Blue Bay Travel about team holidays blog responsibility awards careers Full of win. From Long Haul Agency of the Year 2019 to Travolution Awards' Best Travel Blog 2018, we're extremely proud of (and a little bit smug about) our collection of prestigious awards and, if Sandals' UK Best of the Best 2019 and Lux Best Caribbean Package Holidays Operator 2019 don't speak volumes about our work ethic, we are also the UK's only winner of the distinguished Excellence Group Award Winning Agent. However, these awards aren't just there to sit on our shelves looking pretty; they're there to reassure you that you're booking with the best. Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2019 ‐ Jaclyn Keighley A specialist in all things Caribbean, our very own Jaclyn Keighley scooped the award this year for Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2019. Sandals Star Awards 2019 ‐ Best Call Centre Agency & UK Best of the Best Jetting off to the Sunny Turks & Caicos, we picked up not one but two incredible awards at this year's glittering event. After years of working with Sandals Resort, we're delighted to see recognition for our efforts time and again. Sandals Outstanding Achievement Award 2019 We've passionately sold Sandals escapes for a number of years so we're chuffed to bits to receive such an accolade in recognition of all of our hard work. Here's to many more years of making holiday dreams come true! Saint Lucia Awards 2019 ‐ Tour Operator of the Year for Small Hotels in Saint Lucia Our collection of family-run St. Lucian hotels are a source of pride for us so we're absolutely thrilled to win the award for Tour Operator of the Year for Small Hotels in Saint Lucia, collected by none other than our very own Greg and Samson! Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards ‐ Medium Business of the Year - Finalists Being listed as a finalist in the Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards’ Medium/Large Business of the Year is something which means the world to us, because we love awards and we love Staffordshire! Hopefully this time next year we will be boasting that ‘Winner’ certificate! Saint Lucia Tourism Authority's Global Piton Awards ‐ Emma Bailey ‐ Best Seller What an achievement for one of our agents, Emma Bailey, to be recognised at this year’s Saint Lucia Tourism Authority's Global Piton Awards. Emma is consistently one of our best performing Personal Travel Advisors and loves nothing more than finding a customer their perfect holiday. It was a dream come true for Emma to pick this award up in St Lucia, here’s to many more to come. Agent Achievement Awards 2019 ‐ Digital Champions of the Year (Small Agency) We are absolutely thrilled to have scooped the gong for Travel Weekly’s very first Digital Champions of the Year (small) at their Agent Achievement Awards 2019. For all the hard work our Marketing, Development and Design Teams to be recognised is something we are very proud of. What a great addition to our ever-growing trophy cabinet! Kuoni Awards ‐ Long Haul Agency of the Year We are immensely proud to have bagged this special prize at the inaugural Kuoni Awards night. Our team always go above and beyond for our customers, and to be recognised for this by our friends at Kuoni is an accolade we are all thrilled to have received. Here's to many more in the future. The Sentinel Business Awards 2019 ‐ Business Growth Award ‐ Highly Commended We are very proud of the hard work that our team continue to display, and are thrilled to be surrounded by thriving businesses in our local area. It's a tremendous accolade to be acknowledged and highly commended for our business growth! LUX Travel and Tourism Awards 2019 ‐ Best Caribbean Package Holidays Operator ‐ Online Travel Agency of the Year We always go beyond the line of duty to provide the very best escapes to our customers, that's why we are thrilled to scoop a top win for both Best Caribbean Package Holidays Operator and Online Travel Agency of the Year 2019 at this year's LUX Travel and Tourism Awards! STAR Awards 2018 ‐ Top UK Call Centre Proud of our unwavering prowess in the field of scoping out award-winning holidays, we have once again scooped the prize for Top UK Call Centre in the 2018 Sandals STAR Awards. Travolution Awards 2018 ‐ Best Travel Blog Showcasing the most innovative and exciting work in digital travel, Travolution celebrates the