The category, which is sponsored by the Malta Tourism Authority, honours businesses within the industry that have made efforts to improve their LGBT offering for both employees and customers.
Judges focused particularly on the work that travel firms have done to create inclusive working environments for their employees, and/or how they have improved services for their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender customers in the past 12 months.
The winner will be revealed at the TTG Travel Awards on September 18.
The shortlisted companies are:
- Celebrity Cruises
- Hoseasons
- Kuoni
- Manchester Airports Group
- Outofoffice.com
- Thomas Cook
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Virgin Holidays
Limited tickets are available for the TTG Travel Awards ceremony.