2023 Finalists


This year, a judging panel made up of over 60 judges from leading travel businesses and travel media whittled down hundreds of entries to this shortlist representing the very best of travel journalism, photography and broadcasting. Over 120 finalists have been recognised across the awards’ 21 categories, which celebrate all areas of trade and consumer travel media.

The Travel Media Awards looks forward to welcoming all finalists to the ceremony at The Savoy on 23 October 2023, where the winners will be announced.

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Blogger/Vlogger of the Year

Sponsored by The True Traveller


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.

Alex Hunter, Attaché (www.youtube.com/@Attachetravel)

Bella Falk, Passport & Pixels (www.passportandpixels.com)

Malini Angelica, (www.youtube.com/@Malini.Angelica)

Shu Lin, (www.youtube.com/dejashu)

Victoria Watts Kennedy, Bridges and Balloons, (bridgesandballoons.com/)

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Breaking Travel News: Print, Broadcast and Online

Sponsored by The Media People


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

Andy Hoskins, Business Travel News Europe

Ben Clatworthy, The Times

Greg Dickinson, The Telegraph

Julia Buckley, CNN Travel

Simon Calder, The Independent

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Broadcast Programme of the Year – TV, Radio, Online and Podcast

Sponsored by The Moroccan National Tourism Office


This category is open to major networks or channels (excluding YouTube and Vimeo). Submissions may include a one-off programme or a series of programmes including features, documentaries, interviews or phone-ins.

Australia's Northern Territory: From the Top to the Rock, The Independent

Expedition Borderlands Episode 3: 'Punjab', Discovery Channel

Wild for Scotland Podcast

BBC 100 Women - The Last of Albania’s 'Sworn Virgins’, BBC World Service, and BBC Reel

The Ski Podcast

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Consumer Magazine Section of the Year

Sponsored by The Croatian National Tourist Board


This award is for printed UK consumer magazines published on a regular basis that aren’t dedicated travel magazines but have printed travel sections.

Breathe

Good Housekeeping

Harper's Bazaar

Prima

Radio Times

Woman & Home

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Consumer Publication of the Year – Online

Sponsored by easyJet Holidays


This award is open to consumer travel websites or publications that are published regularly on a digital platform. Publications may be published as a website, digital magazine or on a mobile or tablet app.

Adventure.com, adventure.com

FT Globetrotter, ft.com/globetrotter

Telegraph Travel, telegraph.co.uk/travel

The Times, thetimes.co.uk/travel

Travel Africa Magazine, travelafricamag.com

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Consumer Publication of the Year – Print

Sponsored by easyJet Holidays


This award is open to all consumer travel magazines published in print in the UK on a regular basis.

Condé Nast Traveller UK

Escapism

InTheSnow

OutThere

Wanderlust

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Consumer Writer of the Year

Sponsored by The Moroccan National Tourism Office


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

Ed Grenby, Freelance

Francesca Street, CNN Travel

Greg Dickinson, The Telegraph

Mark C. O'Flaherty, The Telegraph

Mark Palmer, Daily Mail

Oliver Smith, Freelance

Summer Rylander, Freelance

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Customer Content

Sponsored by Exclusive Collection


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 twice a year, while websites and website sections must be regularly updated.

Audley Traveller

Charitable Traveller

Much Better Adventures Magazine

Vera

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Guide of the Year – Book, Online, App

Sponsored by Hong Kong Tourism Board


Nominated guides must have been published as an app, a book or online between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023 and contain a minimum of 5,000 words.

111 Places in County Durham That You Shouldn't Miss, Elizabeth Atkin

Heritage Weekends 52 breaks exploring Britain's past, Neil Matthews and Helen Matthews

Springwatch - Great British Walks, Luke Waterson

The Responsible Traveller, Karen Edwards

Wild Escapes, Sian Lewis

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National Broadsheet Newsprint Section of the Year

Sponsored by The Moroccan National Tourism Office


This award is for printed UK national broadsheet newspapers published on a regular basis that have printed travel sections.

i

Telegraph Travel

The Guardian

The Sunday Times Travel

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National Consumer Feature of the Year

Sponsored by easyJet Holidays


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

Adrian Phillips for 'Into the Deep' in National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Bella Falk for 'Land of Fire and Brimstone' in The Great Outdoors

Emma Gibbs for 'Rewilding the Wilderness' in JRNY Travel Magazine

Gavin Haines for 'I went to Amsterdam in search of its disappearing seedy side – here’s what I found' in The Telegraph

Hannah Foster-Roe for '“This is where I used to sleep”: Meet the tour guides offering a new perspective of London' on adventure.com

Jamie Fullerton for 'Cowboys of the Kalahari: Inside the death metal subculture of the Botswana desert' on adventure.com

Jamie Lafferty for 'Close to the edge' in Financial Times Travel

Jane Dunford for '"Tourism can offer us hope": Bosnia and Herzegovina’s staggering scenery and beautiful towns' in The Guardian

Jane Knight for 'Bohemian therapy: water cures and peat baths in central Europe’s spa capital' in Financial Times Travel

Nick Hunt for 'Red Beer: Lviv' in Intrepid Times

Rory Boland for 'The Wild West' in Which? Travel

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National Tabloid Newsprint Section of the Year

Sponsored by The Moroccan National Tourism Office


This award is for printed UK national tabloid newspapers published on a regular basis that have printed travel sections.

