The President’s Award

This award is presented to the MAST member who has dedicated a great deal of effort and personal time to promote and support the entire MAST organization and its objectives to ensure its continued success.

The Directors Achievement Award

MAST is comprised of many successful small volume sales producers. With this award the MAST Board of Directors recognizes one high achievement member agency with preferred suppliers sales under $500,000, which has met the following criteria:

• The agency must attain Diamond status in MAST Rewards
• The agency must have been in the Premium Plus membership plan for the previous and current year
• At least 80% of total sales on MAST preferred suppliers, with the highest percentage of increase year over year

All Star Awards

All Star Awards honor members with the highest sales, sales growth, and highest sales with individual preferred suppliers. Recipients of the All Star Awards are also awarded a supplier-hosted trip (nominal cost to trip participants) to accommodate two people from the agency. Twenty-five All Star Awards are given each year as follows:

• 10 awards: Agencies with highest preferred supplier sales overall
• 10 awards: Agencies with greatest preferred supplier sales growth, based on percent of increase year-over-year, with sales over $1,000,000
• 5 awards: Agencies with greatest preferred supplier sales growth, based on percent of increase year-over-year, with sales over $500,000 and under $1,000,000

While dual affiliation is not encouraged, if your agency is affiliated with another consortium, please be aware that the supplier sales reported to MAST may not reflect your sales for certain suppliers if those suppliers have you affiliated with another consortium in their system. It is the agency’s responsibility to direct the supplier on where to report their sales. Please note that sales not affiliated with MAST will not count toward your overall sales, nor will they contribute to MAST’s overall sales as group, or its sales goals and potential overrides earned with individual suppliers. 

Based on TRAVELED SALES for the year.

Member Highest Sales by Supplier Awards

Agencies with the highest sales with each preferred supplier will be recognized for their accomplishments. Please Note: In order for Independent Contractor sales to be included in the agency’s overall sales, the IC must be booking with the supplier under the Member Agency’s ID and AGENCY NAME.

While dual affiliation is not encouraged, if your agency is affiliated with another consortium, please be aware that the supplier sales reported to MAST may not reflect your sales for certain suppliers if those suppliers have you affiliated with another consortium in their system. It is the agency’s responsibility to direct the supplier on where to report their sales. Please note that sales not affiliated with MAST will not count toward your overall sales, nor will they contribute to MAST’s overall sales as group, or its sales goals and potential overrides earned with individual suppliers. 

Individual Advisor Sales Awards

Agency owners can help MAST to show their appreciation for sales advisors’ achievements by nominating them for individual awards based on annual sales figures. The call for submissions is released to agency owners in January and must be submitted approximately three weeks before MAST Awards Night. Individual sales advisors are eligible for the following awards:

Two Million Dollar Travel Advisor Award: Awarded to advisors who have sold more than $2,000,000 in leisure sales with 70% or more to MAST Preferred Suppliers

Million Dollar Travel Advisor Award: Awarded to advisors who have sold more than $1,000,000 in leisure sales with 70% or more to MAST Preferred Suppliers

Outstanding Travel Advisor Sales Award: Awarded to advisors who have sold more than $750,000 in leisure sales with 70% or more to MAST preferred suppliers.

Based on BOOKED SALES for the year.

Business Development Awards

Best Group Promotion: This award recognizes one MAST member agency for their creativity and effort in generating group tour and cruise business through their own sales and promotional efforts using personal contacts, reputation, advertising, marketing, and word-of-mouth.

Best Travel Show: This award recognizes one MAST member agency for their creativity and effort in hosting and presenting a consumer travel show or client appreciation event (Examples include: a honeymoon night, cruise night, family travel night, etc.) within the agency or at another business establishment.

Best Social Media Marketing: This award recognizes one MAST member agency for their commitment to creating and engaging in their own social media marketing efforts, outside of MAST’s Social Media Posting Service. Through original content creation, effort to provide multiple platform social media marketing, as well as ongoing activity in correlation with supplier sales goal-driven promotional content such as; MAST Cruise Group Space and Cruise Sale Dates, featured supplier of the month, and supplier social media campaigns, this award recipient displays a unique knowledge and time commitment to their social channels.

Best Supplier Awards

The Best Supplier Awards are presented in nine categories determined by the votes of members and their sales staffs for the supplier they feel is most deserving of the award in each category:

• Best Sales Managers
• Best Inside Sales Support
• Best Reservations Department
• Best Group Department
• Best Customer Service
• Best Marketing Support
• Best Training Program
• Best MAST Sales Sensation Exhibit
• Best Support of Travel Advisors in Consumer Marketing