Travel Leaders Group CEO Congratulates Company Employees on Their Impressive Honors
Plymouth, MN (September 5, 2012) — Today, Travel Leaders Group CEO Barry Liben congratulated employees throughout the company for collectively winning 29 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards – more than three times the total number of honors earned by any other travel agency company in 2012.
In his message to Travel Leaders Group employees, Liben stated, “Today, I have some very exciting news that thoroughly demonstrates just how much you’ve taken to heart Travel Leaders Group’s mission ‘to become the undisputed leader in travel.’ Travel Leaders Group has learned that we’ve collectively been honored with 29 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards! This year, we’ve earned a breathtaking 16 Gold and 13 Silver Magellan Awards. Congratulations to everyone involved.”
In the 2012 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, Travel Leaders Group collectively was honored with nearly 100% more awards over last year, when Travel Leaders Group’s business earned 15 Magellan Awards – 6 Golds and 9 Silvers. Travel Leaders Group was honored with more Gold Awards in 2012 than its total number of Gold and Silver in 2011. “Contrast this with only two years ago, when we collectively won 9 total awards, and it’s clear that we are living up to our name as Travel Leaders,” Liben stated.
From design to marketing to services, Travel Weekly‘s Magellan Awards honor the very best in travel and salute the outstanding travel professionals behind it all.
Here is Travel Leaders Group’s list of winners:
Gold Magellan Awards:
- Cruise Holidays Cruise University Online – Training Program
- Cruise Holidays Compass Magazine – Marketing Direct Mail
- Cruise Holidays Cruise Line of the Month – Marketing Advertising/Marketing Campaign
- Nexion Strategic Sales Coaching – Training Program
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group TravelFlash E-Scapes – Client Newsletter Web or Print
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Media Interview Training (MIT) – Training Program
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Agency Consulting Evaluation (ACE) – Training Program
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Travelleaders.com – Marketing Website
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Destination Microsites – Marketing Web Marketing
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Australia Campaign – Marketing Advertising/Marketing Campaign
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Cybercrime Insurance – Travel Insurance
- Tzell Travel Group Innovate to Motivate – Travel Agent Innovation
- Vacation.com Think Big Conference Site – Marketing Website
- Vacation.com 2012 Bucket List Brochure – Marketing Direct Mail
- Vacation.com We Deliver Video – Marketing Promotional Video
- Vacation.com GoSiteSee Mobile App – Travel Agent Innovation
Silver Magellan Awards:
- Cruise Holidays CruiseHolidays.com Website – Marketing Website
- Cruise Holidays Virtual Cruise Nights – Marketing Web Marketing/Advertising
- Nexion Simple Nexion Air Program (SNAP!) – Travel Agent Innovation
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Local Aussie Marketing TV Commercial – Marketing TV Commercial
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Collection – Marketing Direct Mail
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group “I Am Travel Leaders” Video – Marketing Promotional Video
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group InteGREAT Marketing Platform – Travel Agent Innovation
- Travel Leaders Franchise Group Travel Policy Assessment – Travel Agent Innovation
- Travel Leaders Leisure Group CruiseDeals.com – Marketing Website
- Travel Leaders Leisure Group CruiseSpecialists.com – Marketing Website
- Travel Leaders Leisure Group CruiseSource Blog – Online Travel Services Blog
- Tzell Travel Group Tzell Annual Charity Drive – Community Outreach
- Vacation.com In-Sites Microsites – Travel Agent Innovation
Travel Weekly Magellan Awards’ panel of distinguished judges included Bob Dickinson (former President and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines), Peter Greenberg (Travel Editor, “The Early Show” on CBS), Patricia Schultz (Author, “1000 Places to See Before You Die”), John Discala (Johnny Jet Travel Blog), Rudy Maxa (PBS Host of “Rudy Maxa’s World”), Lalia Rach (Professor and Founding Dean, NYU Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management) and Burt Wolf (Internationally syndicated television journalist).
“Make no mistake, achieving major accolades for our innovations in programs, initiatives and services doesn’t just happen. An amazing amount of work went into each of them and I salute our leadership and their respective teams for doing some heavy lifting to get them right,” Liben explained. “Likewise, incredible efforts were devoted to ensuring that each entry adequately reflected its award-winning inspiration. While the sheer number of wins might have you thinking that every entry wins, nothing could be further from the truth, considering that several of our nominations weren’t recognized. But that makes all 29 honors we’ve received all the more impressive and cements our leadership position in the industry.”
Liben concluded by reiterating his appreciation to Travel Leaders Group’s employees, saying, “I’m extraordinarily proud to express my gratitude to everyone who contributed to our stellar, award-winning achievements. Congratulations and thank you for making Travel Leaders the undisputed leader in travel.”
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Travel Leaders Group (www.travelleadersgroup.com) is transforming travel with a commitment to our vacation and business travel clients via our progressive approach toward each unique travel experience. Having already assisted millions of travelers – through our beginnings as Carlson Leisure Group, a division of Carlson Companies, TraveLeaders and Tzell Travel Group and through the additions of Nexion and Vacation.com – Travel Leaders Group manages leisure, business and franchise travel operations under a variety of diversified divisions and brands. With sales of nearly $17 billion in 2011, Travel Leaders Group not only ranks as the #1 corporate travel management company by Business Travel News, but it is also among the top ten travel companies on the 2012 Travel Weekly Power List. In 2012, Entrepreneur ranked a Travel Leaders Franchise Brand #1 in the category of “Travel Agencies-Miscellaneous.”