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Karisma Hotels & Resorts employees with top-producing agents: Mary Jo Nelson of Travel Partners, Thomas Varghese of Travel Tom, Pamela Walker of I Do Weddings Away, Tina Hearn of Paradise Weddings and Travel, Mandy Chomat of Karisma, Sarah Bonsall of Sunset Travel, Vanessa Martinez of Centre Holidays, Shelli Nornes of Romance Travel Group, Daniel Scheiman of Karisma and Emily Bertsch of VIP Vacations.

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Honoring the 2016 Readers Choice Awards Winners

Karisma Hotels & Resorts employees with top-producing agents: Mary Jo Nelson of Travel Partners, Thomas Varghese of Travel Tom, Pamela Walker of I Do Weddings Away, Tina Hearn of Paradise Weddings and Travel, Mandy Chomat of Karisma, Sarah Bonsall of Sunset Travel, Vanessa Martinez of Centre Holidays, Shelli Nornes of Romance Travel Group, Daniel Scheiman of Karisma and Emily Bertsch of VIP Vacations. Photo Credit: Lin Pernille Kristensen

Karisma Hotels & Resorts employees with top-producing agents: Mary Jo Nelson of Travel Partners, Thomas Varghese of Travel Tom, Pamela Walker of I Do Weddings Away, Tina Hearn of Paradise Weddings and Travel, Mandy Chomat of Karisma, Sarah Bonsall of Sunset Travel, Vanessa Martinez of Centre Holidays, Shelli Nornes of Romance Travel Group, Daniel Scheiman of Karisma and Emily Bertsch of VIP Vacations.

Norma Dean of Delta Air Lines.

Zaida McLoughlin of Virgin Atlantic and Arnie Weissmann of Travel Weekly.

Hertz Corp.'s Maurice Honor and Pamela Wright.

Bob Sullivan of Travel Weekly and Patricia Cunningham of United Airlines.

Enterprise Holdings' Jay Pope and Tony Cosenza.

Joanne Schimelman and Vicki Freed of Royal Caribbean International.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Alex Pinelo and Camille Olivere, Travel Weekly's Arnie Weissmann and Norwegian's Andy Stuart.

Dondra Ritzenthaler of Celebrity Cruises.

Steve Smotrys, Alycia Oliphant, Anthony Viciana and John Chernesky of Princess Cruises.

Justin French, Mike Julius, Ann Hall, Adolfo Perez, Janet Wygert, Erin Martin and Kirk Neal of Carnival Cruise Line.

Travel Weekly's Bruce Shulman with Eva Jenner, Doug Seagle and Charles Dunwoody of Seabourn.

Edie Rodriguez of Crystal Cruises.

Nikki Upshaw of Oceania Cruises.

Michele Saegesser, Rob Huffman and Sandra Marshall of Viking Cruises.

AmaWaterways' Gary Murphy and Travel Weekly's Arnie Weissmann.

Annie Fitzsimmons of Virtuoso and Alex Herrmann of Switzerland Tourism.

Jack Richards and Chanda Vudmaska of Pleasant Holidays.

Pam Hoffee of the Globus family of brands, Rick Zimmerman of KHM Travel Group and Kristen Steele of Globus.

Alexis Smith of TravelSmiths and Marett Taylor and Shawn Johnson of Abercrombie & Kent.

Gary Sadler of Unique Vacations, Lindsey Smith of L&S Travel and Paul Smith of TravelSmiths.

Edie Rodriguez and Carmen Roig of Crystal Cruises.

John Werner of MAST Travel Network and Greg Bernd of Travel Impressions.

Alexis Romer of Ritz-Carlton and Trisha Foresman of Virtuoso.

Robyn Basso of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau.

Dario Flota of the Riviera Maya tourism bureau.

John Meyer of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Dayna Miller of Tourism Vancouver.

Lorine Charles-St. Jules of the St. Lucia Tourist Board.

Alison Metcalfe of Tourism Ireland and Travel Weekly's Arnie Weissmann.

Thomas Botts of Miraval Group, Libbie Rice of Ensemble Travel Group, Charles Dunwoody of Seabourn and Holland America Line and Lindsay Pearlman of Ensemble.

Lucy Bueti of Priceline, Maurice Honor of Hertz, Bill Jose of Priceline and Anthony Ciminera of Hertz.

Doug Seagle of Seabourn, Marcia Rowley of ICE, Vicki Freed of Royal Caribbean International, Chris Austin of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Dondra Ritzenthaler of Celebrity Cruises.

Emily Bertsch, Emma Brumbaugh, Ryan Doncsecz, Megan Doncsecz and Alison Murphy of VIP Vacations.

Andy Stuart of Norwegian Cruise Line and Bruce Shulman of Travel Weekly.

Emily Temple of Mark Travel Corp., Twila Fortner of Delta Vacations, Robyn Basso of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, Wayne Spector of the Network of Entrepreneurs Selling Travel, Barbara Vong of Wright Travel and Jacquelyn Krueger of Palace Resorts.

Steve Gorga of Exclusive Group Travel, Daranee Perfecto and Aash Shravah of JTB USA Business Travel, Suzanne Halama of Tzell Travel Group, Deirdre Copjec and Gerry Moore-Murray of Sabre, Michael Dixon of Travelink, Chris Dane of Hickory Global Partners, Brian Buttigieg of Valerie Wilson Travel, Cindy Schlansky of Tzell, William Haire of Travelink and Monty Swaney of Tzell.

Cynthia Perry of Marriott International.

John Mannion and Chris Austin of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Susan Granger, Pauline Pigott and Gary Sadler of Unique Vacations, Bruce Shulman of Travel Weekly and Nicole Barrett of Unique Vacations.

Kevin Froemming and Karen Callahan of Playa Hotels and Resorts, Travel Weekly's Bruce Shulman and Playa's Andrea Wright and Howard Tanenbaum.

Hubert Tupay of InterContinental Hotels Group.

Alexis Romer of Ritz-Carlton.

John Caldwell of MLT Vacations, Tammy Heitsman of Delta Vacations, Bruce Shulman of Travel Weekly and Loredana Costantino, Steve Diggelmann and Twila Fortner of Delta Vacations.

Charles Mest and Scott Wiseman of Travel Impressions and Peter Bowler of Apple Leisure Group.

Kristen Steele and Pam Hoffee of the Globus family of brands.

Jack Richards of Pleasant Holidays.

Sandy Babin of Apple Vacations.

Shawn Johnson, Javier Echecopar, Marett Taylor and Keith Sproule of Abercrombie & Kent.

Ashley MacLaughlin and Richard Aquino of Allianz Global Assistance.

Steven Spivak of Tauck.

Maryellen Kline and Will Farnsworth of Disney Destinations.

Whitney Ramirez of Trafalgar and Brendan Vacations with Travel Weekly’s Arnie Weissmann.

Barbie Groves, Terry Morrison and Emily Temple of Funjet Vacations.

Lifetime Achievment Award winners Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau from 1995 to 2016, and Barry Liben, chairman of Protravel International and Tzell Travel Group.

Tourism Cares Hearts of Travel Awards recipients, from left: Keith Sproule, executive director, Abercrombie & Kent; Diane O’Dell, vice president of community relations, Universal Orlando Resort; Jonathan Tisch, co-chairman of the board of Loews Corp. and chairman of Loews Hotels; and Afar Media co-founders Joe Diaz, chief product officer, and Greg Sullivan, CEO.