The winners of the 2017 TravelManagers awards

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The TravelManagers 2017 award winners were unveiled at the stunning gala ceremony on Saturday night.

Held at the Sky City Casino in sunny Darwin, PTMs got gussied up and danced the night away under the stars, but not before a bunch of deserving agents were recognised for their devoted hard work.

And of course, TravelManagers 2018 annual conference was revealed to be heading to Hawaii, which was a huge crowd pleaser for agents looking to attend.

Catch all the pics from the conference here.

Now without further ado, here are the 2017 winners:

Dedication Award

Celebrating the PTMs who’ve been working with the partnership for 10 years:

  • Kim Mason
  • Samantha Cox
  • Julie Smith
  • Di Yates
  • Penny Meallin
  • Tracy Cosgriff
  • Lauren Compton
  • Michelle Michael-Pecora
  • Debra Bean
  • Jane Fowler
  • Lyn Tyson

Most Proactive Marketer Award 2017

Gayle Dawson

New Personal Travel Manager WA/SA 2017

Monika Southern

New Personal Travel Manager VIC/TAS 2017

Giulia Gentiluomo

New Personal Travel Manager QLD 2017

Anthony Lee

New Personal Travel Manager NSW/ACT 2017

Emma Rowan Kelly

New Personal Travel Manager 2017

Anthony Lee

Partner Supplier 2017

Hoot Holidays

Most Improved PTM WA/SA 2017

Barbara Turner

Most Improved PTM VIC/TAS 2017

Luke Vaughan

Most Improved PTM QLD 2017

Simon Tinkler

Most Improved PTM NSW/ACT 2017

Julianne Gazal-Rizk

Most Improved PTM National

Simon Tinkler

Local Area Marketing Award 2017

Erin Beckford

TravelManagers Support Award 2017

  • Gary Jensen
  • Tania Myles

Top Personal Travel Manager WA/SA 2017

Barbara Turner

Top Personal Travel Manager VIC/TAS 2017

Luke Vaughan

Top Personal Travel Manager QLD 2017

Simon Tinkler

Top Personal Travel Manager NSW/ACT 2017

Ric Pattaro

Advocate Award 2017

Denise Dean

Recognition Award 2017

Tanya Tyler

Online Marketing Award 2017   Sue Kuti

Choice Award 2017

Tania Patterson

Spirit Award 2017

Erryn Morris

Personal Travel Manager Top 10 2017

  • Barbara Turner
  • Luke Vaughan
  • David Hull
  • Ric Pattaro
  • John Lengacher
  • James Hermiston
  • Julianne Gazal-Rizk
  • Kylie Luttrell
  • Jean-Pierre Boutefeu
  • Simon Tinkler

Overall Best PTM 2017

Simon Tinkler

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