STILL TIME TO ENTER SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Please note, entries for our main awards are now closed.
However, entries for Diversity Trailblazer of the Year and John Hays Entrepreneur of the Year remain open until Friday 31 July.
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The Diversity Trailblazer Award
This award celebrates an individual – whether a junior employee or senior exec – who puts diversity at the heart of everything they do, to make their company and/or the wider travel industry a more inclusive place.
Entries should relate to actions and activities in the past year (1 March, 2025 to March 1, 2026) and you will be asked to outline in 500 words what makes you (or your nominee) a champion for diversity, equity and inclusion.
The John Hays Entrepreneur Award
In tribute to one of travel’s greatest pioneers, John Hays, founder of the UK’s largest independent travel agency Hays Travel, this award recognises the true entrepreneurial spirit of an outstanding personality who has disrupted the travel industry.
Entrants must be the founder or co-founder of their business and be able to demonstrate how they have innovatively built their company and will deliver sustainable future growth.
Finalists for The John Hays Entrepreneur Award must be available on Tuesday 8th September 2026 to take part in an in-person judging day at Hays Travel head office in Sunderland, during which finalists will be interviewed by a panel of Hays Travel and TTG judges and a winner chosen.