All The Excellence Award articles
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GLT AwardsMeet the 2024 Excellence Award finalists and vote for your winner
Whether you organise a day trip or a long haul holiday, it is often the people you deal with who can make the difference. Find out who the finalists for this year’s Excellence Award are and vote for your winner.
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InterviewSophie Dart: organising memorable group visits to the theatre
We caught up with Sophie Dart, finalist in the 2023 Excellence Award category, who spoke about the importance of group theatre visits and why she loves her role.
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GLT AwardsThe Excellence Award 2024: recognising travel trade superstars
The Excellence Award recognises people in the travel trade who provide great service and support to group travel organisers for their trips and holidays.
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GLT AwardsDaniel Pocock: “I love the variety of my role with Potters Resorts”
We caught up with Daniel Pocock, sales development team leader at Potters Resorts, about winning the 2023 Excellence Award and his favourite part of the job.
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GLT AwardsMeeting the 2023 winner and finalists for The Excellence Award
Whether you organise a day trip or a long haul holiday, it is often the people you deal with who can make the difference. Find out who the finalists for this year’s Excellence Award are.
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GLT AwardsAlex Dixon: passionate about people, palaces and history
We spoke to Alex Dixon, who looks after groups at Historic Royal Palaces, to find out what it meant to be nominated for The Excellence Award and what the charity has coming up this year.
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GLT AwardsEric White: group organisers make it a thrill to answer the phone
We chatted to Eric White, who looks after groups visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Richmond, about being nominated for The Excellence Award 2022 and his botanical highlights.
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GLT AwardsPam Wharton: 40 years of travel, friends and memories
Pam Wharton was a finalist for the 2021 Excellence Award. Here she tells us how she first got into travel and the qualities that are key to her role.
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GLT AwardsZoe Poston: a ray of sunshine for group organisers
We caught up with Zoe Poston, group sales executive at Dunwood, about winning the 2022 Excellence Award and her favourite place in the world.
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GLT AwardsThe Excellence Award: the 2022 shortlist and your winner
Find out who was crowned winner at the Group Leisure & Travel Awards ceremony held in Milton Keynes on Wednesday 5th October.
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GLT AwardsExcellence in group travel, courtesy of Sandy Cornish
Sandy Cornish won The Excellence Award in 2021. Here she tells us about her favourite places to visit and what makes her job at Tailored Travel so special.
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GLT AwardsThe 2021 Excellence Award finalists
The Excellence Award rewards brilliant service to group travel organisers.
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GLT AwardsSimply Groups’ Shauna Potts says Excellence Award win is “icing on the cake”
Shauna Potts, director of tour operator Simply Groups, has described feeling overwhelmed and humbled after winning The Excellence Award 2020.
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GLT AwardsHere are your 2020 Excellence Award finalists
The Excellence Award rewards brilliant service to group travel organisers. See who’s in the running for this year’s accolade.
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GLT AwardsInterview: Excellence Award finalist Nikki Stephenson talks about why it’s nice to be recognised
We catch up with Nikki Stephenson, groups sales executive at just for groups! about what it meant to be a finalist for the Excellence Award.
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GLT Awards“I just really care about people,” RHS Melissa Hackney on her Excellence Award nomination
We sat down with Melissa Hackney, group sales and marketing manager for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), about why she loves her role and what it meant to pick up a trophy at this year’s Group Leisure & Travel Awards.
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InterviewInterview: The Original Tour’s Barry Watson on being an Excellence Award finalist
We talk to Barry Watson, group sales and customer service supervisor at The Original Tour about what it meant to be nominated for the Excellence Award as part of the 2019 Group Leisure and Travel Awards.
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GLT AwardsIntroducing the 2019 Excellence Award finalists
The Excellence Award rewards brilliant service to group travel organisers and you can read about the final four up shortlisted for the 2019 accolade.
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InterviewThe face of Excellence: Ian Pearson
Shannon Clark talks to Ian Pearson, group travel manager at Harry Shaw Group Travel and finalist for The Excellence Award 2018.
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InterviewThe face of Excellence: Tracy Cullen
In the first of a new series which catches up with our Excellence Award 2018 finalists, Laura Sexton talks to Tracy Cullen, group sales and friends manager at The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland.