Inspired Travel Group Named North America’s Leading Travel Management Company
We have some news from Jamaica. We came to the World Travel Awards Caribbean & The Americas Gala Ceremony hoping we’d have something special to bring home. We’re coming back with more than we could have imagined. Inspired Travel Group has been named North America’s Leading Travel Management Company for 2026. At the same ceremony, we were also named Canada’s Leading Travel Management Company for the third consecutive year, and our U.S. sister company, Inspired Corporate Travel, was named the United States’ Leading Travel Management Company. Three awards. Two countries. One team. It’s a lot to take in, and we are incredibly grateful.
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This is a significant moment for our entire organization. For years, we have worked to build a different kind of travel management company—one founded on human connection, genuine partnership, and transparent value. To have that approach recognized at the national level in both Canada and the United States, and now across the continent, is a powerful affirmation of the work our team does every day.
“The award might have our company name on it, but I think about the people behind every trip. The advisor answering the phone when a traveller is stranded, the person working behind the scenes on a group movement, and every client who has trusted us with their people. That's who this belongs to.”
Winning the award for Canada is an honour we will always cherish, but being recognized as North America’s Leading Travel Management Company puts our Canadian-grown company in a different context. The nominee field for 2026 included some of the largest and most established travel management companies in the world. To be included in that list was an achievement in itself. To win is something else entirely.
Looking at the World Travel Awards’ published history, Merit Travel Group was the last Canadian company to hold this North American title back in 2008. Eighteen years have passed since a Canadian company last held this title. Today, we’re incredibly proud to bring it back to Canada.
This year’s gala also marked our third consecutive win as Canada’s Leading Travel Management Company, following our wins in 2024 and 2025. Winning once was something we’ll never forget. Winning twice felt like we were on the right track. Being recognized three years in a row means something different. It tells us the way we’re choosing to do this work—with a dedicated advisor for every client and a commitment to solving problems rather than just booking tickets—continues to resonate. It’s a validation of consistency, and for that, we are immensely proud.
The story continues with our U.S. team. Our sister company, Inspired Corporate Travel, was named the United States’ Leading Travel Management Company for the second consecutive year. This win reinforces that our model of human-centric service and transparent pricing isn’t just a Canadian ideal; it’s a better way to manage corporate travel, period. Together, our two companies now hold the World Travel Awards titles for Canada, the United States and North America.
It’s easy to talk about accolades and trophies, but we want to talk about what was actually recognized. These awards aren’t for a logo or a brand. They are for the late-night phone calls. The re-routed flights during a storm. The executive whose plans changed for the fifth time. The complex group travel itinerary with hundreds of moving pieces. They are for the advisor who keeps looking for a solution long after the obvious options have run out. They are for the quiet, meticulous work our operations team does that nobody outside the company ever sees.
Awards have company names engraved on them. The work behind them belongs to people.
This recognition belongs to:
We have never wanted to build the biggest travel management company. We’ve wanted to build the kind of corporate travel management company people are relieved to have in their corner when travel stops going according to plan. This has always been our guiding principle. It led us to reject the industry-standard transaction fee model, which often penalizes clients for changes, in favour of a single, transparent Fixed Management Fee that covers everything.
It’s why we built our service model around dedicated advisors, not call centres. We believe that true duty of care requires a human who knows you and your company, not an anonymous agent reading from a script. Our technology, like the Tripscape App, is designed to support our people and keep travellers organized, never to replace the critical judgment of a human expert. Whether we’re handling a multi-city executive trip or the full-service operations for a high-stakes corporate retreat, our goal is to re-humanize a process that has become increasingly impersonal.
These regional wins mean that we’re now eligible for the World Travel Awards global title. It is an honour to be in that conversation. But for now, we want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who voted, everyone who has trusted us with their business, and every member of our team who earned this recognition. We’re going to enjoy this one for a minute. And then, there’s one more title we’d be incredibly proud to bring home to Canada.
Established in 1993, the World Travel Awards serve to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. They are recognized globally as a hallmark of industry excellence, with winners determined by votes from qualified executives working within travel and tourism and the consumer travel buyer.
In 2026, Inspired Travel Group was named North America’s Leading Travel Management Company and Canada’s Leading Travel Management Company (for the third consecutive year). Our U.S. sister company, Inspired Corporate Travel, was named United States’ Leading Travel Management Company for the second consecutive year.
Our model is built on two core principles: human expertise and transparent pricing. Every client is assigned a dedicated travel advisor who knows their preferences and policies. We do not use call centres. Secondly, we operate on a Fixed Management Fee model, which covers all bookings, changes, and support, eliminating the hidden costs and penalties common in traditional transaction-fee models.
Inspired Travel Group is our Canadian brand, serving our Canadian clients with localized expertise. Inspired Corporate Travel is our U.S. brand, providing the same high-touch, dedicated service model to American companies. While they are distinct companies, they share the same philosophy and leadership, allowing us to provide seamless cross-border travel management for North American organizations.
This recognition is a milestone, not a destination. It reinforces our commitment to a model of corporate travel management built on relationships, expertise, and a fundamental belief that people deserve a better travel experience. If your organization is looking for a partner who shares that belief, we invite you to start a conversation with us.
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