In the presence of more than 70 invited guests, the anniversary edition of TravMagazine’s Top 50 was presented Thursday evening. This happened during a VIP evening in the LuminAir skybar at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Amsterdam. Want to reorder the Top 50 in print? Click here! This year marks the 25th edition of the Top 50. Reason enough to present this issue in celebration. That happened with an exclusive preview for the invited guests, many of whom are listed in the Top 50 or in one of the other two rankings: the Top 40 tour operators and the Top 40 retail. Partners of the Top 50 were also invited to the VIP event. “The Top 50 has developed into an institution, into the barometer of the travel industry,” explained commercial director T.J. van Apeldoorn of TRAVel Media, the publisher of TravMagazine. During the evening, a walking dinner of six courses was served. A to Z Accounts treated to drinks and oysters upon entry. Enlarged covers of previous editions of the Top 50 were displayed in the sky bar. Midway through the evening, Van Apeldoorn and editor-in-chief Theo de Reus unveiled the life-size cover of the 25th edition. This year’s theme is Back to the Future. 
Subsequently, the first copies of the Top 50 edition were handed out as a first, which is thicker than ever this year. Almost everyone immediately flipped to the pages with the new rankings of 50 largest travel companies. Traditionally, the Top 50 is handed out at the departure of the ANVR Congress. That will happen next Thursday at Schiphol Airport, when conference delegates leave for northern Spain. Later that week, the Top 50 will be delivered to subscribers. Photo: T.J. van Apeldoorn and Theo de Reus unveil the life-size cover of the anniversary edition of the Top 50. (Photos Nils van Houts).
The first pictures can be found on the Facebook page of TravMagazine.Watch the impression of the VIP event below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yN_giKIUuM (Video: Dylan Cinjee).
