{"id":20556,"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-2\/"},"modified":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T09:40:00","slug":"travelworld-kununurras-anne-hobbs-wins-2013-avis-scholarship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/travelworld-kununurras-anne-hobbs-wins-2013-avis-scholarship-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelworld Kununurra\u2019s Anne Hobbs wins 2013 Avis Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">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\/\" style=\"line-height: 19px;\" target=\"_blank\">www.avisscholarship.com<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">).<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Hobbs was unveiled as the 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;recipient 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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">She will also receive:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><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\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-428453\" 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\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" 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 style=\"font-family: inherit;\">cruise training modules from the Cruise Lines International Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">a Polonious Resources Personal Profile, Feedback Session and on-call personal\/professional coaching for 12 months<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">admission into the TIME (Travel Industry Mentor Experience) mentoring program<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">a one year honorary position on the Avis Travel Agents Advisory Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">a tour of Avis\u2019 World Headquarters in New Jersey and site visits to US agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><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\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-428455\" 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\" style=\"border: 0px; cursor: default; float: right;\" 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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">\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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">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 style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">This year\u2019s finalists included:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Leanne Ralston<\/b>, Spencer Travel (NSW)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Maria Pandalai<\/b>, Travel Managers Townsville (QLD)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b>Kristi-Anne Butel<\/b>, Complete Travel Solutions Brendale (QLD)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">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&nbsp;recipient 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-20556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556","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=20556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}