Travel Media Awards 2018 鈥斕齱inners announced
The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year鈥檚 winners, following an evening ceremony held at ME London on 17 October. The event was attended by representatives of the UK鈥檚 top travel media, with 20 publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers each collecting a prestigious award.
Matthew Jackson, Managing Director of 丝袜会所 Media and co-founder of the Awards, said: 鈥淭he Travel Media Awards have been a huge success, with a remarkably high standard of entries. Our judges had some difficult decisions to make and we鈥檇 like to congratulate all the winners and entrants. With over 300 guests attending, the Awards were very successful and are now an important and well-established event in the media calendar.鈥�
The Travel Media Awards 2018 were also thrilled to welcome Lisa Minot, Travel Editor of The Sun, who was presented with the Special Contribution Award. Lisa joined Britain’s bestselling newspaper as a subeditor in 1991 and worked her way up the ranks via the backbench. She has been the full-time travel editor of The Sun since 1999 and her work has seen the travel section go from one solitary page a week to two weekly sections today.
Co-founder of the Travel Media Awards and Travega Managing Director, Giles Harper, said: 鈥淔or the third consecutive year, entry levels to the Awards have continued to increase, and it鈥檚 really encouraging to see such a significant number of entries from travel writers and titles who previously haven鈥檛 entered. I鈥檇 like to thank our headline partner, Malta Tourism Authority, all entrants, sponsors and everyone who attended the event. The awards are a celebration of the travel media sector and it鈥檚 wonderful to see it in such good health.鈥�
THE WINNERS
NATIONAL BROADSHEET颅 NEWSPAPER SECTION OF THE YEAR
The Telegraph
NATIONAL TABLOID NEWSPAPER SECTION OF THE YEAR
Metro
CONSUMER WRITER OF THE YEAR
Adrian Phillips, freelance travel writer
REGIONAL PUBLICATION FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Jonathan Thompson for 鈥楳ake mine a Scottish mini break鈥� for Metro
BLOGGER OF THE YEAR
The Girl Outdoors 鈥� Sian Lewis
BREAKING TRAVEL NEWS
Guy Hobbs for 鈥楪rand theft auto鈥� for Which? Travel
CONSUMER MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE YEAR
Sainsbury鈥檚 Magazine
CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� ONLINE
OutThere 鈥�
CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� PRINT
Family Traveller
The Sunday Times Travel Magazine
BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 鈥� TV, RADIO, ONLINE
Dawn Lake and Joanne Whalley for 鈥楽eeing the world without sight鈥� for BBC Travel Show
YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR
Lauren Bravo, freelance writer
CUSTOMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
easyJet Traveller 鈥� easyJet
GUIDE OF THE YEAR 鈥� BOOK, ONLINE, APP
Cruising & Cruise Ships 2018, Berlitz
Lonely Planet鈥檚 Best in Travel 2018
NATIONAL CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Michelle Jana Chan for 鈥楶rimal green鈥� for Vanity Fair
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Jonathan Gregson for 鈥楢cross Patagonia鈥� for Lonely Planet Traveller
SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Joe Allam 鈥�
TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Sam Ballard for 鈥楪eneration game鈥� for Cruise Adviser
TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� PRINT & ONLINE
Selling Travel
TRADE WRITER OF THE YEAR
Sophie Griffiths, TTG
VLOGGER OF THE YEAR
David Reilly 鈥� Life of Reilly 鈥�
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Lisa Minot
For more information, please visit travelmediaawards.com/winners-2018
or contact: T: 0203 818 5600 E: [email protected]
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Notes for Editors
The Travel Media Awards launched in 2015, celebrating the very best of the travel media sector. The Awards were created in recognition of the hugely influential role that today鈥檚 travel media plays in the holiday and business travel decision-making process. Open to all travel writers, broadcasters and photographers, the Awards are a true barometer of the travel media sector. The Travel Media Awards are owned and operated under a joint venture agreement between Travega and 丝袜会所. Please note, for the purposes of fairness and transparency, no travel titles by 丝袜会所 Media were entered into the Awards. However, individual writers were permitted to submit their own work. A team of nine independent shortlisters narrowed down a final list of five finalists in each category and a panel of 57 travel industry and media experts decided the winners.
丝袜会所 works across the travel and lifestyle sectors in a number of media, from print through to events. 丝袜会所 Media produces the award-winning National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine, as well as National Geographic Traveller Food, Travel Trends and a series of lifestyle newspaper supplements, apps and websites.
Travega offers a wide range of travel marketing solutions to companies within both the leisure and business travel sectors, including revenue generation for some of the UK’s leading travel industry events, alongside bespoke event creation and third party event management.