A who’s who of the vacation sector — the CEOs of the a few biggest cruise firms, leaders of well known travel agency groups, leisure supplier executives and the chief of a Big A few airline — will be highlighted all through the totally free, digital Audience Choice Awards function this Thursday, Dec. 17, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific).
The event is remaining promoted as “the afternoon the stars came out,” and the checklist of boldface names is lengthy.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian will be interviewed by Travel Weekly editor in chief Arnie Weissmann, as will Carnival
Corp. CEO Arnold Donald Royal Caribbean Team CEO Richard Fain Internova CEO J.D. O’Hara and Audrey Hendley, the president of American Specific Vacation & Lifestyle Companies. Weissmann and his daughter Emma Weissmann, a senior editor at TravelAge West, will job interview the father-and-daughter workforce jogging Collette, Dan Sullivan and Jaclyn Leibl-Cote.
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Due to the incredible affect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the vacation marketplace in 2020, category winners of the Audience Option Awards will not be introduced in the course of this year’s system, but in preserving with tradition, Lifetime Achievement Awards will be honored. Recipients this 12 months are:
- Stanley & Bea Tollman, the partner and wife who are chairman of the Vacation Company and president of Purple Carnation Resorts, respectively. They will be launched by Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch.
- Jackie Friedman, the president of Nexion, who will be released by Dondra Ritzenthaler, Celebrity Cruises’ senior vice president of profits, trade support and products and services.
- Avoya co-founders Van and Brad Anderson, who will be released by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings CEO Frank Del Rio.
There will be cameo appearances by cruise line chiefs Michael Bayley of Royal Caribbean Global, Christine Duffy of Carnival Cruise Line and Lisa Lutoff-Perlo of Celeb Cruises, as nicely as Ama Waterways co-founders Rudi Schreiner and Kristen Karst.
Leading vacation agency executives and advisors will also have some screen time, which include Michelle Fee, CEO of Cruise Planners Alex Sharpe, CEO of Signature Travel Network Brad and Jeff Tolkin,
co-CEOs of Environment Journey Holdings Valerie Wilson, CEO of Valerie
Wilson Vacation John Lovell, president of Journey Leaders Group Phil Cappelli, senior vice president of most well-liked partnerships for Signature and Jenn Lee, vice president of income and marketing and advertising for Travel Planners Intercontinental.
Major cruise profits execs Katina Athanasiou of Norwegian Cruise Line, John Chernesky of Princess Cruises, Vicki Freed of Royal Caribbean Intercontinental, Randall Soy of Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Nikki Upshaw of Oceania will drop in — as will former Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Andy Stuart and former Holland America Line president Orlando Ashford.
Tour operators in the spotlight will contain Brett Tollman, CEO of the Journey Company, Paula Hayes, vice president of sales for Globus, and Brennan Quesnele, vice president of income for Gogo All over the world Holidays. Playa Resorts will be properly represented, with appearances by government vice president and main marketing and advertising officer Kevin Froemming, vice president of travel industry sales Andrea Wright and senior vice president of sales Howard Tanenbaum.
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