Travel Leaders Network announces 2026 POP Awards winners

At its closing gala for EDGE 2026, Travel Leaders celebrated its top members agencies and advisors with the Power of Partnership (POP) Awards, honouring excellence in sales growth, client service, community impact and overall excellence.

This year’s POP winners reflected several of the travel industry’s fastest-growing segments, including luxury travel, hosted advisor networks, social-driven advisor brands and customized experiential itineraries, reads a press release.

Travel Leaders Network’s Associate members operate as part of its franchise division, with access to the Travel Leaders brand. This years Associate POP honorees include:

President Award (a 25 year plus member who achieves continuous growth): TL365

Elite Award (growth through Travel Leaders’ programs and tools): Travel Travel

Corporate Agency of the Year: Prestige Travel

Traditional Agency of the Year: Jan’s Travel & Cruise

New Member of the Year: Park Plaza Travel

Host Agency of the Year: WorldVia Travel Group

Trailblazer Award: Travel Leaders Discovery

Advocacy Award: Market Square Travel

Associate of the Year: WorldVia Travel Group

Golden Legacy (lifetime achievement): Bentley Hedges Travel

Canadian awards

The Network also celebrated its Canadian Affiliate members, with the following awards:

President Award-Small Agency: Glow with Me Adventures

President Award-Midsize Agency: Vacations Yorkton

President Award- Large Agency: Voyages en Direct

New Member of the Year: 1-2-1 Travel Connections Inc.

Host Agency of the Year: The Travel Agent Next Door

Influencer of the Year: KVI Travel

Philanthropy Award: Centre Holidays

Chairman’s Elite (largest percentage of growth): Travel Best Bets

Chairman’s Pinnacle (high sales growth and consistent support of TLN’s partners): The Travel Agent Next Door

Member of the Year: Northstar Travel

U.S. awards

In the United States, Affiliate members were recognized as POP winners as well:

President Award-Small Agency: First Class Travel

President Award-Midsize Agency: DreamFinder Travel

President Award- Large Agency: Picture This Travel

New Member of the Year: Xstream Travel

Host Agency of the Year: Cruises & Tours, Unlimited

Influencer of the Year: Travelmation

Advocacy Award: Nexion Travel Group

Philanthropy Award: Cruise Holidays Kansas City

Elevated Luxury (top growth in the luxury segment): Pavlus Travel & Cruise, Inc

Chairman’s Elite (largest percentage of growth): Avoya Travel

Chairman’s Pinnacle (high sales growth and consistent support of TLN’s partners): Vacations To Go

Member of the Year: World Travel Holdings

Golden Legacy: KHM Travel Group

Anita and Garry Thompson were given the Distinctive Voyager Award for their role in hosting and promoting the Distinctive Voyages program, and Marivic Cregan of New West Holiday Trips was recognized with the SNAP Award as the agency with the highest overall sales volume in TLN’s booking tool SNAP.

Additionally, 35 member agencies were celebrated as Agencies of Excellence, the top producing agencies in all of Travel Leaders Network.

“The Power of Partnership isn’t just a name, it’s what drives all our decisions,” said Lindsay Pearlman, president of Travel Leaders Network, in a statement.

“This year’s winners reflect how rapidly the advisor landscape is evolving, with agencies growing through specialization, luxury expertise, hosted advisor networks and stronger use of technology and marketing tools. The collaboration between our members and supplier partners continues to raise the bar for what modern travel agencies can achieve. Congratulations to all our winners." 

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