Daily Mail

Daily Mirror

Daily Star

Metro

Sunday Express

Sunday People

The Sun

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Photography Award

Sponsored by Kuoni


This award is to recognise the outstanding work of published photographers in all media (print and online). All nominated work in print or online must be for UK travel publications.

Bella Falk

Diana Jarvis

Giulia Verdinelli

Jamie Lafferty

Jeremy Flint

Kav Dadfar

Mark Parren Taylor

Michelle Attard

Phoebe Smith

Richard James Taylor

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Regional Publication Feature of the Year

Sponsored by Visit Qatar


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.

Ben Lerwill for 'The Joy of the Search' in Hidden Scotland Magazine

Catherine Turnbull for 'Treasure Trail' in Yorkshire Living

Domhnall O'Donoghue for 'Baku: an architect’s paradise' in the Belfast Telegraph

Ian Belcher for 'Heavenly Sound: Alaska by Kayak' in Brummell Magazine

Katie MacLeod for 'From the Hebrides to the world with Coinneach MacLeod' in Scottish Islands Explorer

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Specialist Travel Writer of the Year

Sponsored by Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority


This award is open to professional travel writers or journalists who specialise in a particular travel topic or geographic area. Examples of a travel topic or geographic area could include cruise, safari, luxury, food travel, East Africa, Southeast Asia, etc.

Jamie Lafferty, South America

Jonathan Thompson, US

Julie Baxter, Accessible Travel

Oliver Smith, Railways

Rashmi Narayan, Drink

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Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year

Sponsored by Nova Scotia Tourist Board


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

Chris Fitch for 'How Kenya's stargazing safaris offer fresh perspectives for wildlife watching' in National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Emma Gibbs for 'Rewilding the Wilderness' in JRNY Travel Magazine

Emma Gregg for 'Africa’s green cuisine revolution: Meet the new generation of safari chefs switching things up' on adventure.com

Heidi Fuller-Love for 'The backstreet tours of Athens led by those who have experienced homelessness that are changing lives' in i

Jessica Vincent for 'Hiking the newly Restored Trans Bhutan Trail is the best way to experience the country' in Condé Nast Traveller

Phoebe Smith for 'Thailand cove made famous in The Beach reopens to visitors after four-year closure' in The Guardian

Richard Collett for 'See the heavens the way ancient Britons did at this dark sky park' in National Geographic Traveller (UK)

Sam Haddad for '‘It’s still as beautiful as ever’: the changing face of the French Alps' in The Guardian

Sarah Reid for 'We need to talk about the future of Antarctic tourism' on adventure.com

Shivya Nath for 'What I learnt on a ‘no fly’ journey from Switzerland to the Arctic' on adventure.com

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Sustainability Travel Writer of the Year

Sponsored by Intrepid Travel UK


New for 2023, this category is open to both consumer and trade travel journalists who’ve reported on sustainable travel.

Emma Gregg

Holly Tuppen

Mike MacEacheran

Phoebe Smith

Richard Hammond

Tristan Kennedy

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Trade Publication of the Year – Online

Sponsored by Ikos Resorts


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

Business Travel News Europe, businesstravelnewseurope.com

Cruise Adviser, cruise-adviser.com

Selling Travel, sellingtravel.co.uk

The Business Travel Magazine, thebusinesstravelmag.com

Travel Gossip News, travelgossip.co.uk

TTG, ttgmedia.com

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Trade Publication of the Year – Print

Sponsored by battleface


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

Cruise Trade News

Onboard Hospitality

Selling Travel

The Business Travel Magazine

TTG

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Trade Writer of the Year

Sponsored by Travel Texas


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

Alicia Sheber, Freelance

Andy Hoskins, Business Travel News Europe

Charlotte Cullinan, TTG

Jessica Pook, Selling Travel

Qin Xie, Travel Weekly

Sophie Griffiths, TTG

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Young Writer of the Year

Sponsored by Princess Cruises


This award is open to consumer or trade travel writers who are 30 years or younger on 30 April 2023.

Anna Richards, Freelance

Douglas Loynes, Freelance

Jacqui Agate, Freelance

Laura Sanders, Freelance

Tim McGlone, Get Lost