2025 Travvy Awards Honor Best and Brightest in Travel Industry

Image: The 2025 Travvy Awards await their winners. (Photo Credit: Eric Bowman)
Image: The 2025 Travvy Awards await their winners. (Photo Credit: Eric Bowman)
Donald Wood
by Donald Wood
Last updated: 11:00 PM ET, Thu November 6, 2025

After another star-filled night, the 2025 Travvy Awards once again honored the travel industry’s finest, from destinations and cruise lines to hotels, tour operators, and travel suppliers.

The 11th annual Travvy Awards took place on November 6 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center, and was hosted by Northstar Travel Group’s TravelPulse.com and AGENTatHOME.

“The real influencers in travel, the travel advisors, have made their voices known, and we are beyond excited to celebrate the best of the best at the 2025 Travvy Awards,” said Eric Bowman, Editor-in-Chief of TravelPulse. “The winners consistently deliver magical moments, exceeding expectations in helping curate lifelong memories for travelers around the world." 

The ceremony was sponsored by Allianz Partners, as well as ALG Vacations, Arch RoamRight, Carnival Cruise Lines, Dominican Republic Tourism Board, Greek National Tourism Organization, Hoteles Xcaret, Holland America Line, Internova Travel Group, Majestic Resorts, Oasis Hotels & Resorts, Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board, Riviera Travel, Windstar Cruises, and Sandos Hotels & Resorts.

Thousands of readers of AGENTatHOME and TravelPulse.com cast votes in more than 115 categories, with over 340 statuettes handed out.

The stage at the 2025 Travvy Awards

The stage at the 2025 Travvy Awards. (Photo Credit: Eric Bowman)

In addition to being honored at the lavish awards gala, the Travvy Award winners will be showcased in AGENTatHOME Magazine and profiled on TravelPulse.com, which was co-located with sister event, CruiseWorld.

“The Travvy Awards give advisors a chance to recognize the companies that truly stand beside them as partners,” said Ken Shapiro, Group Vice President and Editorial Director of TravelPulse. “These are the suppliers who go above and beyond to create vacations travelers will remember for years. It’s a joyous celebration of the very best in travel.”

The Travvy Awards also recognized Michael Batt, Founder and Chairman at Internova Travel Group; Marilyn G. Conroy, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Riviera Travel; and Mike Julius, Vice-President, Field Sales, North America at Carnival Cruise Line with Hall of Fame Awards.

The Champion of Women in Travel Award, sponsored by Windstar Cruises, was also awarded to Jackie Friedman, President of Nexion Travel Group. Michael Bayley, President and CEO of Royal Caribbean, won the Travel Executive of the Year award.

Finalists from TravelPulse’s 40 Under 40 were also publicly recognized at the Travvy Awards.

Click here to view a complete list of 2025 Travvy Award winners.


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