AFTA UPDATE

From Dean Long, CEO

YESTERDAY we opened ticket sales for the 2022 National Travel Industry Awards.

It was great to see so many people purchasing tickets already and wanting to celebrate our great sector for the evening.

We are expecting around 1,200 people at the 15 Oct event at Sydney’s International Convention Centre - which will make it the largest gathering of travel professionals in Australia since the pandemic.

Currently, all nominations are being reviewed against the nomination requirements and whether they have been met.

Successful nominees will subsequently be contacted and requested to submit a video or written application.

These applications will then be assessed by two independent reviewers from one of Australia’s leading universities to narrow each category down to a maximum of five finalists.

An industry judging panel consisting of over 20 judges from all sections of the community have been appointed to further assess these applications.

For the individuals, finalists will be required to present to the industry panel, their application and allow the judges to seek additional information and present a final score.

For eight business categories, public voting will open in the coming weeks where we expect to see strong campaigns run showcasing each business’s story over the last three years.

This ensures those people and businesses that win have been through a fair and rigorous process, to ensure the integrity of the awards.

The overall winner of the awards will be determined with the highest combined score.

It has been just over three years since the last NTIA and I know the AFTA team is looking forward to seeing everyone again and celebrating the finalists and winners.

If you didn’t get a chance yesterday, you can still purchase, Gala Dinner tickets either individually or in tables of 10.

For further information about the travel sector’s big night of nights, please CLICK HERE.