This document summarizes the Toulouse Gala Dinner, which awards top tour operators in France. It describes 8 award categories, including Best Website, Best Special Interest Offer, and Most Active Partner. Nominees and winners are provided for each category. The event also recognizes a Tour Operator of the Year for both professionals and consumers, with FrenchExperience and France.com winning respectively.

1. Toulouse Gala Dinner

6.  A special event
 Awards Categories
 Prizes
 2010 nominees

7. A Special Event
 Since 2004, ATOUT FRANCE has been rewarding tour
operators.
 The Advisory Board and ATOUT FRANCE selected the
nominees.
 The winners were voted on by the Advisory Board.
 Two Tour Operator of the Year awards, one selected by
consumers and the other by travel professionals.

8. 8 Categories
 Best Website
 Best Special Interest
 Most Diverse and Extensive Offer
 Best Overseas Offer
 Most Creative Tour Operator On Social Media Network
 Most Active Partner
 Tour Operator Of The Year - Professionals
 Tour Operator Of The Year - Consumers

9. Prizes
 1 Advertising button on
FranceGuide.com
 1 Article in our
professional e-newsletter
“Focus Online”
 1 Article in our consumer
e-newsletter “Club
France”
 1 Exclusive offer in our
“Top Deal E-News”

10. Best Website
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 User-friendly
 Quality of pictures/design and information
 Easy access to France pages
 Diversity of the offer
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

11. Duvine Adventures

12. FrenchExperience

13. Avanti Destinations

14. French Wine Explorers

15. And the winner is…

16. Avanti Destinations

18. Best Special Interest Offer
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 Quality of special interest product
 Marketability of special interest product
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

19. FrenchExperience
Food & Wine Vacations Duvine Adventures
Best Special Interest Offer
Five Senses Culinary Tours

20. And the winner is…

21. Food & Wine Vacations

23. Most Diverse and Extensive Offer
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 Number of regions featured
 Number of different products featured
 Diversity of offer
 Originality of offer
AND THE NOMINEES
ARE…

24. Most Diverse and Extensive Offer
Avanti DestinationFrance.com
Central Holidays Discover France

25. And the winner is…

26. France.com

28. Best Overseas Offer
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 Diversity of products
 Quality of information
 Quality of products
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

29. Best Overseas Offer
Gogo Vacations
Tahiti Legends
FrenchExperience
Travel Impressions

30. And the winner is….

31. Travel Impressions

33. Most Creative Tour Operator
On Social Media Network
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 Number of fans (Facebook)
 Number of followers (Twitter)
 How often are social media networks updated
 Number of Posts on France
 Unique Features AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

34. Discover France
 Facebook: 1,486 fans
 Twitter: 133 followers
 Youtube: 11,912 total
upload views

35. Duvine Adventures
 Facebook: 2,418 fans
 Twitter: 367 followers
 Youtube: 27,018 total
upload views

36. Link Paris
 Facebook: 14,092 fans
 “One of the most active members of the TO community
on Facebook”

37. France.com
 Facebook: 1,955 fans

38. And the winner is…

39. Discover France

41. Most Active Partner
 BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
 Participation in our advertising campaigns
 Participation in our seminars
 Participation in our e-news
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…

42. Most Active Partner
VBT Bicycling
Central Holidays Avanti Destinations
Europe Express

43. And the winner is…

44. Europe Express

46. Tour Operator Of The Year
Professionals
 THE NOMINEES ARE
FrenchExperience
Tauck Tours
Globus
Avanti Destinations
Air France Holidays
Travel Impressions

47. And the 2010 Tour Operator –
Professionals of the year is…

48. FrenchExperience

50. Tour Operator Of The Year
Consumers
 THE NOMINEES ARE
American Express Travel
France.com
Delta Vacations
Tauck Tours
Globus
Air France Holidays

51. And the 2010 Tour Operator -
Consumers of the year is…

52. France.com

53. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION AND SUPPORT!