Finalists revealed for the 2026 People Awards

Account Management team of the Year                

  • Virgin Atlantic Account Management Team
  • Hotel and Travel Solutions Account Management Team
  • ALTOUR Account Management Team                        
  • Sam Davies and Paul Clark, Blacklane                      
  • PredictX Business Intelligence Analyst Team
  • Clarity Account Management Team                            

Account Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Focus Travel Partnership

The People Awards
  • Mulham Elghazzi, Uber for Business
  • Louise Skeggs, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) Consulting
  • Paul Baker, Global Travel Management
  • Jake Seage                                                                                  
  • Drew Davidson, DGI
  • Sarah Corrie, Direct Travel

Meetings & Events Team of the Year

  • Your Event Solutions (YES) Meetings & Events Team, an ALTOUR Company
  • Inntel’s Meetings and Events Team
  • Meeting and Events Team, Blue Orchid Hospitality

Business Travel Team of the Year
Sponsored by Situ

The People Awards
  • TV Production Team, Access Bookings
  • The Global Travel Management Business Travel Team                  
  • Business Development Team at Travel Counsellors for Business  
  • Inntel’s Business Travel Team                                        
  • Direct Travel’s UK Operations Team                            
  • The APCO Travel Team, APCO Worldwide LLC

Sales Champion(s)

  • Angela Weston, Atriis Technologies
  • Aiden Walsh, Discover the World
  • Inntel’s New Business Team
  • James Draper, Direct Travel
  • Carly Tebay, Clarity

Marketing Champion(s)

  • Wings Marketing Team, Wings Global Travel
  • Mark Wilson, Global Travel Management
  • Clarity’s Marketing Team, Clarity

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion(s) 
Sponsored by INTELL

The People Awards
  • Ami Naru, Travlaw
  • Linda Bekoe, APLBC
  • Diane Beverley, Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Sustainability Champion
Sponsored by Blacklane

The People Awards
  • Zoe Waterhouse, Lemon Lane
  • Verity Phillips-Davies, BDO LLP
  • Kit Aspen, Thrust Carbon
  • Delphine Millot, Global Business Travel Association

Sustainability Team of the Year
Sponsored by SWR

The People Awards
  • Verity Phillips-Davies, Natalie Wells, Abbie Ancell, BDO LLP
  • MIDAS Travel ESG Team – Adrian Burkle, Ceri Edwards, David Morgan
  • Thrust Carbon

Travel Technology Innovator – Individual
Sponsored by United Airlines

The People Awards
  • Charlie Sultan, SAP Concur
  • Stuart ‘Mobility’ Donnelly, The Miles Consultancy
  • Sital Singala, BCD Travel
  • Lukasz Biegus, TBR Global Chauffeuring
  • Katie Thomas, BCD Travel
  • Folusho Alade, Internova Travel Group

Travel Technology Innovator – Team
Sponsored by Talma

The People Awards
  • Oversee’s Hotel Team
  • Product & Advisory, Thrust Carbon
  • The ClarityGo Team
  • Data Team, DGI
  • Spotnana’s Product Team
  • PredictX Team

Mentor of the Year
Sponsored by Clarity Business Travel

The People Awards
  • Patrick O’Connell, B&B Hotels UK
  • Ade Taiwo, Internova Group
  • Scott Wylie, TripStax
  • Ed Dawson, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) Consulting

People Manager of the Year
Sponsored by Domo

The People Awards
  • Laura Rogers, Inntel
  • Zoe Hill, BCD Travel
  • Kasia Szczechowicz, Hampton by Hilton High Wycombe
  • Scott Pawley, Global Travel Management
  • Andrea McMullan, Clarity

Industry Newcomer
Sponsored by SAP Concur

The People Awards
  • Megan Long, Inntel
  • Amanda Luz, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) Consulting
  • Jacqueline Sanders, DGI
  • Kayleigh Dawkins, Holiday Extras for Business
  • Sophie Temple-Ayers, Direct Travel

Rising Star
Sponsored by Sirius Talent Solutions

The People Awards
  • Alfie Oliver, DGI
  • Cameron Spence, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) Consulting
  • Karmen Simera, Flutter Entertainment
  • Olivia Ansah-Smith, Discover the World | Expedia TAAP Team
  • Abbie Erdbrink, Situ

Shining Star
Sponsored by ALTOUR

The People Awards
  • Madalina Seidel, Hampton by Hilton High Wycombe
  • Abbie Tindal, Access Bookings
  • Laura Hughes, Hotel and Travel Solutions
  • Coral Cavaye, Discover the World
  • Jamie De Freitas, DGI
  • Cliff Garland, Identity Travel

Travel Manager/Travel Team of the Year

  • Global Travel Team, Flutter Entertainment
  • Tracy Beer, Icon Plc
  • NES Global Travel Team, NES
  • Kathryn Mawby, QBE
  • Michael Strange, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
  • Verity Phillips-Davies, Natalie Wells, Abbie Ancell, BDO LLP

TMC Above and Beyond – Individual
Sponsored by Virgin Atlantic

The People Awards
  • Anam Hussain, Internova Group
  • Iya Magen, Talma Travel Solutions
  • Cameron Spence, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) Consulting
  • Christal Bemont, Direct Travel
  • Imogen Gargett, Access Bookings

TMC Above and Beyond – Team
Sponsored by Direct Travel

The People Awards
  • People and Organisational Development Team, DGI
  • Sport Team, Access Bookings
  • The ClarityGo Migration Team, Clarity
  • Internova Finance Team, Internova Group

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