The Judging Process

Entries for each of the Innovation Award Categories are whittled down to a shortlist by a panel of respected journalists, travel buyers and travel industry leaders. From this shortlist, published in January the 50,000 readers of ABTN and previous attendees of Business Travel Shows vote for the category winners and the overall Gold Award Winner.

Previous panel members were:

• Mike Toynbee, Editor Buying Business Travel (Chairperson 2005/6)
• Adam Coulter Editor TTG Business (Chairperson 2007)
• Roger Bray Financial Times
• Tony Dawe Business Travel Editor, The Times
• Stanley Slaughter Editor Business Travel Europe
• Malcolm Ginsberg Editor in Chief ABTN
• Gillian Upton, Editor The Business Travel Magazine
• Amon Cohen, Contributing Editor Business Travel News
• Bob Papworth – Contributor BTW, BBT & TBTM
• Tricia Holly-Davies - Contributor BTW, BBT & TBTM