last year's winners
Winners of the 2008 Buying Business Travel Diamond and Gold Award, as voted by the magazine’s readership of business travel buyers, managers and arrangers
DIAMOND AWARD WINNERS 2008
If you are a winner and would like to use a either a gold or diamond award winners logo, please contact Kate Moulton on 01273 320 272 or email
kmoulton@newbusinessevents.com
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Best Car Rental Company
Avis
Award sponsor: Business Travel Show | | |
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Best Corporate Card Provider
AirPlus
Award sponsor: Business Travel Show | | |
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Best Airport
Singapore Changi
Award sponsor: Business Travel Show | | |
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Best Website for Business Travel
expedia.com
Award sponsor: Business Travel Show | | |
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Best Rail Operator
Eurostar
Award sponsor: Business Travel Show | | |
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Best UK Hotel Group
Hilton
Award sponsor: HRS | | |
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Best Worldwide Hotel Group
Intercontinental Hotel Group
Award sponsor: HRS | | |
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Best Serviced Apartment Company
BridgeStreet Worldwide
Award sponsor: HRS | | |
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Best Technology Provider
Galileo
Award sponsor: HRS | | |
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Best Hotel Booking Agency
HRS
Award sponsor: sssource.com | | |
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Best Specialist Business Travel Supplier
PurpleParking
Award sponsor: sssource.com | | |
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Best Business Travel Management Company (Turnover up to £50m)
Ian Allan Travel
Award sponsor: sssource.com | | |
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Best Business Travel Management Company (Turnover above £50m)
HRG (Hogg Robinson Group)
Award sponsor: sssource.com | | |
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Best Executive Aviation Provider
PremiAir
Award sponsor: CAPITA | | |
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Best Low-Cost Carrier for Business
easyJet
Award sponsor: CAPITA | | |
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Best Short-haul Airline
bmi
Award sponsor: CAPITA | | |
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Best Long-haul Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Award sponsor: CAPITA | | |
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Best Business Airline Worldwide
Virgin Atlantic
Award sponsor: CAPITA | | |
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Outstanding Contribution to the Environment by a Company
Virgin Atlantic
Award sponsor: Hertz | | |
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Outstanding Contribution to the Environment by an Individual
Richard Brown, Chief Executive Eurostar
Award sponsor: Hertz | | |
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Business Travel Buyer of the Year
Karen Brand, NATS
Sponsored by: Radius | | |
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Business Travel Arranger of the Year
Ann Burling, HSBC
Sponsored by: Radius | | |
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Business Travel Team of the Year
Merrill Lynch
Sponsored by: Radius | | |
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Business Travel Personality of the Year
Mike Platt, HRG
Sponsored by: SilverDoor | | |
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Only a few votes separated the first-and second-placed companies, and we wanted to recognise this by creating a Gold Award for those companies who, though they didn't top their respective categories, are clearly held in very high regard by their customers.
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UK Hotel Group
Marriott |
Worldwide Hotel Group
Marriott |
Hotel Booking Agency
Expotel |
Serviced Apartment Company
Frasers Hospitality |
Business Airline Worldwide
British Airways |
Long-haul Airline
Singapore Airlines |
Short-haul Airline
British Airways |
Low-Cost Carrier for Business
Flybe |
Executive Aviation Provider
London Executive Aviation |
Rail Operator
Virgin Trains |
Airport
London City |
Car Rental Company
Hertz |
Corporate Card Provider
American Express |
Business Travel Management Company (Turnover above £50m)
Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) |
Business Travel Management Company (Turnover up to £50m)
Chambers Travel Management |
Technology Provider
Amadeus |
Website for Business Travel
ba.com |
Specialist Business Travel Supplier
Travelex |
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