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ADVERTISING AWARDS

Best Use of Online Advertising

• Love Creative for STA Travel
• Neutralize for Classic Cottages
• Harvest Digital for Cruise Thomas Cook
• Harvest Digital for Cheapflights
• KitCatt Nohr for Virgin Holidays

Best Use of Affiliate Advertising

• Traffic Junction for Expedia
• The Dedicated Partnership for UKSeries.com
• Traffic Junction for Superbreak
• Affilinet for Parquantity Hotels
• Buy.at for LateRooms

Best Use of CRM

• CreatorMail for Thomson
• Lastminute.com (in-house)

MARKETING & INNOVATION AWARDS

Best Use of Social Media

• Jumeirah Hotels – The JCast
• TravellersPoint maps
• STA Travel Blogs
• EnjoyEngland/Yahoo! Answers
• Avis WeTryHarder Blog
• Select World Travel Blog/Videos

Best Agency for Search Engine Optimisation

• Neutralize
• Spannerworks
• Tamar
• Greenlight
• BigMouthMedia

Best Agency for Website Design

• Adams Creative for TravelOwl.co.uk
• Designate Communications for Wales In Style
• Five By Five for Island Cruises and Club 18-30
• Netizen Digital for various
• Fortune Cookie for Kuoni UK
• Nucleus for various

TRAVEL AGENT AWARDS

Best Travel Agent Website

• RailChoice
• Travel Designers
• Isango.com
• STA Travel
• Expedia.co.uk
• WhyDontYou.com
• TravelRepublic
• PackYourBags.com
• Expedia Corporate Travel

Best Use of Technology

• West East Travel
• DirectLine Holidays
• Online Regional Travel Group
• Door2Tour.com
• Comtec
• TravelRepublic
• Dolphin Dynamics
• Touch Clarity

TOUR OPERATOR AWARDS

Best Tour Operator Website

• Leger Holidays
• VisitBattlefields.com
• Voyages Jules Verne
• Sun Isle
• Kuoni.co.uk
• VillaPlus
• OnTheGoTours.com
• DirectSki.com
• ErnaLow.co.uk

Best Use of Technology

• Thomson
• Adventure Company/Netizen Digital
• Kuoni

SUPPLIER AWARDS

Best Hotel Website

• Paramount-Hotels.co.uk
• Jumeirah.com
• BestWestern.co.uk
• Hyatt.com
• Sheraton.com
• VonEssenHotels.co.uk

Best Airline Website

• FlySilverjet.com
• BA.com
• FlyBMI.com
• ThomsonFly.com
• VirginAtlantic.com

Best Travel Insurance Website

• GoTravelInsurance.co.uk
• JourneysTravel.co.uk/InsureMore.co.uk
• 1StopTravelInsurance.co.uk

Best Car Hire Website

• USRentacar.co.uk
• TaxiTransfers.co.uk
• HolidayAutos.co.uk
• Avis.co.uk

TRAVEL INFORMATION AWARDS

Best Travel Portal

• TravellersPoint.com
• TravelGator.com
• WalesInStyle.com
• Trivop.com
• WAYN.com
• EnjoyEngland.com
• TripAdvisor.co.uk
• Viator.com
• Yahoo.co.uk/Travel

Best Meta Search/Price Comparison Website

• Kinkaa.com
• Australia Travel Market
• Cheapflights.co.uk
• Sidestep.com
• TravelSupermarket.com
• Kelkoo Travel

Best Use of Technology

• DirectLine Holidays
• Teletext Holidays Lingubot
• IfYouSki.com
• Cheapflights.co.uk Partner Portal
• Teletext Holidays Linguabot
• WAYN.com
• Icelolly.com
• Online Travel Brochures

TRAVOLUTION SM@RT AGENT OF THE YEAR

• Mann Link Travel
• Sunmaster
• Coachtrips.com
• Select World Travel
• C&B Maddocks Travel
• Travelcare

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

• Isango.com
• TravelZoo UK
• Sidestep UK

ONLINE TRAVEL BRAND OF THE YEAR

Shortlist to be made from winners of Best Travel Agent Website, Best Tour Operator Website, Best Airline Website, Best Hotel Website, Best Car Hire Website, Best Travel Portal and Best Meta Search/Price Comparison Website categories.

TRAVOLUTION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Shortlist will not be published

Original post by Travolution Blogger