WorldVia Travel Network's AIVIA Wins Back-to-Back Gold Travel Weekly Magellan Awards; Finances Earns Silver

ATLANTA—AIVIA, WorldVia Travel Network's proprietary AI-powered business partner, has won Gold in the 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, its second consecutive Gold since launching in 2025. AIVIA earned the honor in the Travel Advisor Organizations – Overall-Travel Agent Innovation category.

WorldVia Travel Network also earned Silver for Finances, its commission invoicing and reporting platform, in the Individual Travel Advisor – Overall-Technology Solutions category. Both tools were designed and built in-house for the independent travel advisors and agency owners in its network.

The Magellan Awards, presented annually by Travel Weekly, recognize outstanding design, marketing and services across the travel industry.

“The future of travel advising requires more than traditional hosting—it requires robust technology infrastructure," said Block. "That is why WorldVia is built as a travel tech powerhouse dedicated entirely to advisor success. These honors validate our standard: pairing high-touch host agency support with next-generation technology that drives real advisor productivity."

AIVIA: AI Built for How Advisors Work

AIVIA lives inside WorldVia PRO, the network's advisor business management platform, and connects to each advisor's account through single sign-on. Advisors use it for research, client planning and content creation, organizing conversations into threads and grouping related threads and files into projects. A library of proven prompts and customizable advisor profiles tailor AIVIA's responses to each advisor's communication style and workflow.

Since its launch, WorldVia Travel Network advisors are creating 30,000 AI conversations annually and growing.

Finances: A Trip-First Approach to Commissions

Finances, rolled out network-wide in 2026, gives advisors a single place to enter, manage and track commission invoices, along with a full view of sales, trips, statements and business performance across the commission lifecycle. Its trip-based structure organizes every invoice inside the trip it belongs to, open invoices can be edited directly, and the platform syncs in real time with WorldVia Travel Network's back-office accounting system. Advisors and agency owners can also track individual, team and agency performance by supplier, destination and client, and set annual goals for sales, commission and trip count.

Built In-House

AIVIA and Finances were designed and built by WorldVia Travel Network's own product and engineering team. Finances is the first release in a broader suite of business tools the company will continue to build, part of a multi-year commitment to invest directly in the technology independent travel businesses run on.

"We believe in our mission and in what we're building," said Block. "It's heartening to see these efforts recognized by our peers. This is just the beginning."

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About WorldVia Travel Network

WorldVia Travel Network is a top-producing host agency based in the United States and part of WorldVia Travel Group, which has been named to Travel Weekly's Power List—the annual ranking of the world's top sellers of travel—for four consecutive years, most recently in 2026. WorldVia Travel Network is also a four-time Host Agency of the Year honoree from Travel Leaders Network.

The company invests directly in building its own advisor technology, including WorldVia PRO, its advisor business management platform; AIVIA, its proprietary AI-powered business partner; and Finances, its invoicing and reporting platform launched in 2026. Alongside its technology, WorldVia Travel Network delivers learning and development experiences and exclusive access to travel products that give independent travel advisors a competitive edge.

WorldVia Travel Network also connects its advisors with travelers through WorldVia.com, its consumer travel brand, where travelers find inspiration, browse advisor profiles and connect with an expert travel advisor to plan their trip.

WorldVia Travel Group, founded in 2014 by CEO Jason Block, is a multi-brand travel and technology company that owns and operates leisure and corporate travel businesses as well as proprietary platforms that power travel advisors and their clients.

Travel advisors can learn more at worldviatravelnetwork.com. Travelers can find an advisor at worldvia.com.