Raffles wins three awards

Old Oct 6, 2017, 2:36 am
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Raffles wins three awards

The BA board's own Raffles wins three awards at the Business Travel Journalism Awards last night, including Editor of the Year! Well done!

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Old Oct 6, 2017, 2:39 am
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Congratulations - I've certainly benefitted from Raffles' (and Anika's) input here and on Head for Points
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Apologies to Anika - she was also a winner in her own right and I should have mentioned her!
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Yes, very well done to both - I am many thousands of Avios better off as a result of HfP
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Originally Posted by cosmo74
Congratulations - I've certainly benefitted from Raffles' (and Anika's) input here and on Head for Points
^ +1
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Originally Posted by cosmo74
Congratulations - I've certainly benefitted from Raffles' (and Anika's) input here and on Head for Points
Congratulations indeed are in order.

Raffles has been a great source on FT and in the miles/points blogosphere. His blog is a favorite of mine.
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Great news...well done guys! Along with this forum the blog is my go to resource for anything FF related
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Thank you. I actually thought we'd win no more than 1 out of the 4 we were nominated for, so this was a great result.

It was a little odd as a lot of people in the room did not know who we were (the people sat either side of me had no idea!) and then suddenly Anika won the first award to be announced (Best Newcomer to Business Travel Journalism) and then we jointly won the 3rd one (Best Digital Strategy) and people were wondering who these interlopers were who were picking up everything!

There are a few pics on Instagram (headforpoints) and a more formal one on HFP here http://www.headforpoints.com/2017/10...ut-last-night/ albeit it makes me look a bit like Philip Hammond :-). Anika is wearing very high heels and is not actually 6'2' in real life .....

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Originally Posted by Raffles
Thank you. I actually thought we'd win no more than 1 out of the 4 we were nominated for, so this was a great result.

It was a little odd as a lot of people in the room did not know who we were (the people sat either side of me had no idea!) and then suddenly Anika won the first award to be announced (Best Newcomer to Business Travel Journalism) and then we jointly won the 3rd one (Best Digital Strategy) and people were wondering who these interlopers were who were picking up everything!

There are a few pics on Instagram (headforpoints) and a more formal one on HFP here http://www.headforpoints.com/2017/10...ut-last-night/ albeit it makes me look a bit like Philip Hammond :-). Anika is wearing very high heels and is not actually 6'2' in real life .....
Could be worse, you could have looked like Richard Hammond and had Jeremy Clarkson hanging around.
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