hard work and creativity that goes into every aspect of the holidaymaking experience. That's why we are thrilled not only to have been nominated for the categories of Best Travel Agent Website and Best Use of Social Media, but to have scooped the top spot with an award for Best Travel Blog 2018! GMT2 Awards 2018 ‐ Online Travel Agency of the Year 2018 Proud to go above and beyond for each and every single one of our customers, we were jumping for joy when we were awarded Online Travel Agency of the Year at this year's GMT2 Awards! Here's to another year of adding to our trophy cabinet. SME News 2018 Business Elite Program ‐ Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency SME News's Business Elite Program celebrates outstanding businesses in their field who consistently provide the best services and products for their clients so we're a little bit smug to have claimed the top spot of Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency for ourselves this year. TTG Awards Call Centre Agent of the Year 2018 ‐ Emma Bailey After years of hard work and dedication it was only right that Personal Travel Advisor Emma Bailey should take home the top prize of TTG Awards Call Centre Agent of the Year 2018 at this year's glitzy award ceremony. St. Lucia 2018 Awards ‐ Best Use of Social Media Proudly accepted by our very own Product Management Director Greg, this prestiguous award is a celebration of our social media team's hard work and dedication in sharing the good word of Blue Bay Travel and a beautiful addition to our trophy cabinet. BVCA Midlands Management Team Award 2018 ‐ Growth Management Team Winning the Growth Management Team award, we are delighted to be shortlisted as one of the five best businesses in the Midlands in the recent BVCA Midlands Management Team Awards, especially after all the hard work and outstanding performance from our team over the last 12 months. TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2018 ‐ Top Online Agency We have been honoured with the title of TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2018 ‐ Top Online Agency. To say we are chuffed would be an understatement. All our hard work has paid off and we couldn't be happier to be recognised with such a high profile accolade. Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018 Here at Blue Bay Travel we pride ourselves on first-class customer service so we couldn't be more thrilled to be awarded the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award for another year on the trot thanks to your consistently fantastic feedback. Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2017 ‐ Joanne Stewart We are chuffed to bits for our incredible Personal Travel Advisor, Joanne Stewart. Joanne has done Blue Bay Travel proud and bagged herself an award for being one of the 'Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2017'. We couldn't be more delighted. Gold Medal Travel 2 Caribbean Agency of the Year 2017 After an amazing year of hard work and awards, the experts in all things travel at the prestigious Gold Medal Travel awards awarded the highest honour of Caribbean Agency of the Year 2017 to the team here at Blue Bay Travel. To say we are a little bit smug would be an understatement. And Bayley is chuffed to bits too! TTG Top Agent of the Year 2017 - Jaclyn Wood Each year the TTG Awards present an award for an agent who has gone far beyond the line of duty for their customers. This year, our very own Jaclyn scooped the prestigious title with a surprise award for the Top Agent of the Year 2017 and we couldn't be more proud. TTG Call Centre Agent of the Year 2017 - Leighton Glover In a double whammy our second win of the year went to Leighton for the well-deserved title of Call Centre Agent of the Year 2017, to say we are chuffed would be an understatement. TTG Homeworker of the Year 2017 - Jaclyn Wood Always one to go above and beyond for her customers, Jaclyn became this year's winner for the hallowed Homeworker of the Year Award and collected her award in style. The Peak Performance Awards 2017 - Top UK Tobago Seller 2017 We are passionate about all of the holidays we offer and are always on the hunt for that next 'must see' destination. Our eagle eyes drew us to Tobago, an incredible and authentic Caribbean island, that we have inspired thousands of holiday makers to visit for the first time return time and time