Entry criteria available HERE
Submissions are now open for the 8th edition of the LATA Achievement Awards recognising individuals and/or companies that have made an exceptional contribution to the development of Latin American tourism. For 2018, the awards will be bigger and better than ever with a range of new categories and a new judging panel.
For 2018, the LATA Achievement Awards judging panel will be led by Derek Moore, chairman of AITO, co-founder of Explore Worldwide and recipient of the Contribution to Adventure Travel award at the 2017 Adventure Travel Conference. Derek is joined by Aneil Bedi, director at M&C Saatchi and judge of the Travel Marketing Awards, Barbara Kolosinska, director at C&M Travel Recruitment, Quinn Meyer, founder of the CREES Foundation and Danny Callaghan, general manager of LATA.
The 2018 awards categories are:
- Tour operator of the year award
- Airline of the year award
- DMC of the year award
- Hotel of the year award
- Cruise of the year award
- Destination of the year award
- Marketing campaign of the year award
- Product launch of the year award
- People award
- Innovation in sustainability award
The awards ceremony will take place on Monday 11 June during ela; Europe’s biggest B2B travel conference focused on the Latin American region.
Submissions are free-of-charge and open to all members of the travel industry including tour operators, airlines, DMCs, hoteliers, cruise companies, tourist boards, PR and representation companies, individuals a/o other tourism businesses (not just LATA members). The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2018.
Submission details and all entry criteria is available via www.lata.travel.
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For any queries on the awards, or to discuss sponsorship opportunities, please email info@lata.travel
The Latin American Travel Industry (LATA) is represented by LOTUS. For more information a/o images, please contact Kate McWilliams or Lucy Keenan (latapr@wearelotus.co.uk / 0207 953 7470). For more information on LATA, please visit www.lata.travel or for more information on ela, please visit http://experiencelatinamerica.travel/.
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