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We seem to attract a lot of press attention about our service, products and competitions. We are very pleased to have been featured in national newspapers such as The Times, The Telegraph and The Independent (highlighted in red) and continue to have great support from our local newspapers including The Mercury. Details of where and when we have been featured are on this page.

April 2008 - More awards ! From Qantas Holidays, Fred Olsen Cruise Line & Kuoni ! More details coming soon

11th June 2007 - Agent of the year 2007!

We are honoured to have received the award for 'AITO Specialist Travel Agent of the Year 2007'. This was voted by The Association of Independent Tour Operators and announced at this years conference, held in Seville. Oliver Broad, son of Alan and Cheryl Broad was in attendance to accept the award for outstanding achievement. There are over 150 AITO Specialist Travel Agents in the UK. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our suppliers for their support, our clients for their continued loyalty and of course our staff for the commitment and hard work which has resulted in us being recognised as the Number One AITO Specialist Travel Agent this year. For more details on AITO click here.

3rd August 2006 - A colourful view of the world - the final entrants into our 'Window to the World' competition have been made and our local paper The Mercury have been on hand to photograph the entrants. We will be posting pictures on this page very soon, to read the latest article please click here.

10th June 2006 - Daily Telepgraph - A range of our sports events packages were featured in the Daily Telegraph

Having recently returned from India, I thought some of your older readers, who like me, served out there during the war, may be interested. The scheme was financed with funds from the lottery, named 'Heroes Return'. This was to enable anyone who served abroad, between 1939 and 1945, the opportunity to have a return visit.

Unfortunately, we were not able to visit Kohima or Imphal due to the unrest and safety in this area. We decided we would go to Calcutta and Darjeeling to have a ride on what is now known as the 'Toy Train' which we had been on in 1945.

The railway travels through the foothills, climbing to 8,000ft, taking four hours to do the journey into Darjeeling.

The last steam engine which is still working today was built in Glasgow in 1896.

We spent 11 days between the two places and had a very good time, although after 60 years, we could not remember anything.

I would like to say thank you to Robert Broad Travel of Lichfield who arranged this trip for us. First class all the way.

T Shepherd, J Brown (Ex RAF), Cross Street, Burntwood.

6th May 2006 - The Times - We have again been featured in the national press. This time in The Times on Saturday 6th May 2006. Our specialised sports website (www.sportseventstravel.co.uk) was featured along with a number of tours that we are currently booking.

22nd March 2006 - We have a Winner! Congratulations to Margaret Jones of Lichfield who has won a 3 night break to PortAventura in Spain as part of our 'Mad about the Mercury' Competition. WIN A WEEK TO TUSCANY - We have now launched our 2006 'Mad about the Mercury' competition where you can win a week to Italy in association with Cottages to Castles. Check out your copy of The Mercury for more details or click here to visit our competition page.

We are extremely proud to announce that not only have we been nominated in the 2006 National Achievement Awards, but we have no been informed that we are a finalist. "I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our staff for their continued hard work and effort that has helped us gain this achievement," Alan Broad - Managing Director. In 2004 we were also a finalist and last year we were nominated.

'Mad about the Mercury' - Ten finalists announced. Our local Newspaper, 'The Mercury' has been running a competition for the last 12 months inviting locals to take the paper with them on holiday and take a photo of them reading it whilst there. Selected photo's have been printed in The Mercury over the last 12 months for the chance to win a holiday to Port Aventura in Spain! Well, the finalists have been chosen and you can view them online at The Mercury's website, and you can vote for who you think should win! It is up to the public to decide so click here and get voting now! Look out for a new Mad about the Mercury competition coming soon, you could win a weeks holiday in Tuscany!

One of the Midland’s leading travel agencies, Robert Broad Travel based in Lichfield is inviting local schools and youth groups to create displays for its ‘Window to the World Campaign’.

Managing Director Alan Broad comments ‘We are always looking at ways to work with the local community and feel it is important to get as many people involved as possible’.

Robert Broad Travel want to encourage creativity and initiative and are offering a cash prize to the wining school together with Drayton Manor Park tickets for the group. There will also be donations made to two runners up.

Alan comments ‘The first display will be in February and will run for six months and each month we will feature a different country or theme’.

For further details please contact Dave Archer at Robert Broad Travel on 01543 258631, deadline for entries is Friday 10^th January.

30th November 2005 - Article in the Lichfield Express & Star about our Award Nomination - click here

A big thank you to all of our staff for their hard work and commitment over the last year which has helped us become a nominee for the National Agents Achievement Award. Click here to read the full press release. For further details please contact Oliver Broad - oliver@broadhorizons.co.uk

8th September 2005 - 2005 Lichfield Mercury People's Choice Awards (Transport & Travel category)

We are extremely happy to have been nominated for this award. thank you to all of our staff and clients who have once again helped in our success. We very much look forward to attending the awards ceremony later this month. Click here for the full report from the Lichfield Mercury.

