ATLANTA, GA—For Immediate Release
WorldVia Travel Network, a travel host agency based in Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded four 2024 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, the company announced Wednesday.
The Magellan Awards are known industry-wide as a standard for excellence, given to those who have “achieved greatness in the last year in anything from design to marketing to service,” in areas including Hospitality, Travel Destinations, Cruise Lines, Online Travel Services, Airlines and Airports, Travel Agents and Agencies, Tour Operators and Ground Transportation.
WorldVia won Magellan Awards in four categories:
Gold, Travel Advisor Organizations - Overall-Travel Agent Innovation for Travel Advisor/Agency: WorldVia Travel Network's WorldVia PRO
Gold, Individual Travel Advisor - Overall-Technology Solutions for Travel Advisor/Agency: WorldVia Travel Network's WorldVia PRO
WorldVia PRO is WorldVia’s all-in-one suite for its travel advisor members, with capabilities that extend from generating unique marketing text to tracking traveler preferences and supplier notes, simplifying every step of the sales process. WorldVia PRO ensures that travel professionals can focus more on what they do best—crafting unforgettable travel experiences.
Silver, Travel Advisor Organizations - Marketing-Live Events for Travel Advisor/Agency: WorldVia Travel Network’s CORE Summit
CORE Summit is a one-day in-person seminar that provides travel advisor professional attendees with the institutional knowledge and tools they need to optimize the functions of their day-to-day business practices. Participants leave with a clear path ahead building out their sales and marketing plans into the future.
Silver, Travel Advisor Organizations - Overall-Training Program for Travel Advisor/Agency: WorldVia Travel Network’s Accelerator
WorldVia Travel Network's Accelerator is a week-long in-person educational program that provides advisors the knowledge and know-how they need to build a thriving travel business. Accelerator serves as an incubator for new ideas and thoughtful advice for advisors to take with them long after the program is complete.
The awards serve as a symbol for the multi-faceted work WorldVia is engaged in to support its travel advisor members and provide best-in-class service and support within the travel industry space.
“We are thrilled and honored to be recognized by Travel Weekly in receiving these awards,” says Chief Executive Office Jason Block. “So many of our team members have contributed to making this possible, from building the programs awarded, to delivering them, to supporting those that deliver them, and to attracting and supporting our travel advisor members that utilize them. What’s most exciting is that we are just scratching the surface of what we can accomplish and who we can be.”
WorldVia's Magellan Award wins continue what has been a landmark year for the company as it continues to develop its technology, events, education, and content portfolio.
“This has been a record year in so many ways for us here at WorldVia,” says Chief Revenue Officer Joshua Harrell. “We’ve seen exponential member growth, shepherded multiple product launches, and established events and education programming that will be a cornerstone of our foundation moving forward. Onward and upward!”
WorldVia Travel Group is a leading travel brand and award-winning host agency in the United States with a longstanding commitment to delivering unmatched services, assets and support to its members, clients and partners, including independent travel agency and advisor entrepreneurs, corporate partners and humanitarian organizations, through the company’s two primary divisions: WorldVia, which operates the company’s host agency. and the consumer travel website at www.worldvia.com. WorldVia’s mission involves simplifying and streamlining travel agency owners’ and travel advisors’ business management practices as well as empowering them to build and cultivate their travel businesses. For more information, visit www.worldviatravelnetwork.com, www.worldvia.pro and www.worldvia.com.