The winners of the Travel Media Awards 2021, in association with The Italian National Tourist Board, were announced on 18 October at a sparkling ceremony at the Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel.

Over 250 people were present to see the best of the UK travel media honoured with an Award, including representatives of some of the UK’s leading travel media and industry organisations. The event saw 21 publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers awarded a prestigious trophy, including Paralympic medalist, TV presenter and journalist Ade Adepitan, who was presented with the Special Contribution Award.

BLOGGER/VLOGGER OF THE YEAR
Life of Reilly — David Reilly (youtube.com/lifeofreillytv)

BREAKING TRAVEL NEWS
Trevor Baker, Which? Travel

BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR — TV, RADIO, ONLINE OR PODCAST 
Wander Woman: ‘Quirk and Circumstance’ — Buzzsprout

CONSUMER MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE YEAR
 Harper’s Bazaar and Town & Country (joint winners)

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR – ONLINE
The Local Tongue — thelocaltongue.com

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR – PRINT
Wanderlust

CONSUMER WRITER OF THE YEAR
  Ian Belcher, Brummell Magazine and Sunday Times Travel Magazine

CUSTOMER CONTENT
Hurtigruten Magazine

GUIDE OF THE YEAR — BOOK, ONLINE, APP
 Havana Pocket Precincts

NATIONAL BROADSHEET NEWSPRINT SECTION
Sunday Times Travel

NATIONAL CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Stanley Stewart for ‘The Fourth Dimension’ in Condé Nast Traveller

NATIONAL TABLOID NEWSPRINT SECTION
Metro

SUSTAINABILITY FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Sarah Marshall for ‘A fragile life at the frozen edge of Europe’ for The Sunday Telegraph

 PHOTGRAPHY AWARD 
Mark Parren Taylor

REGIONAL PUBLICATION FEATURE OF THE YEAR
 Helen Warwick for ‘When this all over, I’m going to…’ in Cheshire Life

SPECIALIST TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR
 Ben Lerwill

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR — ONLINE
thebusinesstravelmag.com and TTGmedia.com (joint winners)

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR — PRINT
TTG

TRADE WRITER OF THE YEAR 
Tom Parry, TTG

YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR
Georgia Stephens, The Times and The Sunday Times

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Ade Adepitan