Canadian Tourism Commission reveals the Winners  in 2015 British Annual Canada Travel Awards

The UK office of the Canadian Tourism Commission, and industry partners; Travel Yukon, Destination British Columbia, Travel Alberta, Manitoba Tourism, Ontario Tourism, Destination Quebec and the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership marked a silver anniversary for the 2015 British Annual Canada Travel Awards.

The event took place on Thursday February 26th  at the BAFTA building on Piccadilly in London. Appropriately, the theme of the luncheon was Canada in the movies – hugely enjoyed by the 120 plus guests, some of whom marked 25 years at the awards themselves – that's real dedication to Canada !

The judging duties had a  fair division of labour; agents voted for their favourite tour operators,  consumers voted for their favourite ski operator, Media and PR reps monitored the top media and online coverage , while the CTC UK team had the final word on the Keep Exploring Award.

The  “Silver Six “winners  were :

NEW AWARD : Best Travel Agent (by agent sales)

Winner: Ann Anglesea, Delmar World

Runners up : Claire Moore, Peakes Travel Elite/Maria Millard, Mles Morgan Travel/Pat Waterton, Langley Travel /Sue Baker, Villair

Best Ski Operator (Voted)

Winner:Crystal Ski

Runners up:Canadian Affair, Inghams

Best Tour Operator (Voted)

Winner: 1st Class Holidays

Runners up: Prestige Holidays, Thomas Cook

Keep Exploring Award  (recognizing excellence in marketing judged by CTC)

Winner: Black Tomato

Runners up: Canadian Affair, Trailfinders

Best Canada Media Coverage 2014 (judged)

Winner: Phoebe Smith, Wanderlust

Runners Up: Mark Carwardine, Sunday Telegraph and Ian Belcher, Brummel

NEW: Best Online Coverage 2014 (judged)

Winner:Kerry Christiani , Lonely Planet blog – Wild Quebec

Runners Up: Nikki Bayley , The Maple Life Hello magazine Blog (Crossing Canada by train) and Jack Palfrey, World Travel Guide (Land of the Living Skies, Saskatchewan)

“ Our congratulations to winners and finalists. These awards are a great celebration of the work carried out promoting Canada in the UK, rewarding dedication and creativity of both the travel trade and media”, says Rupert Peters, CTC Vice President, International. “Given the growing global importance of travel as an industry, prospects couldn't be better for the next 25 years for Canada in this market”.

For more media information please contact :

A selection of images from this event will be available on request.

Nim Singh, Canadian Tourism Commission, 0207 389 9983 singh.nim@ctc-cct.ca (not for publication)

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