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; [...]
Guy's ‘Grand Theft Auto’ article in Which? Travel magazine won the Breaking Travel News award at the Travel Media Awards 2018. We sit down for a quick chat with the winner What makes a good breaking travel news story? I think it’s a combination of originality and depth of research. For my story about [...]
Image: Jonathan Gregson/Lonely Planet Traveller Jonathan's feature in Lonely Planet magazine earned him the Photographer of the Year award at the Travel Media Awards 2018 – for the second year in a row! We find out his winning formula What’s the story behind your winning photograph? My winning story this year was photographed [...]
Image: Getty Winner of the coveted Consumer Travel Writer of the Year award, Adrian Phillips chats to us about Charles Dickens and Chile. How did you first get in to travel writing? Well, the truth is that I fell into it rather than getting into it… I’m certainly not a born traveller: I’ve [...]
"Celebrating the best of the travel media sector" 17 October 2018, London: The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year’s winners, following an evening ceremony held at ME London on 17 October. The event was attended by representatives of the UK’s top travel media, with 20 publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers each [...]
Celebrating the best of the travel media sector travelmediaawards.com The Travel Media Awards, in association with Malta Tourism Authority, has announced this year’s finalists. The standard this year has again been exceptionally high, and an expert judging panel comprising of over 60 travel editors, writers and industry professionals have worked hard to reduce the [...]
Lisa Minot, The Sun’s travel editor, will be presented with a prestigious Special Contribution Award at the Travel Media Awards 2018. She joined Britain’s bestselling newspaper as a sub editor in 1991, and worked her way up the ranks via the backbench. She’s been The Sun’s full-time travel editor since 1999, and her work [...]