Lifetime Achievement Recipients

The Travel Weekly Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual whose efforts led to extraordinary results within an enterprise and who has also made significant contributions to the industry as a whole. The legacy of the recipients of the Travel Weekly Lifetime Achievement Award collectively defines the environment that the travel industry operates in today, and provides a model of vision and accomplishment for tomorrow’s leaders.

  • Priscilla Alexander
    Protravel International

  • Brad Anderson
    Avoya Travel

  • Richard H. Anderson
    Delta Air Lines, Inc.

  • Van Anderson
    Avoya Travel

  • Gordon Bethune
    Continental Airlines

  • Gloria Bohan
    Omega World Travel

  • David R.B. Collins
    ARC

  • Mark Conroy
    Silversea Cruises

  • Frank Del Rio
    Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

  • Bob Dickinson
    Carnival Cruise Lines

  • Arnold Donald
    Carnival Corporation & plc

  • Roger Dow
    U.S. Travel Association

  • Richard Fain
    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

  • Michelle Fee
    Cruise Planners

  • Donna Flora
    American Express

  • Alan Fredricks
    Travel Weekly

  • Jackie Friedman
    Nexion Travel Group

  • Vicky Garcia
    Cruise Planners

  • Randy Garfield
    The Walt Disney Company

  • Philip Gordon
    Globus

  • Nicki Grossmann
    Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau

  • Alex Harris
    General Tours

  • Paula Hayes
    Globus family of brands

  • Dave Hilfman
    United

  • Kristin Karst
    AmaWaterways

  • Fred Kassner
    Liberty Travel

  • Richard R. Kelley
    Outrigger Enterprises Group

  • Brian J. Kennedy
    The Hertz Corporation

  • Geoffrey Kent
    Abercrombie & Kent

  • Dick Knodt
    Vacation.com

  • Ron Letterman
    Classic Vacations

  • Barry Liben
    Protravel International and Tzell Travel Group

  • Dolores Lopez Lira & Jose Luis Martinez Alday
    Grupo Lomas

  • J.W. Marriott Jr.
    Marriott International

  • Ignacio Mazza
    Signature Travel Network

  • Michelle Morgan
    Signature Travel Network

  • John Mullen
    Apple Vacations

  • Jimmy Murphy
    AmaWaterways

  • Marilyn Carlson Nelson
    Carlson

  • John M. Noel
    Noel Group

  • Greg O’Hara
    Certares Management LLC

  • Michael Premo
    ARC

  • Rossi Ralenkotter
    Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

  • Michele Saegesser
    Viking

  • Rudi Schreiner
    AmaWaterways

  • Anne Scully
    Embark Beyond

  • Bruce Shulman
    Travel Weekly & TravelAge West

  • Brian W. Stack
    CIE Tours International

  • Gordon "Butch" Stewart
    Sandals

  • Nancy Strong
    Strong Travel Services

  • Andy Stuart
    Norwegian Cruise Line

  • Kathryn W. Sudeikis
    ASTA

  • Daniel J. Sullivan
    Collette Vacations

  • Susan D. Tanzman
    Martin’s Travel and Tours Inc.

  • Arthur Tauck
    Tauck

  • Alison Taylor
    American Airlines

  • Andrew C. Taylor
    Enterprise Holdings

  • Jon Tisch
    Loews Corporation

  • Brad and Jeff Tolkin
    World Travel Holdings

  • Beatrice and Stanley Tollmann
    The Travel Corporation

  • Matthew Upchurch
    Virtuoso

  • Jesse Upchurch
    Virtuoso

  • Kay Urban
    Amadeus Americas

  • Bob Whitley
    USTOA

  • Valerie Wilson
    Valerie Wilson Travel, Inc.

  • Tim and Nina Zagat
    Zagat Survey