2024 Winners

The Travel Media Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary commending the trailblazing journalists, broadcasters, photographers and publications from across the country. With 127 finalists across the 23 categories, we are pleased to present this year's winners, who have been recognised for their excellent contributions across all areas of the industry. The 2024 winners can be found below.

Accessible Travel Writer of the Year

This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists who’ve reported on accessible travel.

Sassy Wyatt, Blind Girl Adventures

Blogger/Vlogger of the Year

This award is open to UK travel bloggers or vloggers who’ve been posting regularly for at least a year (to 30 April 2023). Qualifying channels include personal blogs or websites and YouTube and Vimeo channels.

Kash Bhattacharya, BudgetTraveller, budgettraveller.org

Breaking Travel News of the Year

This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists.

Julia Buckley, Freelance

Broadcast Programme of the Year

This category is open for programmes made for TV, radio, podcast and online channels (excluding YouTube and Vimeo). Submissions may include a one-off programme or one of a series of programmes, including features, documentaries, interviews and phone-ins.

From Our Own Correspondent, BBC Radio 4, Mark Stratton

Simon Parker's Global Adventures, Times Travel

Consumer Magazine Section of the Year

This award is for consumer magazines published regularly in print in the UK, with a minimum of three issues a year, that aren’t dedicated travel magazines but have printed travel sections.

Country & Town House

Consumer Publication of the Year – Online

This award is open to UK-based consumer travel websites or publications that are published regularly on a digital platform. Publications may be a website, digital magazine or published on an app.

Adventure.com

Consumer Publication of the Year – Print

This award is open to all consumer travel magazines published in print in the UK on a regular basis, with a minimum of three issues a year.

JRNY Travel Magazine

Consumer Writer of the Year

This award is open to professional consumer travel writers or journalists.

Jamie Fullerton, Freelance

Customer Content of the Year

This award is open to business-to-customer travel-focused magazines and digital content produced for business-to-customer use which illustrate excellence in their market. Magazines must be published at least three times a year, while websites and website sections must be regularly updated.

Companion

Emerging Writer of the Year

This award is open to consumer or trade travel writers who have been published professionally for under five years on 30 April 2024.

Queenie Shaikh, Freelance

Guide of the Year

Nominated guides must have been published as a book, online or as an app between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024.

Bradt Travel Guides: Paddling France, Anna Richards

National Broadsheet Print & Digital Section of the Year

This award is for UK National Newspapers with printed and/or digital sections.

Telegraph Travel

National Consumer Feature of the Year

This award is open to all consumer travel writers and journalists.

Nigel Tisdall for 'Welcome to the Channel Island that ran away' in The Sunday Telegraph

National Tabloid Print & Digital Section of the Year

This award is for UK National Newspapers with printed and/or digital sections.

The Sun

Photography Award

This award is to recognise the outstanding work of published photographers in print and online for UK travel publications.

Andrew Reiner

Regional Publication Feature of the Year

This award is for features published in a title that’s only available regionally. Features will also be accepted if the publication is published nationally but the majority of the content, including the travel section, varies regionally.

Domhnall O’Donoghue for 'Discovering the art of peace with The Hague's collection' in the Belfast Telegraph

Siobhan Grogan for 'I spotted the last wild orangutans in Borneo – you can too' in City AM

Specialist Travel Writer of the Year – Region

This award is open to professional travel writers and journalists who specialise in a particular country or geographic area.

Ed Grenby, US

Specialist Travel Writer of the Year – Sector

This award is open to professional travel writers and journalists who specialise in a particular travel topic. Examples of a travel topic could include cruise, safari, luxury or food travel.

Harriet Mallinson, Cruise

Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year

This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists.

Doug Loynes for 'Cruise Control' in BBC Wildlife

Jessica Reid for 'Looking to the Future' in Wanderlust

Sustainability Travel Writer of the Year

This category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists who’ve reported on sustainable travel.

Imogen Lepere, Freelance

Trade Publication of the Year – Online

This award is open to travel trade publications that are updated or published on digital platforms on a regular basis.

The Business Travel Magazine

Trade Publication of the Year – Print

This award is open to all trade publications published in print in the UK on a regular basis, with a minimum of three printed editions per year.

TTG Media

Trade Writer of the Year

This award is open to professional trade travel writers or journalists.

Mike MacEacheran