Eleven brilliant folk from the TIME network have been announced as finalists in six categories at the prestigious 2017 Women in Travel Awards.

“We’re delighted to see so many brilliant TIME women named as finalists”, said Penny Spencer – TIME Founder and finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year category.

“And I’m especially pleased about the number of TIME women in my category. I’m up against three of them, and couldn’t be happier about that. As a passionate advocate for mentoring and professional development, seeing these brilliant people shine and enjoy the recognition they deserve is a wonderful thing”, continued Penny.

The TIME network will be represented at the Women in Travel Awards gala in Sydney on 27 November by the following mentors, mentees and TIME program sponsors:

Road & Rail
Ingrid Kocijan – Rail Plus
Jenny Lorkin – AVIS Budget Group NSW

Sales Person of the Year
Elizabeth Hutchison – Air New Zealand
Emily Warbrick – Snowscene

Cruise
Fiona Dalton – Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection

Aviation
Felicity Allan – Malaysia Airlines

Technology
Gena Signorini – Amadeus

Entrepreneur of the Year
Lisa Pagotto – Crooked Compass
Penny Spencer – Spencer Group of Companies
Nadine Jones – Jones & Co Collection
Maxine Wiggs – Resource

“Whilst these awards recognise the achievements of some extraordinary TIME women, the TIME network also includes plenty of terrific men. And I know they’ll be cheering on their TIME colleagues on the night”, says Penny.

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Post script: See all the winners HERE!