The Judging Process
The Business Travel Awards Europe are judged by an independent panel of about 30 experienced corporate travel buyers and independent travel management consultants. The BTN Group strives to ensure the diversity of the judging panel is reflective of our industry and includes representatives from across the UK and Europe, as well as from a variety of industries with managed travel programmes of varying scope and size. All judges are asked to keep the information contained in entries confidential and the BTN Group recuses judges from certain entries if there are conflicts of interest or if there is some specific/historic negative experience that would influence their judging.
The awards follow a two-stage judging process.
Phase 2 - The judges individually review and score the stage two entries online and if needed, convene virtually to discuss their scoring of each finalist entry, listen to the perspectives of all judges, agree on a final score and determine the category winners.
There are two exceptions to the judging process. For the Travel Buyer of the Year and Travel Team of the Year categories, the stage one judging remains the same. After the finalists are determined, the editorial team will conduct extensive interviews with key representatives of that team, as well as any key suppliers that have supported your efforts to determine the winner.
Stage one - The judges individually review and score the stage one entries online. The BTN Group recuses judges from certain entries if there are conflicts of interest or if there is some specific/historic negative experience that would influence their judging. Using the criteria the BTN Group has established for each category and a scoring rubric, the judges score the entries to determine the finalists.