Categories include 12 regional categories for high street stores, and seven nationwide categories to recognise experts in particular sectors and different agency models.
The Top 50 Travel Agencies programme is being run in 2024 in association with Visit Malta, and an agent from the champion agency in each of the 19 categories will be invited to Malta next year on an exclusive Top 50 Champions Trip.
New for this year, staff at all 50 agencies that earn a place in the prestigious list will be enrolled into an exclusive Top 50 Club that will see them offered exclusive opportunities and benefits.
And updated assessment interviews will help TTG create a new report – available only to agents taking part in Top 50, and Top 50 sponsors – that showcases how the best agencies in the country are running their businesses so successfully.
The Top 50 ceremony will take place in Manchester for the first time, on Thursday 25 April at Victoria Warehouse, and will be the biggest and most exciting event yet.
All shortlisted agencies will be invited to attend a Lunch & Learn event from 1pm on the afternoon of the event, to hear from carefully selected partners in an informal training event.
Agents keen to be considered for this prestigious list must register online by Friday 3 November. A panel of 40+ supplier partners will then rate all of the hopeful agencies according to their knowledge of the agency’s customer service, expertise, team culture, and sales growth, with the top five rated agencies in each category being shortlisted.
All finalists will be visited in person (for regionals) or interviewed by video call (for nationwide) in January or February 2024.
TTG editorial director Pippa Jacks: “We strive to improve and enhance our Top 50 Travel Agencies programme every year, but 2024 will represent the biggest changes in Top 50’s history, with a move to an exciting new venue and a new club offering a range of perks to our incredible winners.
“We are also making tweaks to how we collect information during judging, to simplify the process for finalists and to enable us to draw out trends in terms of how the best travel agencies in the UK are running their businesses. This new report will be available only to travel agencies which have taken part in the Top 50 process this year, giving agencies even more reason to register for the programme.”
All agents need to do to take part is register in the relevant category or categories at ttgtop50.com before 3 November. All shortlisted travel agencies receive one complimentary ticket to attend the ceremony on 25 April, hosted by their category sponsor.
