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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Debbie Flynn, Chief Executive, Brighter Group What makes the Travel Media Awards stand out from other industry prizes? Having been on the advisory board since its launch, I’ve seen how it’s progressed from being well respected by mainstream travel media to becoming the award to aspire to win across every form of travel media [...]
Adam's 'A rail of a time' article in Sunday Times Travel Magazine magazine earned him the title of Young Travel Writer at the Travel Media Awards 2017. We sit down for a quick chat with the winner What makes a destination a great place to write about? I think a good travel article should [...]
Peter Vella, MTA director UK & Ireland, says: “We are delighted to sponsor this year’s Travel Media Awards, which showcase the very best in the UK travel media. Travel journalism plays an incredibly important role in inspiring visitors to travel so we are proud to support the leading awards ceremony within this sector and [...]