BTA2023 Awards Timeline

13 February - 19 May 2023

• Companies are invited to submit their brands for listing in their elected categories on the consumer voting form
• Previous winners and contenders are contacted and asked if they wish to be nominated this year.
• Press releases are circulated to travel trade media inviting companies to nominate.
• Nomination details and how to apply posted on LinkedIn
• Trade media partner - TravelMole announce that nominations are open across their online newsletters.
• Travel trade social media engagement via @BritTravAwards #BTA2023
• Nomination applications are checked to confirm they meet the awards criteria and appropriate positioning within the categories.
• Nominees registration remittance must be received by 31st May 2023 to ensure category listing on the voting form.

• BTA promotional assets are distributed to successful nominees after receipt of their remittance.
  • Nominee logo
  • Vote for Us buttons
  • Unique url to open the direct voting app

19 June - 1 October 2023

The 15 weeks consumer voting cycle opens with the online voting form published on britishtravelawards.com and activation of the nominee’s direct voting apps.

Up to five sponsored e-newsletters are sent to over 300,000 past consumer voters; inviting them to participate, with updates on the awards and featuring contents of the prize draw incentive. Our GDPR confirmed subscribed past voters are not shared or sold to any third parties. E-newsletter sponsorship enables sponsor to directly engage with our audience of regular travel consumers.

For details on how to become a BTA 2023 e-newsletter sponsor email: lorraine@britishtravelawards.com e-newsletter sponsor email: lorraine@britishtravelawards.com

National media partner Reach Solutions encourage their readership to vote with our “Vote to Win” promotion - via editorial columns, advertisement inserts and online content across their flagship titles, regional newspapers and companion websites.

Nominees lobby their customers for votes via their websites, communication channels and news articles submitted by them to media outlets.

2 October - 3 November 2023

Voting closes at 23:59 on Sunday 1st October. Any votes recorded after that time will not be included in the final count.

Throughout the voting cycle our ‘checks and balances’ algorithms scan the voter database searching for voting anomalies. Possible incidents are flagged and reports generated when voting has closed for review by the British Travel Awards Panel.

Once the results have been determined production of the trophies commences. The top companies are contacted and invited to attend the BTA 2023 Awards Presentation Ceremony.

28 November 2023 Gala Awards Night

Venue: Battersea Evolution, London

We’ll be accrediting those companies who have been recognised by the holiday buying public as the best at their business. And, give guests the opportunity to take a well-deserved ‘time-out’ from the daily challenges of delivering excellent customer satisfaction.

After the Awards Presentation Ceremony

Editorial coverage and the winners list published in the Daily Mirror travel section following the awards announcement with supporting content included on www.mirror.co.uk/travel/

Details of winning companies are published on britishtravelawards.com website and promoted across social media networks.

Award winner logos available to download from unique link emailed to each successful company.