World Travellers staged its annual awards at the weekend, as part of its conference.
Fuzion Travel and Travelwise Holidays took home an awards haul winning the World Travellers’ top broker business award; the Ama Waterways Ambassador Award; the Globus Family of Brands excellence award; Cruise World’s cruise groups growth & performance award; Kiwi Holiday Insurance top seller award; Inspiring Vacations’ top agency 2026; and it was also named niche top tour agency 2026.
Fuzion’s Anna Rowbotham won Journey Beyond highest sales; the Allianz Recognition Award went to Mandy Clearwater; and the World Travellers’ top individual broker for 2026 was Fuzion’s Jodie McSkimming.
. . . A Shore Thing
Shore Travel (pictured above) won APT best supporting store; Oceania’s top agency 2026; Back-Roads’ top sales 2026; World Travellers niche, top cruise agency; Wendy Wu’s top store 25/26; Emirates’ most improved; Singapore Airlines’ most Improved store; and the Infinity most improved agency award. Shore Travel’s Renee Lomas was named World Travellers top Leisure Advisor 2026 and received the Infinity top advisor sales 2026 award.
. . . More Winners
The outstanding marketing award went to World Travellers Gisborne; top rookie for 2026 was Rachel Hutchins from Gate 36; and the Team Spirit Award 2026 went to Travel the World.
Top leisure agency is Quay Travel; top corporate agency is RSE Travel; top corporate advisor is Robbie Jukes from RSE Travel; and top new agency is Fortis Travel. World Travellers’ 2026 top 10 travel advisors are: Kate Livingstone, Renee Lomas, Kathryn Manihera, Caro Imrie, Claire Martin, Kylie Thompson, Steve James, Luisa Walshe, Cindy Palmer and Nicola McLaren. The top five brokers for 2026 are Jodie McSkimming, Anna Rowbotham, Nicole Knapp, Tania Stranks and Inez Teni. The top five corporate advisors for 2026 are: Robbie Jukes, Keelie Williams, Alesha Sturgeon, Kirsten Dickens and Brigette Lister.