We are pleased to be supporting Lee Westwood from Lichfield's Explorer Scout group, who has been selected to represent Lichfield District at the Scout Jamboree in 2006. We will be sponsoring Lee while he helps deliver our latest Newsletter around Lichfield.8th September 2005 - Click here for our report in the Lichfield Mercury

18/07/2005 - WE WON OUR RACE - Lichfield nPower Dash 2005 - we are very pleased to have been a sponsor for the nPower Lichfield Dash. We are also very pleased to have won our race. Well done to all the staff who took part. Click here for photo's of the event.

14/04/2005 - Mad on the Mercury: - For those of you living in the Lichfield area, remember to take your copy of the Mercury with you, take a picture of you reading it on holiday and send it in to the Mercury on your return with the chance to win a family short break to Port Aventura, Spain.

Following on from our fundraising efforts in January, where we donated over £350 to Travel Aid 50 we are now assisting the local communities of the Tsunami effected areas in Asia rebuild their economies through undertaking heavy promotion of holidays to the region. For a copy of our latest press release please contact Oliver Broad at Broad Horizons Marketing - oliver@broadhorizons.co.uk

We are proud to be a sponsor of this years Lichfield Bower which will take place on May Bank Holiday. Alan & Cheryl were on the judging panel for the Bower Queen who was awarded a £200 Robert Broad Travel voucher.

We are very pleased to be welcoming back Lucy to our company. Lucy has travelled to a wide range of destinations including Mallorca and Orlando

Travel Aid 50 is a fund-raising initiative driven by members of the UK Travel Industry that will support projects to re-build and sustain community infrastructure, such as schools, orphanages and community centres, in tourism destinations affected by the earthquake.

Many of the people and communities affected are 100% reliant upon tourism for their livelihoods. The UK Travel Industry is totally committed to helping rebuild these communities, both directly through Travel Aid 50 and other aid initiatives, but also through continuing to promote tourism to these affected areas - they need our ££'s more than ever.

Travel Aid 50 has formalised a partnership with PATA. TA50 will distribute funds via the PATA Foundation. PATA will use it's network in the region to identify worthy projects. The proposed projects will be passed via the TA50 board of trustees for approval, before being passed back through PATA for the management of the re-development initiative. PATA and TA50 will work on a co-branded basis in the region. Work has already commenced to identify appropriate projects.

Why 50 pence? Simplistically we wanted TA50 to be as inclusive as it possibly could and enable as many travel companies to get involved as possible. Some companies have chosen to give a lot more, others have simply made a donation, and other companies are assisting the initiative significantly in other ways. The more companies that are involved the greater the chance we collectively have of making a significant and tangible contribution to those tourism communities in the affected region that we have all worked so closely with over many years.

When you book a holiday through a Travel Company displaying the Travel Aid 50 logo, they will make a donation for every booking made until further notice.

Congratulations to Mr Claye who won the holiday to Iceland in our comptition that featured on Centre FM in December.

We are very proud to announce that we were nominated for a TIPTO Agent of the Year 2004 award. For more details see our Autum / Winter 2004 Newsletter - click here to download your own personal copy.

Lichfield based travel agency, Robert Broad Travel, is rising above the competition following their nomination in the 2004 Principals Awards for Agency Achievement.

Judged on regional standards of travel excellence, the award is an acknowledgement of innovation, professionalism and achievement by key figures within the travel industry. It is the only award to focus exclusively upon leisure and business travel agencies operating within the UK.

Well established since 1985 and with a firm family link to the travel industry dating back to the 1930s, Robert Broad Travel has been selected from around 7000 agencies nationally. One of five finalists to represent the Midlands region, Managing Director, Alan Broad, commented:

“As we continue to expand our portfolio of services and destinations, this nomination only confirms the exceptional quality which we provide. Winning the award would be a great mark of our achievements as we celebrate our 20^th Anniversary next year”

Whilst tensions between high-street chains and independent businesses continue to set the stage for ‘healthy’ competition, Robert Broad Travel sees this nomination as a sure sign that the hard work of the independent agency remains at the forefront of Industry recognition.

“It’s good to know that independent family-run businesses, such as ours, continue to be acknowledged by key figures within our Industry”

To celebrate the success of their nomination, Robert Broad Travel is offering readers the opportunity to win a £500 Kirker Holidays Voucher. Simply answer the following question by logging onto www.robertbroadtravel.co.uk: Which Charity does Robert Broad Travel collect spare currency for?

Send your answers on a post card with your name, address and contact phone number to: Dave Archer. Robert Broad Travel. 2 Boley Park Shopping Centre, Lichfield, Staffordshire. WS14 9XU. Last entry 31^st March 2004. Winners of this competition will be notified 10^th April 2004. Good Luck!

Wear a Red Ribbon and show your support for World Aids Day on 1st December 2003. For further details on how you can support the fight against AIDS visit the National Aids Trust website where you will also find details on how to make a donation.

Amanda Edwards has completed running the New York Marathon, raising over £2000 for Multiple Sclerosis Society

We have been awarded the Investor in People Award, showing our enthusiasm in providing a high level of staff training and commitment to offer the highest level of customer service possible.

The Broad family also have a number of other ventures including Broad Horizons Publishing, their web solution department. Click here for further details.

We would like to express our appreciation to all who have supported the Broad family over the years and we look forward to being of service to you for many years to come.