Nominations Remain Open for 2018 Travvy Awards

Time is running out for travel suppliers and destinations to enter or request their nomination for one of the industry's most coveted awards.

The entry period for the 2018 Travvy Awards continues now through Sept. 15.

The fourth annual Travvys will culminate with an awards gala inside New York City's Gotham Hall on January 24, 2018.

Brands and destinations that have been nominated already can enter their email code at TravvyAwards.com to see which categories they've been nominated for, while those who want to be considered can still register for a nomination online.

A whopping 150 awards will be passed out across nearly a dozen different categories: including airline consolidators; airlines; car rentals; cruises; destinations; hotels and resorts; tour operators; travel agencies; travel insurance; travel technology and rail travel.

"The Travvy Awards are like the Oscars of the travel industry," travAlliancemedia President and CEO Mark Murphy said during an appearance on Live From Florida Sun Studios with Scott Wolfson on Thursday.

However, instead of an academy, winners are decided by travel agents.

"There are about 110,000 travel agents across the country. These folks are selling the vast majority of leisure travel. So they would be the best ones to tell you who's the best of the best," said Murphy.

"It's an editorial process in the beginning and then it's a travel agent process for nominations. We're in the middle of the nomination process right now. You get your nomination, you enter and then the voting starts in the fall and that goes on for months."

"It winds up at the big gala, where the three finalists in every category are introduced and winners are unveiled live during the event," added Murphy.

Winners will receive coverage on TravelPulse.com, the Agent@Home and Vacation Agent magazines and other social and local media outlets.

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Voting will begin Sept. 20 and conclude on Nov. 15. Finalists will be announced at the end of November, and winners will be revealed at the awards gala.

Regular entry rates ($450) are available now through Aug. 15 and late rates ($495) will be available from Aug. 16 through Sept. 15. In the meantime, nominees or guests planning to attend January's gala can purchase a table or reserve a seat for the event.

Click here to view a list of this year's nominees.