INTERNATIONAL. The Travel Retail Superstars Awards is now open for entries. This award recognizes the best in travel retail, including employees at airports, cruise ports, and downtown stores. These awards will spotlight the many frontline heroes and heroines that have kept the industry afloat through 2020 and beyond.This free event, hosted by The Moodie Davitt Report with support from FILTR.Qingwa digital, design, and communication agency FILTR.Qingwa is open to all and is free to enter. An advisory committee of training and human resource specialists will help shape the awards.Marcus Griffin, Global Director of People & Culture, Flash Global Logistics in America, and from 2012 to 2020 SVP/Director Human Resources, Americas & Caribbean, at Dufry, is our advisory committee. Heidi van Roon, President & Founder of Spark Group of Companies, provides a variety of staffing and recruitment services for luxury & airport retailers, as well as brand and luxury brands.The Virtual Travel Retail Expo 2021 will present the Awards on Friday, 15 October. Click here to find out more about the Expo.Note: Submissions must be received by 31 August 2021. Click here to submit your entry.The Travel Retail Superstars Awards CategoriesStar Team A team award that recognizes teams that work together and inspire each other. This award recognizes teams that go above and beyond to help others and get the job done to the highest standards.The Star Individual award recognizes people that everyone enjoys to work with and meet in the workplace. These are the people who show up for work and others and who have integrity and passion. They communicate with sincerity and friendliness.Star Story: Individual or Team. The past 18 months of travel retail have presented many challenges to all businesses, in every sector. This award recognizes those who have contributed to workplace stories that bring a smile to the face, feed the soul, and warm the heart.Innovation: Individual or team, Inspiration can strike at any time. But it is especially important in times of change and challenges. This award recognizes those who have made a significant contribution to the company's success by offering new ideas, especially at the company level. These innovative ideas have helped to improve efficiency, profitability, customer service, and other business benefits.Humanity, Leadership and Inspiration: Individual or Team An award that recognizes individuals who show leadership as an action and not just a position and encourage good citizenship through compassion, empathy, and responsibility.Each of the five major award categories will be broken down into four geographical and three department sub-categories to ensure that recognition and celebration of a wide range of employees from all walks of the globe is possible. The following subcategories will be recognized by each main award category:RegionalEuropeAsia PacificMiddle East & AfricaAmericaDepartmentalShop Floor Customer FacingLogistics/WarehouseBack Office Marketing, IT, Commercial, and ProcurementSubmissionsIt is almost impossible to assess the good deeds or well-meaning acts of people, but this is an opportunity to recognize and award employees' efforts during a difficult time. What makes your colleagues and employees so valuable? What has their collective effort taken? We need your heartfelt thoughts and motivational details.The length of the written summary should not exceed 1,000 words. It should only cover events that occurred between January 2020 and August 2021 (during Covid pandemic).The following headings are suggested for information in any written entry:OverviewPlease describe and define who, what, why and where as succinctly and briefly as possible in a synopsis/introduction.Scope and ReachYou might ask yourself: Who was positively impacted? What impact were their actions? How did they make / feel the difference? This was an external or internal change in your business.Measurable SuccessThis could include events like happy customer service results and outcomes, how a new method of doing business was implemented company-wide as an example or by providing evidence of quantitative improvements in business.The ExtraordinaryWe would love to know why you think the nominees deserve the award. What makes their actions and achievements exceptional, outstanding, and exemplary?From today, award entries will be accepted until the 31 August 2021 deadline.Senior management should also validate all entries. This can be done here.Gavi vaccine charity benefits by giving backIn keeping with the celebrations of people and the goodness that we can do, all profits from the Travel Retail Superstars Awards will be donated to charity. This includes Gavi, a global alliance that provides vaccinations for half the world's children. Gavi was founded in 2000 and has helped to vaccinate over 822 million children in 77 different countries.*The Moodie Davitt Report has recently created a column to recognise industry leaders, back office staff, logistics managers, and other individuals for their dedication and achievements. This column is open to further nominations. For the most recent information, click here**For further details, please contact Jess Howells, Events & Marketing Manager at Jess@MoodieDavittReport.com
