Industry icon Kay Rogers was the 2026 Hall of Fame inductee for her outstanding and lasting contribution to New Zealand’s travel industry.

The award, said to be the first for a female agency owner, recognises her exceptional leadership, dedication and influence across more than 40 years in the industry (see HERE for more).
. . . Highly Commended
This year the NTIA judges also chose to add some highly com mended awards because the ‘standard of entries received was exceptionally close’.
Those highly commended winners included: Retail Travel Agency of the Year, Pukekohe Travel; Travel Broker (Individual) of the Year, Trish Seeherr, Wanderlust Travel Experts; Travel Broker (business/team) of the Year, Red Dragonfly Travel, NZ Travel Brokers; Customer Advocacy of the Year, Tori Keating xtravel; Local Marketing Campaign of the Year, House of Travel Invercargill.



