Celebrating Awesome WestJet Partnerships

with Suzanne Christie

There was a whole lot of
awesome to celebrate at last week’s WestJet Travel Agent Awards... the fact
that they were competing with the Jays must win game 5 of the ALDS and that it
turned out to be the most exciting game anyone had ever seen was just one
testament to the commitment retail partners feel for their important supplier
partnerships.

WestJet were clever enough to
have large screens broadcasting the game during the cocktail reception and
following the formal festivities, for the nail biting top of the 9
^th
game finale.

But, can you imagine being
the guest speaker at a business event that spanned that 7
^th inning?
I think
Neil Pasricha,
the best selling author of The Book of Awesome may be the only person who could
have handled that one with such aplomb. He encouraged the audience to shout out
the score and kept us all abreast of developments as he delivered his fun and
inspiring awesome presentation.

He was a great choice to
headline an evening for WestJet who clearly strive to be awesome for their pax
and colleagues each day.

Along with celebrating the
support of their retail partners, WestJet is celebrating the launch of their
LGW service from 5 gateways this coming summer which will offer 1,200 seats per
day on the new route. Austin Powers got everyone in the mood for lots of London
fun and the Beatlemaniacs kept us all singing and dancing along to swinging
hits of the Fab 4.

Top Partner Awards were
presented to:

• Top Escorted Tour
  Operator: The Travel Corporation
• Top Overall Tour
  Operator: Voyzant Inc.
• Top Growth Travel
  Agency: Merit Travel Group
• WestJet Encore
  Top Growth: Uniglobe West
• WestJet Vacations
  To Growth: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
• WestJet Top TMC
  Growth: Vision Travel
• WestJet Overall
  Top Guest Count: Flight Centre
• Top Group
  Incentive & Convention Operator: Meridican Incentive Consultants

 Photo’s by Dan Galbraith, Details Group courtesy of WestJet