Latest Awards
[January 16th 2008] Travel Weekly Golden Globe Awards 2008 - Best Travel Trade Website & Best add-ons provider
The winner Best Holiday Add Ons & Best Travel Trade Website
A troop of well groomed Holiday Extras representatives attended the Travel Weekly Awards at London's Grosvenor House Hotel yesterday evening. Mark Lamar hosted the event and with his own inimitable wit and humour handed out the awards. The awards were followed by Jocelyn Brown's fantastic rendition of Keep on Jumpin' - and we certainly were at the fantastic news that we had won not 1 but 2 TW Globe awards.
This is a fantastic result for us as these awards are voted for by travel trade. Once again THANK YOU to all the travel agencies who voted for us to win at the 2008 Travel Weekly Awards
[October 2007] Travel Bulletin Awards - Best Holiday Add Ons -
The winner Best Holiday Add Ons
The 2007 Travel Star Awards were presented to the best in the business at an exclusive event at the Landmark Hotel in Central LondonA big THANK YOU to all the travel agencies who voted for us to win the 2007 Travel Bulletin Star Award for Best Holiday Add Ons.
[September 2007] TTG Awards - Best Holiday Add Ons
The winner Best Holiday Add Ons
| The TTG Award for Best Holiday Add Ons |
Holiday Extras are very happy to accept the award for the Best Holiday Add Ons Provider in the EXTRA! EXTRA! category of the Travel Trade Gazette British Travel Awards, sponsored by Bourne Leisure.
More than 1,300 guests from the travel trade gathered at Old Billingsgate in London on the evening of Wednesday 12th September to celebrate the achievements of the best suppliers in the travel industry.
The award ceremony was hosted by comedian Rob Brydon. The Holiday Extras Best Holiday add-ons award was accepted by Matthew Pack, Web and Marketing Director.
TTG invited 37 industry experts to pick the eventual winners in each category. Holiday Extras beat off strong competition from BCP, Holiday Taxis, Journeys Travel Insurance and Taxi Transfers. A big thank-you to all of the agents who voted for us, TTG and Rob Brydon for a fantastic evening, Bourne Leisure for sponsoring the award to all at Holiday Extras.
Holiday Extras Best Company to Work For
| James Pope, Matthew Weatherly, Suzanne Stanley, Callum Husein and Marian Walters celebrate at the Best Companies to Work for awards. |
Holiday Extras are very proud to have achieved 43rd position in THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST COMPANY TO WORK FOR 2007 list. This year there were over 600 entrants for the award, compared to 500 in 2006.
Holiday Extras came 23rd in the Best Company awards last year and have continued to embrace change and expand during the year - the web team has doubled in size over that period. Holiday Extras will be spending an extra million pounds in 2007 on new jobs and salaries.
The company scored highest in the areas of of 'my manager' and 'personal growth' - closely followed by 'my team' and 'my company'. Once again Holiday Extras' staff acknowledge the exceptionally high standards that make Holiday Extras one of the best employers the UK.
In 2006-07 the company will invest £100,000 on people development. Courses offered range from advanced communication skills and management programmes right through to sessions designed to boost self-confidence.
This latest inclusion in the Best Company list is reflected in the company's values (as chosen by employees) - Innovation, Inspiration, People and Success.
