Lifting the lid on the future of the industry
With the Travel Media Awards set to take place at The Dorchester, London on Monday 26 September, we catch up with a few of the finalists to find out what working in travel media is really like.
Meet the sponsors that make the Travel Media Awards possible
Say hello to the brands sponsoring the Travel Media Awards and find out why they’re excited to be involved.
Meet Tony Wheeler, recipient of our Special Contribution Award
We're excited to announce publishing entrepreneur and travel writer Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, is the worthy recipient of the 2022 Special Contribution Award. This year the Travel Media Awards advisory board is pleased to recognise the significant impact of Tony's travel writing and business acumen. An Asia ‘hippie trail’ trek in 1972 [...]
Meet Phoebe Smith, winner of the 2021 Broadcast Programme of the Year Award
Phoebe Smith’s Wander Woman: ‘Quirk and Circumstance’ podcast was named Broadcast Programme of the Year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards. We spoke to her about gathering material, travel as a force for good and how to get listeners to perceive a destination differently.
Travel Media Awards announce Morocco as headline sponsor for 2022
THE TRAVEL MEDIA AWARDS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE MOROCCO AS OUR 2022 HEADLINE SPONSOR We’re pleased to announce that our headline sponsor for this year is Morocco, the Kingdom of Light. Jamal Kilito, director for UK and Ireland at the Moroccan National Tourism Office, says: "Morocco is very happy to be the headline sponsor [...]
Meet David Reilly, winner of the 2021 Blogger/Vlogger of the Year Travel Media Award
David Reilly was named Blogger/Vlogger of the year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards for his YouTube channel, Life of Reilly. We spoke to him about showing his viewers around destinations and why authenticity is making a comeback. What does it mean to you to win a Travel Media Award? It really does mean [...]
Meet Mark Parren Taylor, 2021 Photography Award winner
The deadline to enter the 2022 Travel Media Awards is this Friday, 29 April. So, if you haven’t submitted your work yet, there’s still time. There are 20 categories covering travel writing, broadcasting and photography, which are all free and easy to enter. To inspire you, here’s a Q&A with one of our 2021 [...]
Just one more week left to enter
Have you entered the Travel Media Awards 2022 yet? There’s only one week left until the deadline for entries closes on Friday 29 April, so now’s the time to enter for the chance to win one of the most prestigious awards in the industry. If you think you or a colleague have what it [...]
Meet Ian Belcher, Consumer Writer of the Year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards
Ian Belcher won the coveted Consumer Writer of the Year title at last year’s Travel Media Awards. Here he tells us how he finds the human heart in his stories, the importance of thinking laterally in difficult times and how travel writing might evolve. Make sure you enter your own work into the 2022 [...]
Meet Bev Fearis, editor of The Business Travel Magazine, winner of Online Trade Publication of the Year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards
The Business Travel Magazine was named Online Trade Publication of the Year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards. We spoke to its editor, Bev Fearis, about the balance between print and digital content, keeping readers up to date and being part of the travel trade family. If you work for a trade publication, make [...]