British Mediterranean, bmi and Thomsonfly take top ISPY awards

Tina Milton

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British Mediterranean, bmi and Thomsonfly scooped the top awards at the Inflight Sales Person of the Year event

The Inflight Sales Person of the Year Awards (ISPY) 2007, which were held at a glittering ceremony on January 26 at the Renaissance Hotel near London Heathrow airport, celebrated the achievements of cabin crew from a diverse selection of airlines.

Organised by Travel Retail Training, the event marked the successes of the best inflight sales staff. Peter Turner from British Mediterranean Airways,  Rachael Cole from bmi buy on board and Gemma Foster from Thomsonfly were the overall winners.

The full list of ISPY winners is as follows:

Inflight Sales Person of the Year award

Overall winner: Peter Turner, British Mediterranean Airways
Overall winner: Rachael Cole, bmi buy on board
Overall winner: Gemma Foster, Thomsonfly

Personality Award: Rizsal Pawanteh, Malaysia Airlines

Winner: Annette Heffernan, Aer Lingus
Highly commended: Connie Go, Singapore Airlines

Sales Techniques Award

Winner: Sonia Rassay, Air Transat
Highly commended: Annette Toye, MyTravel Airways

Product Merchandising Award

Winner: Olivier Harnie, Virgin Express
Highly commended: Andrew Palmer, Thomas Cook

Product Knowledge Award

Winner: Rizsal Pawanteh, Malaysia Airlines
Highly commended: Jess Langstaff, bmibaby

Effective use of the PA Award

Winner: Julie Milroy, Thomsonfly charter
Highly commended: DJ Parker, Air Namibia

Team Award

Winner: Chet Thorald and Jacki Lutuli, South African Airways

Onboard Sales Motivator Award

Winner: Hilary Thomson, MyTravel Airways

ISPY 2007 Airline of the Year

MyTravel Airways