Riviera Travel held its second annual Riv Awards last week in the Hotel Café Royal in London and included agents from Ireland for the first time.
The Riv Awards were created to recognise Riviera Travel’s most engaged and high-performing agency partners across its river cruise and touring portfolio. The ceremony celebrated excellence in sales performance, brand engagement and long-term partnership.
The afternoon saw a total of 25 awards presented across a wide range of categories, including regional store awards, top national agency awards, individual agent achievements and special engagement awards.
Riviera Travel Trade and Partnerships Director UK and Ireland Vicky Billing (pictured above, centre) said: “The Riv Awards are our way of saying a heartfelt thank you to our incredible trade partners. We simply would not be where we are today without your support. We remain fully committed to working in partnership, doing the right things, and being easy to work with as we continue to grow together.”
Riviera Travel CEO Matt Luscombe said: “Attending my first Riviera Trade Awards was a fantastic experience. I’m very much looking forward to working even more closely with the trade as we continue to grow and strengthen the Riviera brand together.”
Travel Gossip CEO Bruce Martin (pictured above) was among the guests.
Riv Award winners 2026:
Regional Store (Touring & Cruise Combined)
Ireland: JWT Cruises – Galway
Northern Ireland: Feherty Travel – Bangor
Scotland: Barrhead – Fort Kinnaird
Northeast & Cumbria: Dawson & Sanderson – Gosforth
Yorkshire & The Humber: Althams Travel – Huddersfield
Northwest: Aspen Travel
Midlands: Peakes Travel Elite
Southeast: Fred Olsen Travel – Tonbridge
Southwest: Newells Travel – Truro
East of England: Premier Travel – Newmarket
Wales: Miles Morgan Travel – Chepstow
National
Best Up and Coming – UK: ROL Cruise
Best Up and Coming – Ireland: Best4Travel
Top Training & Engagement: InteleTravel
Top Overall Account Homeworking: Travel Counsellors
Top Overall Homeworking Agent: Jo Kemp (Travel Counsellors)
Top Overall Agent: Wendy Haines (RiverCruising.co.uk)
Top Overall Solo Holiday Account: Cartwright Travel
Top Overall Account Online Travel Agent: RiverCruising.co.uk
Top Overall Account – Ireland: Cassidy Travel
Top Overall Account Retail – UK: Hays Travel
Special
Top Overall Engaged Marketing Account: Miles Morgan Travel
Riviera Explorer Champion Most Engaged Expert: Andre Ashford (C the world)
Riviera Champion Touring Most Proactive & Engaged: Richard Slater
Riviera Champion River Cruise Most Proactive & Engaged: Margaret McCorriston