again. We must be on to something as we were recognised at the Peak Performance Awards 2017 for the most Tobago sales throughout the entirity of the UK. Sales Achievement Award Mid-Counties Co-Operative Agent of the Year 2016 We are honoured to accept our Sales Achievement Award from Bookabed.co.uk as we have secured the title of Mid-Counties Co-Operative Agent of the Year 2016. Here is the gent himself, Bayley, collecting our latest addition to our awards cabinet. GMT2 Awards Top Caribbean Agency 2016 We've only gone and won again! We were recently crowned as Top Caribbean Agency 2016 at the GMT2 Awards. Max was over the moon to attend the awards in Scotland to accept our prize and we couldn't be more delighted. Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2016 Unlucky for some, but not for us! We we're recenty awarded our Thirteenth Sandals STAR Award for Top UK Call Centre again for 2016. Leigh-anne took a trip of a lifetime to the idyllic Turks & Caicos to accept our prize, here's to many more. TTG Call Centre Agent of the Year 2016 - Naomi Johnson Naomi has been honoured with the title TTG Call Centre Agent of the Year 2016. All her hard work has paid off and we couldn't be more proud. Travel Weekly AAA Promotion of the Year 2016 - InFocus InFocus is your travel guide for the 21st century, beautifully delivered through the medium of video, now recognised by the Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards as Promotion of the Year 2016. Promotion of the Year is part of the prestigious Business Excellence Awards, recognising the best marketing programmes in the travel industry. Watch some award-winning video guides right here. Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2015 We we're recenty awarded our Twelth Sandals STAR Award for Top UK Call Centre again for 2015. Tom was more than happy to head to Antigua to pick up the award in only the grandest of fashions. Feefo Gold Trusted Merchant 2016 We got Gold again! We love hearing your fab reviews of your experience of not only booking with us, but of your fantastic tales of your out of this world holidays. The award is a credit to the top ratings you consistently give for our service and we thoroughly appreciate it, here's to many more positive reviews! TTG Travel Awards Call Centre Agency of the Year 2015 We did it again! We have been honoured with the title of TTG Travel Awards Call Centre Agency of the Year 2015. Our hard work has solidified our standing as the UK’s Number 1 Travel Call Centre Agency and we couldn’t be happier to be recognised with such a high profile accolade. Travel Weekly AAA Call Centre Agency of the Year 2015 We are extremely proud to receive the highly prestigious Travel Weekly - Agent Achievement Award 2015 for Call Centre Agency of the Year. Thank you to everyone who voted and for the whole team at Blue Bay Travel who helped us achieve such a wonderful accolade. Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2014 We are honoured to accept our ELEVENTH award from Sandals as we have won the Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre again for 2014. Here is the Blue Bay gang with a plethora of our hard earned STAR awards, accepting our newest 2014 addition. Top 10 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2014 We are very proud of our incredible Personal Travel Advisor, Chloe Wrench. Chloe has done Blue Bay Travel proud and bagged herself an award for being one of the 'Top 10 Jamaica Rewards Agents' in 2014. First Booking Worldwide For Finest Playa Mujeres "Blue Bay Travel has demonstrated unconditional commitment to delivering the highest customer satisfaction within the UK and recommending only the best destinations and resorts throughout the world, representing the perfect match for Excellence to fulfil the needs of the most demanding travellers." – David Torres, Director of Sales, Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts. Read More TTG Travel Awards 2013 Travel Team of the Year We are honoured and extremely proud to have been awarded Travel Team of the Year at the prestigious TTG Travel Awards. We would like to extend a huge thank you to each and every one of our loyal clients, we couldn’t have done it without your continued trust and support! Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller 2009 - 2014 Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2013 GIVC Awards Overall Top Selling UK Agency for Karisma Resorts 2013 & 2012 First Member of the Midcounties Co-Op Consortium 2012 Global Travel Awards Best Website Content 2012 TTG Travel Awards 2011 Travel Company of the Year Virgin Holidays Awards Top Independent Agent 2011, 2010 & 2009 Global Travel Awards Best Website 2011, 2010 & 2009 – Caribbean Warehouse Thomas Cook Awards Agent of the Year 2011 Kuoni Awards Sales Manager of the Year 2011 – Leighton Glover Triton Holidays Awards Top Seller 2009, 2008, 2007 Sandals STAR Awards 2005 2019 Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2019 Sandals Star Awards 2019 ‐ Best Call Centre Agency & UK Best of the Best Sandals Outstanding Acheivement Award 2019 Saint Lucia Awards 2019 ‐ Tour Operator of the Year for Small Hotels in Saint Lucia Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards ‐ Medium Business of the Year - Finalists Travolution Awards 2019 ‐ Best Travel Agent Website Travolution Awards 2019 ‐ Best Use of Data Travolution Awards 2019 ‐ Best for Holidays Travolution Awards 2019 ‐ Digital Marketing Campaign of the Year Saint Lucia Tourism Authority's Global Piton Awards ‐ Emma Bailey ‐ Best Seller TTG Travel Awards 2019 ‐ Call Centre Agent of the Year ‐ Emma Bailey TTG Travel Awards 2019 ‐ Call Centre Agent of the Year ‐ Sarah-Jane Brooks Agent Achievement Awards 2019 ‐ Call Centre Agency Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards ‐ Business of the Year Kuoni Awards ‐ Travel Agent of the Year Kuoni Awards ‐ Luxury Agent of the Year Kuoni Awards ‐ Honeymoons & Weddings Agent of the Year Agent Achievement Awards 2019 ‐ Digital Champions of the Year (Small Agency) Kuoni Awards ‐ Long Haul Agency of the Year Agent Achievement Awards 2019 ‐ Call Centre Agency Agent Achievement Awards 2019 ‐ Leisure Agent of the Year ‐ Emma Bailey The Sentinel Business Awards ‐ Business Growth Award ‐ Highly Commended TTG Top 50 Online Agency 2019 LUX Travel and Tourism Awards 2019 ‐ Best Caribbean Package Holidays Operator ‐ Online Travel Agency of the Year 2018 Sandals STAR Awards 2018 ‐ Top UK Call Centre Travolution Awards 2018 ‐ Best Travel Blog GMT2 Awards 2018 ‐ Online Travel Agency of the Year 2018 SME News 2018 Business Elite Program ‐ Most Outstanding Online Travel Agency TTG Awards Call Centre Agent of the Year 2018 ‐ Emma Bailey St. Lucia Awards 2018 ‐ Best Use of Social Media The Sentinel Hot 100 2018 Listed Travolution Awards 2018 ‐ Rising Star Award ‐ Joanne Stewart Travolution Awards 2018 ‐ Best Use of Social Media Travolution Awards 2018 ‐ Best Travel Agent Website TTG Travel Awards 2018 ‐ Young Agent of the Year ‐ Abbie Heaton TTG Travel Awards 2018 ‐ Homeworker of the Year ‐ Diane Ibson TTG Travel Awards 2018 ‐ Call Centre Agent of the Year ‐ Sarah-Jane Brooks BVCA Midlands Management Team Award 2018 ‐ Growth Management Team Agent Achievement Awards 2018 ‐ Best Use of Social Media Agent Achievement Awards 2018 ‐ Website of the Year (Small Agency) Agent Achievement Awards 2018 ‐ Leisure Agent of the Year ‐ Leighton Glover Agent Achievement Awards 2018 ‐ Call Centre of the Year TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2018 ‐ Top Online Agency The Sentinel Business Awards ‐ Training Excellence Award Runner Up 2018 Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2018 2017 Top 5 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2017 ‐ Joanne Stewart GMT2 Awards ‐ Caribbean Agency of the Year 2017 GMT2 Awards ‐ Online Travel Agency of the Year 2017 GMT2 Awards ‐ Wholesale Agent of the Year 2017 GMT2 Awards ‐ Indian Ocean Agency of the Year 2017 GMT2 Awards ‐ Groups Agency of the Year 2017 GMT2 Awards ‐ Homeworker of the Year 2017 ‐ Jaclyn Wood GMT2 Awards ‐ Homeworker of the Year 2017 ‐ Diane Ibson Travolution Awards 2017 ‐ Best Use of Content Marketing Travolution Awards 2017 ‐ Best Travel Blog TTG Travel Awards 2017 ‐ Top Agent of the Year ‐ Jaclyn Wood TTG Travel Awards 2017 ‐ Homeworker of the Year ‐ Jaclyn Wood TTG Travel Awards 2017 ‐ Call Centre Agent of the Year ‐ Leighton Glover Agent Achievement Awards Best Call Centre Agency Agent Achievement Awards Best Website (Small Agency) Agent Achievement Awards Business Excellence Awards - Promotion of the Year (Small Agency) Agent Achievement Awards Leisure Manager of the Year - Nicola Johnston The Peak Performance Awards 2017 - Top UK Tobago Seller 2017 Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2017 