Warm night of celebration: record number of entries and more than 1000 people gather to hear results in central London
The 2010 Business Travel Awardswere announced last night (January 18) at a dinner in the Great Room at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London's Park Lane, by the publishers of the Buying Business Travel magazine.
The awards were presented by guest celebrity, impressionist and comedian Jon Culshaw. For photos of the event, click here.
The Business Travel Awards are judged by an independent panel of travel buyers and journalists and as such, are recognised as the industry's benchmark for excellence.
A fixture of the business travel industry for 15 years, this year's hotly contested awards included new categories and winners.
A list of the finalists can be seen at www.businesstravelawards.com and the full list of winners is:
For the last 14 years The Business Travel World Awards has been one of the key events on the business travel industry's calendar- combining a glittering gala dinner attended by all the key players for a night of celebration and invaluable networking, with the presentation of awards which are considered to be the most valued accolades the industry bestows.
For the event's 15th year, Panacea Publishing, the publishers of Buying Business Travel are delighted to have the honour of running these awards under the new name of The Business Travel Awards. The event will be a combination both of the long-standing Business Travel World Awards and the prestigious Buying Business Travel Diamond Awards which have been recognising industry excellence for the past 5 years.
Buying Business Travel is the multi award-winning magazine for the corporate travel and meetings buyer and arranger with a readership of 41,000 people who are collectively responsible for over £15 billion worth of corporate travel spend.