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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Food and travel website The Local Tongue was crowned consumer publication of the year – online at last year’s Travel Media Awards. We spoke to founder Jessica Rigg about a range of issues, including the importance of reaching out to the owners of the businesses they report on, and breaking down barriers. If you [...]
Metro won the National Tabloid Newsprint Section award at the 2021 Travel Media Awards. We spoke to Metro’s escape editor, Laura Millar, about covering travel for the newspaper, inspiring readers and how to plan in a time of constant change. What does it mean to you to win the Travel Media Award? It means [...]
Trevor Baker of Which? Travel was the winner of the 2021 Breaking Travel News category. We spoke to him about winning a Travel Media Award, covering Covid-19 controversies and what makes a travel news story stand out Why is working in the travel trade media important to you? I used to be a freelance [...]
We spoke to Ben Lerwill, who was named Specialist Travel Writer of the Year at the 2021 Travel Media Awards, about winning an award at last year’s TMAs and what he’s been up to since. What did it mean to you to win Specialist Travel Writer of the Year? An enormous amount. I was [...]
Say hello to the brands sponsoring the 2021 Travel Media Awards - here to tell you why they think it's important to be involved. Flavio Zappacosta, Head of UK & Ireland, Italian National Tourist Board - headline sponsor "The Italian National Tourist Board is proud to sponsor the [...]
We spoke to Lottie Gross, who was the 2020 Travel Media Award Young Travel Writer of the Year. If you'd like to enter your work in this category — or any of the other 21 categories — it's easy and free to do so here. Entry closes on 7 May so don't delay! What does [...]
The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year’s winners, following a successful online event held on 25 January, attended virtually by representatives of the UK’s top travel media. At the event, 22 publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers were each honoured with a prestigious award. Matthew Jackson, co-founder of the awards and managing director of APL Media, said: “The Travel Media [...]