Travel industry hall of fame time!

On both sides of the Atlantic the Brits and the Yanks seem to have been gripped with the concept of Halls of Fame. According to Wikipedia a hall of fame is

a type of museum established for a field of endeavour to honour individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field. In some cases these halls for fame consist of actual halls or museums which enshrine the honourees with sculptures, plaques and displays of memorabilia. In other cases, the hall of fame is more figurative, and simply consists of a list of names of noteworthy individuals

Over at ABTA HQ (London) there is a UK travel industry Hall of Fame. No sculptures….. but the plaque is nice. Undeniably British.

I have no idea what that logo is on the plaque though….. is the British Travel Industry sponsored by Fat Face? (A UK clothing brand that I have a cupboard full of)

Over in the States they have a Hall of Fame just for travel technology people….. The Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Hall of Fame  . Here are the latest honoured individuals:

So how do you become a member of a hall of fame?

In the UK the process is fairly straight forward…. E-Tid and Travel Weekly (both travel industry media) write to Chief Executives within the industry and ask them who, in their opinion, should be honoured. A long list is then compiled and put to a judging panel. However, you are too late for this year…. the 2008 winners have already been decided with an awards ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel on 21st April.

Over in the States, you can download a PDF nomination form (entries have to be with them by April 14th 2008). That does seem a little more open than the UK process but I wonder why they use PDFs rather than a web based submission process. After all, this is a technology award! On second thoughts, online submissions have the possibility of going wrong….. so PDFs are a solid choice.

[Thank you to ABTA for the photo and background info]

Any other countries have Halls of Fame for the travel industry?

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