Travel Industry
Educational Excellence Award

Established in 2022, The Travel Institute’s Educational Excellence Award recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating a significant, ongoing commitment to quality education and making a substantial, meaningful investment to ensure its delivery. The award also represents the critical, and positive impact of education for the travel industry and aspires to further its professionalism. One organization or individual in North America is selected annually through a process that includes external judges and excludes identifying information for entrants.

 

The Auto Club Group wins the 2025 Educational Excellence Award winner

 

Award Process

Calls for nominations take place each January with judging based on utilization of quality educational content/programming, ongoing investment, and overall impact. Additionally:

  • Any contributor to education in the travel industry is eligible. 
  • A person or organization may be nominated and may also receive the award more than once.
  • Nominators may submit on behalf of colleagues, peers and may also self-nominate.
  • A nominator may be asked for a brief interview with The Travel Institute’s award committee to provide additional relevant information about the person or organization nominated.
  • Recipients will be selected based on educational program content, structure, format and delivery. 
  • Nominations must be submitted electronically by the end of March for efforts in the prior year.
  • The Travel Institute’s award committee will be in touch if/as needed for more information and the winner will be notified by The Travel Institute.
  • Winners are announced by The Travel Institute during the second half of the year; presentation of the award is determined in collaboration with the winner and announced publicly.