{"id":17228,"date":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/travelworld-kununurras-anne-hobbs-wins-2013-avis-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","slug":"travelworld-kununurras-anne-hobbs-wins-2013-avis-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/travelworld-kununurras-anne-hobbs-wins-2013-avis-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelworld Kununurra\u2019s Anne Hobbs wins 2013 Avis Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>Avis Australia today named Anne Hobbs from Travelworld Kununurra in far northern Western Australia as the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Avis Travel Agent Scholarship (<\/span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.avisscholarship.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avisscholarship.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.avisscholarship.com<\/a><span>).<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Hobbs was unveiled as the 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0recipient of the annual award \u2013 and the first ever winner from Western Australia &#8211; at a ceremony at Sydney\u2019s Four Seasons Hotel attended by travel industry leaders.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The Avis Travel Agent Scholarship recognises and rewards travel agents committed to the highest standards of customer service. This year\u2019s prize is valued at more than $40,000, with Hobbs enjoying two return Business Class tickets to New York flying Qantas, along with six nights\u2019 luxury hotel accommodation in Manhattan and seven days\u2019 car rental from Avis.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>She will also receive:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Avis-Scholarship-Finalists-2013_3274le.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Avis-Scholarship-Finalists-2013_3274le.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Avis Scholarship Finalists 2013_3274le\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Avis-Scholarship-Finalists-2013_3274le-300x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Avis-Scholarship-Finalists-2013_3274le-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\"><\/a>a first-year tourism scholarship to study at Southern Cross University\u2019s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, with financial support of up to $10,000 towards the first year of a three-year Bachelor of Tourism Management course*<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>cruise training modules from the Cruise Lines International Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>a Polonious Resources Personal Profile, Feedback Session and on-call personal\/professional coaching for 12 months<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>admission into the TIME (Travel Industry Mentor Experience) mentoring program<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>a one year honorary position on the Avis Travel Agents Advisory Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>a tour of Avis\u2019 World Headquarters in New Jersey and site visits to US agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span>Avis Travel Industry Manager Russell Butler says Hobbs, who only joined the travel industry seven years ago, impressed the judges with her ability to apply a clear and strong customer service philosophy to her day-to-day work as a frontline agent.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cAnne is a naturally warm and empathetic person who is passionate about her role and views every client as an individual with their own unique needs,\u201d says Butler.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Scholarship-Sponsors-and-Winner-2013_3648le.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Scholarship-Sponsors-and-Winner-2013_3648le.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scholarship Sponsors and Winner 2013_3648le\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Scholarship-Sponsors-and-Winner-2013_3648le-300x180.jpg\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Scholarship-Sponsors-and-Winner-2013_3648le-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\"><\/a>\u201cWhat really stands her apart is that she is constantly looking for simple but effective ways to build customer relationships, she enjoys exceeding expectations and she reacts calmly and efficiently under pressure.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cAll of this is underpinned by a commitment to constantly improving her skills and product knowledge, despite the challenges of working from a remote regional location.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The 2013 winner was chosen from four finalists, all of whom presented to members of the Avis Travel Agents Advisory Board during yesterday\u2019s final judging session in Sydney.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>This year\u2019s finalists included:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span><b>Leanne Ralston<\/b>, Spencer Travel (NSW)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Maria Pandalai<\/b>, Travel Managers Townsville (QLD)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><b>Kristi-Anne Butel<\/b>, Complete Travel Solutions Brendale (QLD)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span>All will now receive a personal online behavioural profile and consultation session with a Polonious Resources business coach.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avis Australia today named Anne Hobbs from Travelworld Kununurra in far northern Western Australia as the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Avis Travel Agent Scholarship (www.avisscholarship.com). Hobbs was unveiled as the 17th\u00a0recipient of the annual award \u2013 and the first ever winner from Western Australia &#8211; at a ceremony at Sydney\u2019s Four Seasons Hotel attended [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}