Local travel agency boss Miles Morgan received yet another award in London last week to complete an amazing year of awards for the company, who are celebrating their 10th birthday this year.

The award was for his Outstanding Contribution to the Travel Industry over his 30 year career. The award is bestowed annually to one recipient for a lifetime of success and achievement within the travel sector.

Mr Morgan started as a junior in a travel agency in Devon before joining Bristol based firm, Bakers Dolphin, where latterly he was Sales and Marketing Manager. From there his career took him on to running the Sales and Marketing for the UK’s largest travel company, Thomson. Whilst there he was appointed to the main board of ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents), helping the wider travel industry.

In 2006, he founded Miles Morgan Travel, his own travel agency chain which has enjoyed ten years of continued growth and success. This was recognised earlier this year when the company was awarded the Best Travel Agent in the South West and South Wales 2016 at the Travel Weekly awards.

Miles Morgan told the Ross Gazette:?“I was totally amazed to receive the award, the list of previous winners is a who’s who of our industry and to be on that list is a real honour. The whole year for our company has been tremendous, with not only another successful year for the business, but a wealth of awards as well and this one certainly takes pride of place above them all.”

He continued:?“Our company’s success has a lot to do with the grounding I have had within the travel industry. I have done almost every job for the bottom up and that really helps in understanding what we need to do to be successful. At the top of the list is recruiting great people and we are blessed with an amazing team of committed stars that serve our customers every day, I am a very proud boss.”

Nina Robertshaw, the Manager of the Ross-on-Wye shop, said: “We are so pleased for Miles, his passion for the travel industry and for Miles Morgan Travel is obvious to us all and to get this award is so richly deserved”.

She continued “To be crowned the best Travel Agent in the South West and Wales was tremendous for us all and this just tops off a fabulous year for the company.”