The first edition of the European Mission Awards is taking shape after a good number of companies presented their candidacies, which have now been evaluated by a jury of travel managers from leading European companies, who met to draw up the shortlist of finalists.
As a reminder, the EMA – European Mission Awards is the new award for the European business travel industry organised by the Italian publishing house Newsteca, which has specialised in the business travel and fleet management sector for over twenty years.
After the deadline for candidacies on 30 May came the subsequent evaluation phase, which will entail a meeting in July of the jury of 8 travel managers: Albert James Küng, Head of Global Travel Management at Siemens; Cathy Brichaux, Global Travel and Expense Project and Team Manager in EMEA at 3M; Cristina Chimenti, Global Travel Manager at SKY; Jaimie Hartridge, Executive assistant CEO and CFO at LivaNova; Janko Raboldt, Head of Travel & Expenses Finance, Procurement at KPMG in Germany; Marta Bori, Business Travel & Expense Manager at Calzedonia in Spain; Roberta Iorizzo, Global Travel & Expense Manager at SCOR, and William Cocco, Global Travel Manager at Campari Group.
The jurors, coordinated by EMA’s organisational secretariat, examined the candidacies and put their vast experience and knowledge of the business travel market to use in order to select those with the requisites needed to go forward to the second stage of selection. From 4 to 10 July, European travel managers will be able to vote for any of the candidate companies online on the EMA website. This online vote will be taken into account at the next meeting and will be added to the second juror vote to determine the winners in each category.
The winners will then be announced during the awards ceremony, organised as a gala evening on 10 October in Rome. The exclusive location of The St. Regis Rome, a 5-star luxury hotel in the heart of the Eternal City, has been chosen to celebrate the finalists and the first edition of this ambitious new project.
The event will welcome the candidate international companies, the travel managers on the jury and the travel managers and travel teams competing in the ‘Best Travel Manager’ category, offering networking and entertainment opportunities.
Reservations for companies and travel managers have been open on the EMA website since July where it is possible to book corporate seats and tables at the award ceremony.
SHORTLIST EUROPEAN MISSION AWARDS 2022
AIR TRANSPORT
BEST AIRLINE FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS – LONG HAUL
Delta Airlines
Etihad Airways
BEST AIRLINE FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS – SHORT AND MEDIUM HAUL
ITA Airways
Air Europa
easyJet
BEST BUSINESS CLASS
ITA Airways
Air Europa
Etihad Airways
ACCOMMODATION
BEST HOTEL CHAIN OF THE YEAR FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS
Vincci Hoteles
Starhotels
NH Hotel Group
B&B Hotels
BEST BUSINESS HOTEL FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS
Starhotels E.c.ho.
NH Collection Milano CityLife
Hotel Vincci Consulado De Bilbao 4*
DoubleTree by Hilton Trieste
Milano Verticale | UNA Esperienze
B&B Hotel Budapest City
BEST APARTMENT PROVIDER FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS
MICASAS
Starhotels
Torre GalFa Milano Luxury Apartments | Una Esperienze
Italianway
BEST IN-HOUSE SAFE & CLEAN PROGRAMME FOR BUSINESS TRAVELLERS
Starhotels
Gruppo UNA
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL PARTNER – CHAUFFEUR SERVICE / TAXI PROVIDER / CAR SHARING
Gruppo First Travel
Free Now For Business
appTaxi
MEETINGS AND EVENTS
BEST MEETING AND EVENTS SPACE
Best Western Plus Tower Hotel Bologna
nhow Milano
voco® Milan-Fiere
Crowne Plaza Padova
B&B Hotel Ljubljana Park
BEST MICE DESTINATION
Cannes
Malta
Israel
Cracow
TRAVEL PROVIDERS
BEST TRAVEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Aervio
Gattinoni as ATPI Group
ACE Travel Management ATG UK
Consultia Business Travel
TRAVEL TECHNOLOGIES
BEST RANGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Siap
Cytric – Amadeus
Egencia
Tripbam
BEST SELF-BOOKING TOOL
Booking.com – Booking.com for Business
Cytric – Amadeus
Egencia Travel Management – Egencia
BEST EXPENSE REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Cytric Expense – Amadeus
CAPTIO – Emburse
BEST REPORTING SYSTEM
Cytric Insights –Amadeus
Analytic Studio – Egencia
BEST TRAVEL DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Cytric Easy – Amadeus
3Sixty
TRAVEL SOCIAL IMPACT
BEST TRAVEL SUSTAINABILITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Etihad Airways
easyJet
HRS
TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR
TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR FROM 300 TO 1000 TRAVELLERS
Donatella Dattilo – Desmet Ballestra
Calum Hawley – Endeavour Mining
Giuseppe Viesti – Salvatore Ferragamo
Laura Campodonico – Erg Group EMEA
TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR FROM 1000 TO 3000 TRAVELLERS
Alferio Paolillo – Edison
Mihai Dinu – UiPath
Céline Foglia – Groupe Akka Technologies
Patricia Marcaide – Sibelco
TRAVEL MANAGER OF THE YEAR WITH MORE THAN 3000 TRAVELLERS
Martina Parati – Saipem
Gregoire Henry – UEFA
Stefano Vermiglio – Angelini Pharma
TRAVEL TEAM OF THE YEAR
ENEL Spa – Holding
Saipem
Stellantis
PLATINUM CIRCLE CAREER AWARD
Laura Campodonico – Erg Group EMEA
Alferio Paolillo – Edison
