The shortlisted branches in 12 regional categories will now be visited by members of the TTG team early next year for judging, while shortlisted companies in the seven nationwide categories will be grilled during video interviews.

There was particular success this year for Hays Travel, which has seven branches on the regional shortlist, and Barrhead Travel with six. Both businesses have made the shortlist for nationwide categories too. Designer Travel, meanwhile, is shortlisted in no fewer than four nationwide categories, with its store making the regional shortlist for the North West.

The Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG ceremony will take place in Manchester for the first time this year at the city’s Victoria Warehouse on Thursday 25 April.

Full shortlist for Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG

Enhancements to the Top 50 programme for 2024 will see all 50 of the winning agencies enrolled into the TTG Top 50 Club, offering exclusive opportunities and benefits.

All agencies that registered to take part in Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG will also receive an exclusive report shining a light on best practice and evolving trends in travel retail, based on anonymised data collected during judging.
 
Shortlisting was conducted by an industry-spanning panel of suppliers, who each rated agencies they’d worked closely with in the past 12 months according to their sense of the agency’s expertise, service, workplace culture, innovation and business performance.

TTG editorial director Pippa Jacks, who oversees the Top 50 Travel Agencies by TTG programme, said the initiative – now into its ninth year – was going from strength to strength.

"We’re incredibly excited to be embarking on a fresh search for the nation’s best agencies, and to host them in Manchester for the first time next April," said Jacks.

All the names making the 2024 shortlist

"As ever, we have been mightily impressed by the strength and breadth of the nominees for Top 50 Travel Agencies 2024 by TTG, proving the sector is in rude health after the tough pandemic years.

"Judging gets under way in the new year, and the TTG team can’t wait to join our supplier partners on the road to catch up with the country’s very best travel agents."

Tickets for the ceremony are available now; here’s all the information you need to plan your night. We’ll see you in April!