TravelMole won Trade Publication of the Year — Online at the Travel Media Awards in October. We chat to editor Bev Fearis about travel, the trade industry and everything in between 1. What do you think makes a good travel story from a trade perspective? A good travel trade story needs to have all [...]
Amelia Duggan won two awards at the Travel Media Awards 2019 — the Young Writer of the Year award and the Specialist Travel Writer of the Year. We chat to her about her achievements 1. How does it feel to be the first Travel Media Awards recipient to win two awards? [...]
Cruise writer Sue Bryant won the Trade Feature of the Year Award at the Travel Media Awards 2019 for her Edge of Tomorrow feature in Cruise Adviser. We chat about her journeys 1. How did you first get into travel writing? I worked in global event management and sent a feature on spec [...]
The travel editor of Vanity Fair UK, Michelle Jana Chan, won the Consumer Travel Writer of the Year Award at the Travel Media Awards 2019. We find out what inspires her 1. How did you get into travel writing? I was a news journalist, and somehow from there I shifted into features, and then [...]
22 October 2019, London: The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year’s winners, following a ceremony held at The Landmark London on 21 October, attended by representatives of the UK’s top travel media. At the event, 20 publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers were each honoured with a prestigious award. Anthony Leyens, co-founder [...]
The Travel Media Awards, in association with Malta Tourism Authority, have announced this year’s finalists. After a record number of entries, the judges have had an even tougher job picking the finalists for this year’s Travel Media Awards. The judging panel, made up of some 60 judges, writers and industry professionals, has now whittled [...]
Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides, is the worthy winner of the prestigious Special Contribution Award at the Travel Media Awards 2019 Hilary began her professional career far from the travel industry as an occupational therapist, which took her to cities across the world including Edinburgh, London, Boston and San Francisco, sparking in [...]
We check in with members of the Awards’ Advisory Panel — a collection of influential travel industry, media and PR professionals — to discuss the changing landscape of travel media and the entries they loved in 2018
We talk to the winner of the Social Photographer of the Year award about how to take the perfect shot for social media success. How did you get into travel photography? I’ve had a passion for photography ever since I was young, but could never settle on a specific genre to pursue. As I [...]
Image: Pablo Strong Freelance writer Lauren won the Young Travel Writer at the Travel Media Awards 2018. We grab five minutes to talk to her How did you first get into travel writing? Only relatively recently. I’ve written about food for many years and was lucky enough to go on a few press trips; [...]