travel Solutions (HTS)
trAveL BuYer of the YeAr
Eloise Ferrara Neched, Royal Mail Group Cristina Chimenti, Sky Natalie Gardner, Electronic Arts Alice Linley-Munro, Oil Spill Response Ltd
inDustrY contriBution AwArD
James Parkhouse, Agiito James Foice, The Association of Serviced Apartment Providers Julia Lo Bue-Said, Advantage Travel Partnership
The 2022
TECH HOTLIST
Here are the innovators and innovations shaking up the industry… shaking up the industry…
TRIPSTAX
Just like the rocket they use in their marketing, the energetic team at TripStax have blasted into the travel management space this year with their fully-connected stack of applications. Promising “tech to make your business boom”, their secret weapon is The Core, a central powerhouse that drives the technology by managing booking, profile and invoice data across the entire TripStax eco-system, which includes a stack of modules – Approve, Profile, Track, Analytics, Content, Docs, Mobile – plus other integrated third-party technologies. Aimed at SME TMCs, the tech is affordable too because while most legacy travel technology providers charge TMCs transaction fees based on the consumption and storage of data, TripStax only charges TMCs once for ingestion of data, regardless of how many times
that data is processed within the stack, which can mean big savings. Although the TripStax brand is new, the stack comes from good stock, having been initially developed by the highly-experienced tech team at ATPI. Now being steered by CEO Jack Ramsey (ex ATPI and Travelport), its mission is not only to sign up new TMC clients but also to enhance the stack by finding exciting new partners. It's got off to a strong start as early in July it announced the acquisition of TapTrip (in our 2021 Tech Hotlist), adding an innovative online booking option to the mix.
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