Press Release Date: 16th October 2012
Blue Insurances Travel Media Awards
Friday 23rd November 1.30pm to 6pm, and on ’til late
Pictured from left to right: Kathryn Thomas, RTÉ and Ciaran Mulligan, Joint Managing Director of Blue Insurances.
For this year’s Winter TravelMedia.ie Networking Event on Friday 23rd November, following on from the success of last year’s Inaugural Travel Media Awards, we are delighted to announce the 2012 Blue Insurances Travel Media Awards.
The event calls on the media to vote and give their say on who they think stands out in the travel industry and vote for their favourite travel companies.
This year we are delighted to announce that the awards will be sponsored by Blue Insurances.
Ciaran Mulligan, Managing Director of Blue Insurances, said “Blue Insurances are delighted to be the exclusive sponsor of the Travel Media Awards 2012. These awards are unique as they are voted for by the Irish media whom Blue Insurances very much supports. We are also very pleased that Kathryn Thomas, a well-known celebrity from RTÉ who is familiar with the Irish travel industry, will be presenting this year’s prestigious awards.”
Michael Collins, Managing Director of TravelMedia.ie, said “Following the success of last year’s Inaugural Travel Media Awards we are very happy to be holding the Awards again. Blue Insurances are a great sponsor to have for the event and we look forward to working with them and ensuring that the event equals, if not surpasses, last year’s success.”
As always, the event will be in the Westbury Hotel in the centre of Dublin. It will start with a networking drinks reception in the Marble Bar, followed by a lunch in the award winning Wilde Restaurant, where the winners will be announced, and then downstairs to Novo Bar for informal networking and afters drinks.
Over the course of the next 5 weeks we will be inviting you, the Irish media, to vote on your favourite travel companies. Category list below.
Categories:
- Best Short Haul Airline
- Best Long Haul Airline
- Best International Airport (not in Rep of Ireland)
- Best Cruise Company
- Best Irish Hotel
- Best International Hotel Group
- Best Tour Operator
- Best Online Travel Agent
- Best Tourist Board or CVB (Convention & Visitors Bureau)
- Best Travel Agent
- Best Travel Website (i.e. information resource)
- Best use of Social Media by a travel company operating in the Irish market
- Best Ski Destination by Country
- Best Summer Destination by Country
- Best City or Short-Break Destination
- Best Worldwide Holiday Destination by Country
- Best Travel Insurance Provider
The voting will be independently audited and managed by the Department of Tourism at DIT (Dublin Institute of Technology) www.dit.ie/hospitalitymanagementandtourism.
You can vote online now at www.travelawards.ie.
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