The GTAA was thrilled last week to be honoured at the 22nd Annual International ARC Awards with the 2008 ARC Award for overall Best of Show for its 2007 Annual Report. Recognized as the most prestigious annual report competition internationally, the GTAA beat out 28 countries and 2,100 entries.

Using the theme of Uplifting People, the annual report highlighted GTAA employees and the important roles they play in the organization. The report’s focus on employees makes it even more rewarding to call this an award winning annual report.

The GTAA was also awarded three Gold awards for: Non-Traditional Annual Report, Interior Design and Written Text. A Bronze was garnered for photography and an Honorable Mention for overall cover design. Thanks to the three Gold awards, the GTAA was entered into three additional competitions and came away with Grand Winner for Written Text as well as Grand Winner for Interior Design. The highlight of the evening came when the GTAA received the award for Best of Show, naming it the best annual report of all the entries.

According to the ARC Awards judges, “it was an excellent annual report, succeeding in its goal to communication both visually and verbally the theme of the report. The annual report scored near perfect tens throughout the judging rounds, earning the judges’ accolades for its clean and crisp design, great concept, and execution which was carried through consistently to the end.”

The ARC Awards competition—sponsored by MERCOMM, INC., the world’s only independent awards organization—is considered the most highly respected and prestigious in the industry.

The GTAA is grateful to everyone that worked so hard on the annual report. The executive team is proud of the contributions made by all staff in making Toronto Pearson run effectively to serve travellers.