2016 2016 Annual Bookabed.co.uk Awards Sales Achievement Award Mid-Counties Co-Operative Agent of the Year 2016 GMT2 Awards Top Caribbean Agency 2016 Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2016 Travolution Awards 2016 ‐ Best Use of Social Media Travolution Awards 2016 ‐ Best Travel Agent Website TTG Travel Awards 2016 ‐ Homeworker of the Year ‐ Diane Ibson TTG Call Centre Agent of the Year ‐ Naomi Johnson Agent Achievement Awards Business Excellence Awards Promotion of the Year Agent Achievement Awards Call Centre Agency of the Year Agent Achievement Awards Travel Website of the Year Feefo Gold Trusted Merchant 2016 2015 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2015 Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards Call Centre Agency of The Year TTG Travel Awards Call Centre Agency of the Year TTG Travel Awards 2015 ‐ Independent Travel Agent ‐ Dave Simkiss 2014 First Booking Worldwide For Finest Playa Mujeres Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller TTG Travel Awards 2014 ‐ Travel Agency of the Year Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards Call Centre Agency of The Year Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards Leisure Manager of The Year – Gemma Pyatt Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Top 10 Jamaica Rewards Agent 2013 TTG Travel Awards Travel Team of the Year Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller GIVC Awards Overall Top Selling UK Agency for Karisma Resorts TTG Travel Awards 2013 ‐ Travel Agency of the Year 2012 GIVC Awards Overall Top Selling UK Agency for Karisma Resorts Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award TTG Travel Awards Highly Commended Travel Team of the Year First Member of the Midcounties Co-Op Consortium Global Travel Awards Best Website Content Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller TTG Travel Awards Travel Team of the Year TTG Travel Awards Travel Agency of the Year TTG Travel Awards Online Travel Agency of the Year Agent Achievement Awards Call Centre Manager of the Year – Kevin Baskeyfield 2011 TTG Travel Awards Travel Company of the Year Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals & Funway Awards Retailer of the Year Kuoni Awards Sales Manager of the Year – Leighton Glover Thomas Cook Awards Agent of the Year Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller Global Travel Awards Best Website Virgin Holidays Awards Top Independent Agent Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Almond Ambassador Awards Preferred Agent TTG Travel Awards Online Travel Agent of the Year Agent Achievement Awards Travel Website of the Year Agent Achievement Awards Call Centre Manager of the Year – Gemma Pyatt 2010 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals & Funway Awards Retailer of the Year Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller Global Travel Awards Best Website Virgin Holidays Awards Top Independent Agent Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Travel2 Awards Agent of the Month (December) Karisma Awards Top UK Independent Agent Caribtours Awards Gold Agent Almond Ambassador Awards Preferred Agent Vacation Consultant Awards Top Independant Agent 2009 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals & Funway Awards Retailer of the Year Sandals & Funway Agent Achievement Awards Top Seller Global Travel Awards Best Website Virgin Holidays Awards Top Independent Agent Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Triton Holidays Awards Top Seller Caribtours Awards Gold Agent Almond Ambassador Awards Preferred Agent 2008 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Triton Holidays Awards Top Seller TTG Travel Awards Travel Company of the Year 2007 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Triton Holidays Awards Top Seller The Sentinel Business Awards 2006 Excellence Group Luxury Hotels & Resorts Specialist Agent Award Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre 2005 Sandals STAR Awards Top UK Call Centre Sandals STAR Awards Top Butler Suite Producing Agent Sandals STAR Awards Top Newcomer = won ABTA No. P4796 CONTACT US VIEW MY BOOKING Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube about team holidays blog responsibility awards careers reviews travel advice bayley extras privacy terms & conditions key package 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