Australia’s favourite travel businesses have been unveiled with the release of Finalists for the 2024 National Travel Industry Awards (NTIA) People’s Choice Award, presented by Escape.
Escape is News Corp Australia’s leading travel-media brand and is partnering with NTIA to invite travellers to nominate their favourite travel brand.
These brands must be retail or online travel agencies, and tour operators that are ATAS accredited, or cruise lines.
To become a Finalist, each business was nominated as outstanding by an Australian traveller. The Finalists are:
- Contiki
- Flight Centre North Lakes
- JC Travel Team
- Royal Caribbean
- Taking Off Tours
The NTIA Winners will be announced at the NTIA gala event, held on Saturday, 26 October 2024, at the ICC Sydney.
NTIA 2024 is also proudly supported by Singapore Airlines, the major sponsor, along with numerous other partners like ESCAPE committed to celebrating excellence in Travel.
QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATIA ACTING CEO INGRID FRASER:
“Congratulations to all of our People’s Choice Award Finalists!”
“This award is a special recognition from the travelling public, underscoring the exceptional service and dedication of our ATAS-accredited brands, sometimes in life-changing ways.”
“We’re excited to see who will take home the title of ‘People’s Champion’ at this year’s NTIA.”
QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA’S HEAD OF FOOD, TRAVEL & HEALTH, KERRIE MCCALLUM:
“Escape is thrilled to continue its partnership with NTIA through the People’s Choice Award.”
“This category allows us to celebrate brands that truly resonate with the public and to remind travelling Australians of the importance of always choosing a trusted travel business.”
“We’re excited to see the deserving Winner crowned in October.”
QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTIKI MANAGING DIRECTOR, TTC TOUR BRANDS, TONI AMBLER:
“We’re thrilled to be a Finalist for the NTIA’s People’s Choice Award! For many Contiki travellers, their first big adventure starts with us, and being ATAS-accredited is our way of saying, ‘We’ve got you.’ It gives that extra peace of mind knowing you’re booking with a trusted operator who’ll look after all the important details, so you can focus on making the most of your trip and creating the next legendary Contiki story.”
QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO FLIGHT CENTRE GENERAL MANAGER, AUSTRALIA, BRENT NOVAK:
“As Australia’s most-trusted travel agent, we’re thrilled that we’ve been named a Finalist for the Escape People’s Choice Award in 2024.”
“It’s incredibly rewarding to hear how our customers are finding joy in travel and sharing this joy through nominations in this award category. A huge congratulations to the entire team of travel experts at Flight Centre North Lakes for this recognition of hard work and dedication to their customers.”
QUOTES ATTRIBUTABLE TO JC TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS MANAGING DIRECTOR FREDDY MIKHAEL:
“Being an ATAS-accredited agent is a great privilege as it gives a great sense of security to our customers that they are dealing with an accredited, trusted, friendly and professional TMC.”
“As a team, we were delighted to be selected as a People’s Choice Finalist. A great testimony from our clients of the exclusive personal service we are providing them.”
“Being a Finalist is the ultimate reward for the incredible hard work, devotion and tireless efforts we put day in and day out to ensure our clients are having the very best experience our industry offers. Our friendly attitude as a team has created amazing harmony with our clients, assuring them that they are looked after as a family and not as part of a travel transaction.”
“A BIG THANK YOU to all those who testified and paved the road for us to be a Finalist of this highly prestigious award.”
QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO ROYAL CARIBBEAN, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND, VICE PRESIDENT & MANAGING DIRECTOR GAVIN SMITH:
“We are thrilled to be named as a Finalist for the NTIA People’s Choice Award. Our guests are at the heart of everything we do, so we are delighted to be recognised by Aussies for our amazing holidays. We’re looking forward to seeing our loyal guests again and welcoming more first-time cruisers than ever before.”
QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO TAKING OFF TOURS MANAGING DIRECTOR MELANIE GOLIN:
“Taking off Tours is humbled and honoured to have been nominated. We pride ourselves on customer service and our expertise in ensuring our clients have a seamless journey. Being part of ATAS has made our customers feel safe knowing we are part of the industry’s only guarantee of a secure travel business.”
