丝袜会所

26听January 2020, London:听The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year鈥檚 winners, following听a听successful听online听event held on 25 January, attended听virtually听by representatives of the UK鈥檚 top travel media.听At the event, 22听publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers were each honoured with a prestigious award.听听

Matthew Jackson, co-founder of the awards and managing director of 丝袜会所 Media, said: 鈥淭he Travel Media Awards has seen an extremely high standard of entries once again, and our judges had some tough decisions to make. This has been such a challenging year for the industry and we鈥檙e proud to be able to congratulate all the winners and entrants in this online event.鈥� 

Adventurer, author and photographer Levison Wood was honoured with The Special Contribution Award, which each year recognises someone who has made an extraordinary contribution to travel. Wood has visited over 100 countries, written seven bestselling books and produced six critically acclaimed documentaries.  

This year, the Travel Media Awards also acknowledged three Travel Media Champions 鈥斺�痠ndividuals who have raised awareness of the challenges faced by the travel industry throughout the Covid-19 crisis. The three chosen Travel Media Champion, selected by the Travel Media Awards鈥� advisory panel, are: Daily Mail travel editor Mark Palmer; Claire Irvin, head of travel at The Telegraph; and TTG editor Sophie Griffiths. Each has worked tirelessly to keep travel in the spotlight and consistently delivered a clear and concise message to their readers.  

Giles Harper, co-founder of the Travel Media Awards听and听Travega听Managing Director, said: 鈥淒espite the very difficult events of the听past year, we鈥檙e听incredibly听proud that entries听to the awards continue to grow year-on-year: our newly introduced Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year received听in excess of听100 entries alone. I鈥檇 like to thank our headline partner,听Babble, for its support, the hundreds of entrants to the awards, our panel of around 60 travel industry and media judges, our sponsors and听all those听who听joined us online.听We look forward to seeing everyone for the 2021 awards on 18 October at the听Kimpton听Fitzroy London.鈥澨�

THE WINNERS 

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� PRINT听
TTG听

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� ONLINE听
TTG Media听

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� PRINT听
Wanderlust听

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR 鈥� ONLINE听
The Independent听

NATIONAL CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR听
Monisha听Rajesh 鈥楾he godfather of trains鈥櫶�The Guardian听

CONSUMER MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE YEAR听
Vanity Fair听

BLOGGER/VLOGGER OF THE YEAR听
Anywhere We Roam听

NATIONAL BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER SECTION听
The Daily Telegraph听

NATIONAL TABLOID NEWSPAPER SECTION听
The Sun听

SUSTAINABILITY FEATURE OF THE YEAR听
Paul Bloomfield听鈥�The Arctic: a new port of call?鈥櫶�BBC Wildlife听

TRAVEL BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 鈥斺�疶V, RADIO, ONLINE OR PODCAST听
Earth Cycle, Prime Video/1080 Media TV听

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD听
Bella Falk听

REGIONAL PUBLICATION FEATURE OF THE YEAR听
Helen Warwick听鈥楥ity of surprises鈥櫶�Cheshire Life听

BREAKING TRAVEL NEWS听
Francesca Street,听CNN Travel听

GUIDE OF THE YEAR 鈥� BOOK, ONLINE, APP听
Curious Travel Guides 鈥斕�Lost in Florence听

YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR听
Lottie Gross听

CUSTOMER MAGAZINE听
Audley Traveller听

TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR听
James Draven 鈥楢head for heights鈥櫶�TTG听

TRADE WRITER OF THE YEAR听
James Draven听

SPECIALIST TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR听
Sarah Reid听

CONSUMER WRITER OF THE YEAR听
Jamie Lafferty听

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD听
Levison Wood听

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Notes for editors 

The Travel Media Awards launched in 2015, celebrating the very best of the travel media sector. The听awards听was听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听awards听is听a true barometer of the travel media sector. The Travel Media Awards听is听owned and operated under a joint venture agreement between听Travega听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听awards. However, individual writers were permitted to submit their own work.听A team of eight听independent听shortlisters听narrowed down a final list of five finalists in each category and a panel of听61听travel industry and media experts decided听the winners.听听

丝袜会所听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听National Geographic Traveller听(UK) magazine, as well as听National Geographic Traveller Food听and a series of lifestyle newspaper supplements, apps and websites.听aplmedia.co.uk听

Travega听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.听听