Travelmole Web Awards shortlist announced-20--M.

Travelmole Web Awards shortlist announced-20--M.: "Travelmole Web Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist has been unveiled for the 2006 TravelMole Web Awards being presented on Thursday (June 22) in London.

From over 400 nominations, four websites have been chosen for each of the 12 categories by a team of tourism MBA students at an international school in Paris headed by Liz Craig of Oneglobe Network.

The four shortlisted companies for each category are as follows:

Airlines � Easyjet, British Airways, KLM and Vueling

Travel Agency � Just Click Cruise, Lastminute, Luxury Explorer, STA Travel

Tour Operator � Thomson, Bridge and Wickers, To Escape To, Scott Dunn

Travel Management � Business Travel Direct, Cranley, Azumano Travel, TD Travel Group

Cruise and Ferry � MSC Cruises, Navigator of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, Sea France

Technology � Dohop, MapMyHotel, Momondo, Tourist Tracks

Responsible Tourism � Explore, Responsible Travel, Worldhotel-link, Nature Southwest

Car Rental � Budget, Holiday Autos, Sixt, US Rentacar

Recruitment � C&M, AA Appointments, Monster, Reed

Hotels � AmResorts, Lions Dive and Beach Resort, MGM Grand, Myhotels

Tourist Board � Discover Ireland, Nature Southwest, TravelNT (Australia's Northern Territory), Visitbritain

These will now be judged by a panel of experts before Thursday's awards ceremony at the Slovak Republic Embassy.

On the judging panel are Debbie Hindle, managing director of London-based travel PR company BGB, Dr Hilary Murphy, Ecole Hoteliere, Lausanne, Switzerland, Joseph E. Buhler, executive vice-president Level 9, Connecticut, Sofia Reino, PhD student, Quee"