Zara joined Incisive Media in 2008, and heads up the Event Operations team, overseeing in the region of 180 events a year, with over 40 being awards ceremonies, varying from 200 to 1,500. She has a huge passion for awards and still enjoys project managing them when she can.

CEO Lorraine Barnes Burton has developed the British Travel Awards (BTAs) into the largest independent awards scheme in the UK since she took hold of the reigns in 2007 and turned “just another industry awards event” into the largest consumer voted awards programme for the travel industry – providing a valuable accolade and consumer-recognised brand that travel companies can use to enhance their own sales propositions.

Previously involved in the media world  she was head of travel and leisure offers at the Evening Standard and is widely acknowledged as coming up with the BOGOF strapline!

Before that Lorraine worked at the BBC as a production assistant and then an exhibitions executive working on external site management and this has come full circle with Lorraine’s latest venture as a founding director of Converge Exhibitions. This company was set up to bring travelling and buying consumers to specifically tailored b2c shows and now runs two annual consumer exhibitions – The Wildlife & Safari Travel Show, and The Grown Up Travel Show, plus the global trade conference – Wildlife, Safari & Conservation Summit.

Lorraine also runs a busy home in Surrey and is Mum to three boys and two cockerpoos.

Hazel Batchelar has worked at William Reed Business Media since April 2004 and been Group Events Manager for the Hospitality Division for the past 7 years. Overseeing a vast portfolio of over 60 events each year for the Morning Advertiser, Restaurant magazine and MCA , Hazel leads a team of events professionals whose portfolio includes The Publican Awards, The John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards, The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards and Retailers’ Retailer of the Year. 

16 years of experience across event formats from roundtables to LSEs, awards and hospitality has given Chris a unique perspective of what success looks like. Starting with an agency on production and design delivering trade shows and exhibitions then a move to awards and conferences with Wilmington. Chris spent 4 years with the awards team at Emap two of which in Dubai launching new products. After returning he spent the 5 years with Procurement Leaders running their awards and event operations across an international portfolio. Chris has also worked as Head of Events with the British Retail Consortium and has recently returned to Wilmington as Awards Director on the Health Service Journal programme.

Zara joined Incisive Media in 2008, and heads up the Event Operations team, overseeing in the region of 180 events a year, with over 40 being awards ceremonies, varying from 200 to 1,500. She has a huge passion for awards and still enjoys project managing them when she can.

CEO Lorraine Barnes Burton has developed the British Travel Awards (BTAs) into the largest independent awards scheme in the UK since she took hold of the reigns in 2007 and turned “just another industry awards event” into the largest consumer voted awards programme for the travel industry – providing a valuable accolade and consumer-recognised brand that travel companies can use to enhance their own sales propositions.

Previously involved in the media world  she was head of travel and leisure offers at the Evening Standard and is widely acknowledged as coming up with the BOGOF strapline!

Before that Lorraine worked at the BBC as a production assistant and then an exhibitions executive working on external site management and this has come full circle with Lorraine’s latest venture as a founding director of Converge Exhibitions. This company was set up to bring travelling and buying consumers to specifically tailored b2c shows and now runs two annual consumer exhibitions – The Wildlife & Safari Travel Show, and The Grown Up Travel Show, plus the global trade conference – Wildlife, Safari & Conservation Summit.

Lorraine also runs a busy home in Surrey and is Mum to three boys and two cockerpoos.