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.
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 (https://www.youtube.com/@Attachetravel)
Bella Falk, Passport & Pixels (www.passportandpixels.com)
Malini Angelica, (https://www.youtube.com/@Malini.Angelica)
Shu Lin, (www.youtube.com/dejashu)
Victoria Watts Kennedy, Bridges and Balloons, (https://bridgesandballoons.com/)
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
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
The Last of Albania's Sworn Virgins', BBC 100 Women - BBC World Service, and BBC Reel
The Ski Podcast
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
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
The Times, thetimes.co.uk/travel
Telegraph Travel, telegraph.co.uk/travel
Travel Africa Magazine, travelafricamag.com
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
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
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
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
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
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
This award is for printed UK national tabloid newspapers published on a regular basis that have printed travel sections.
Metro
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Sunday Express
Sunday People
Daily Star
The Sun
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
This award is open to consumer or trade travel writers who are 30 years or younger on 30 April 2023.