Riviera Travel brought together more than 55 leading professionals last week to celebrate outstanding trade achievements in the company’s second-annual Riv Awards
The ceremony, held at Hotel Café Royal in London, was created to recognise Riviera’s most engaged and high-performing agencies and individuals across its river cruise and escorted touring portfolio.
The afternoon saw 25 awards presented across a wide variety of categories and, for the first time, included the Irish market to highlight the strength of Riviera’s trade relationships across both the UK and Ireland.
Vicky Billing, trade and partnerships director UK & Ireland, and host for the awards, said, “The Riv Awards are our way of saying a heartfelt thank you to our incredible trade partners. The passion, commitment and professionalism show by agents across the UK and Ireland continues to drive the success of the Riviera brand, and it was fantastic to come together to celebrate those achievements.”
The full list of winners can be found below:
Regional Store (Touring & Cruise Combined)
Ireland: JWT Cruises - Galway
Northern Ireland: Feherty Travel – Bangor
Scotland: Barrhead Travel – Fort Kinnaird
Northeast & Cumbria: Dawson & Sanderson – Gosforth
Yorkshire & The Humber: Althams Travel – Huddersfield
Northwest: Aspen Travel
Midlands: Peakes Travel Elite
Southeast: Fred. Olsen Travel – Tonbridge
Southwest: Newells Travel – Truro
East of England: Premier Travel – Newmarket
Wales: Miles Morgan Travel – Chepstow
National
Best Up & Coming – UK: ROL Cruise
Best Up & Coming – Ireland: Best4Travel
Top Training & Engagement: InteleTravel
Top Overall Account Homeworking: Travel Counsellors
Top Overall Homeworking Agent: Jo Kemp (Travel Counsellors)
Top Overall Agent: Wendy Haines (RiverCruising.co.uk)
Top Overall Solo Holiday Account: Cartwright Travel
Top Overall Account Online Travel Agent: RiverCruising.co.uk
Top Overall Account – Ireland: Cassidy Travel
Top Overall Account – UK: Hays Travel
Special Awards
Top Overall Engaged Marketing Account: Miles Morgan Travel
Riviera Explorer Champion – Most Engaged Expert: Andre Ashford (C the World)
Riviera Champion Touring – Most Proactive & Engaged: Richard Slater
Riviera Champion River Cruise – Most Proactive & Engaged: Margaret McCorriston
