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Celebrating the best of the travel media sector

09 November 2020, London: The Travel Media Awards have announced this year鈥檚 finalists.

The judges have had a difficult job picking the finalists for this year鈥檚 Travel Media Awards. The judging panel, made up of some 60 judges from leading travel businesses and travel media, has now whittled down the huge number of entries to compile a shortlist representing the very best of travel journalism, photography and broadcasting.

There are 105 finalists across 21 categories, covering all areas of travel media, including print and online media, broadcasting, blogging and photography.

Giles Harper, co-founder of the Travel Media Awards and managing director of Travega, said: 鈥淭hank you to everyone who has supported the awards once again, despite the challenges the world is facing right now. Entry levels to the awards grew again for the sixth聽consecutive year, highlighted by over 100 entries alone being received for our newly introduced Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year category. Many congratulations to all of the finalists, and we look forward to announcing the winners on 25 January next year.鈥�

Matthew Jackson, co-founder of the Travel Media Awards and managing director of 黑料吃瓜网, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e all looking forward to seeing who picks up the awards for each category. The awards ceremony, while obviously a little different to previous years, will still be an exciting event that we are very proud of.鈥�

The finalists are as follows:

Blogger/Vlogger of the Year听听听听听听听听聽聽聽
Anywhere We Roam 鈥� Paul Healy & Mark Barnes (anywhereweroam.com)
Borders of Adventure 鈥� Becki Enright (bordersofadventure.com)
Joe Allam (joeallam.co.uk)
The Girl Outdoors 鈥� Sian Lewis (thegirloutdoors.com)
Weekend Candy 鈥� Claire Robinson (weekendcandy.com)

Breaking Travel News
Francesca Street, CNN Travel
James Chapple, TTG
John Walton, Lonely Planet
Julia Buckley, CNN Travel
Rory Boland, Which? Travel

Broadcast Programme of the Year 鈥� TV, radio, online or podcast
Earth Cycle 鈥� on Amazon Prime
From Our Own Correspondent – Trobriand Islands: a passion for cricket for BBC Radio 4
Insight Guides: The Travel Podcast 鈥� 鈥楧iscovering the Fez Medina鈥� on Soundcloud
Wander Woman: 鈥楾he Sound of Silence鈥� 鈥� on Buzzsprout
Would you visit Fukushima? for The Telegraph

Consumer Magazine Section of the Year
1843
Harper鈥檚 Bazaar
Olive
Town & Country
Vanity Fair

Consumer Publication of the Year – Online
Adventure – adventure.com
BBC Travel 鈥� bbc.com/travel
The Independent 鈥� independent.co.uk/travel
Lonely Planet 鈥� lonelyplanet.com
Suitcase 鈥� suitcasemag.com

Consumer Publication of the Year – Print
Lonely Planet
Suitcase Magazine
Sunday Times Travel Magazine
Travel Africa
Wanderlust

Consumer Writer of the Year听听听听听听听听聽
Alicia Miller, Sunday Times Travel Magazine
Jamie Lafferty, Financial Times and National Geographic Traveller
Michelle Jana Chan, Vanity Fair and The Telegraph
Mike Unwin, Travel Africa and The Telegraph
Oliver Berry, Lonely Planet

Customer Magazine
Audley Traveller
Easyjet Traveller
Kuoni Magazine
Selamata for聽Ethopian Airlines
Vera for Virgin Atlantic

Guide of the Year 鈥� Book, online, app聽聽聽聽聽聽
Bradt Guides Italy Friuli Venezia Giulia
Bradt Guides Slow Somerset
Curious Travel Guides Lost in Florence听听听听听听听听
Lonely Planet Saudi Arabia
Scotland Beyond the Bagpipes by Helen Ochyra

National Broadsheet Newspaper Section
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The Guardian
Sunday Times Travel
The Telegraph
The Times

National Tabloid Newspaper Section
Daily Star Sunday
Metro
The Sun
The Sun on Sunday
Sunday Mirror

National Consumer Feature of the Year
Anthony Sattin for 鈥榃anderland鈥� in 1843
Dan Richards for 鈥楳y Search for the Real Moominland鈥� in 1843
Joey Tyson for 鈥楾ouching the Heavens in Tigray, Ethiopia鈥� in Suitcase Magazine
Monisha Rajesh for 鈥楾he Godfather of Trains鈥� in The Guardian
Oliver Smith for 鈥楩rontierland鈥� in Lonely Planet

Photography Award聽聽聽
Bella Falk
Francesco Lastrucci
Graeme Green
Lisa Young
Renato Granieri

Regional Publication Feature of the Year
Cathy Adams for 鈥楽low down South鈥� in London Evening Standard
Helen Warwick for 鈥楥ity of Surprises鈥� in Cheshire Life
Ian Belcher for 鈥榃hat Lies Beneath鈥� in Brummell Magazine
Lizzie Pook for 鈥楾railing the Snow Leopard in Mountainous Ladakh鈥� in London Evening Standard
Sarah Marshall for 鈥楾ime to Tell the Real Story of Sierra Leone鈥� in The Press

Specialist Travel Writer of the Year
Ian Belcher, African wildlife
Jamie Lafferty, Polar regions
Jessica Vincent, food
Jez Fredenurgh, food and drink
Sarah Reid, emerging destinations

Sustainability Feature of the Year
Cristian Bonetto for 鈥楴ow the floods are over, here鈥檚 how to make a positive impact on your trip to Venice鈥� in Lonely Planet
Jo Rhodes for 鈥楤ritish Airways emitting more carbon than rival airlines鈥� in Which? Travel
Lauren Jarvis for 鈥楳aking Travel Matter鈥� in Selling Travel
Michelle Jana Chan for 鈥楾he wild, empty safari destination you must visit before the crowds arrive鈥� in The Telegraph
Paul Bloomfield for 鈥楾he Arctic: a new port of call?鈥� in BBC Wildlife

Trade Feature of the Year
James Draven for 鈥楢head for Heights鈥� in TTG
Jonathan Thompson for 鈥楳aking a Splash鈥� in Cruise Adviser
Lauren Jarvis for 鈥楳aking Travel Matter鈥� in Selling Travel
Rebecca Barnes for 鈥楩rom Russia With Love鈥� in Cruise Adviser
Sue Watt for 鈥楪ame Changing鈥� in TTG Luxury

Trade Writer of the Year
James Chapple, TTG
James Draven, TTG
Jeannine Williamson, Selling Travel
Jennifer Morris, TTG
Lauren Jarvis, Selling Travel and Selling Canada

Trade Publication of the Year 鈥� Online聽聽聽聽聽
nridigital.com/future-cruise
thebusinesstravelmag.com
travelbulletin.co.uk
travelmole.com
ttgmedia.com

Trade Publication of the Year 鈥� Print听听听听听听听听
ABTA Magazine
The Business Travel Magazine
Selling Travel
TTG
TTG Luxury

Young Writer of the Year
Emily Frost, Lonely Planet
Florence Derrick, The Telegraph and Vera
Greg Dickinson, The Telegraph
Katie Gatens, Atlas and Vera
Lottie Gross, The Telegraph

The Travel Media Awards look forward to welcoming all shortlisted entrants to the online awards ceremony on 25 January.

Key dates for the 2020 Travel Media Awards:

23 November 鈥� recipient of Special Contribution Award announced
25 January 鈥� Awards ceremony takes place

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Notes for Editors

The 2019 awards received more than 900 entries, and culminated in a glittering awards ceremony attended by some 300 travel media and industry professionals. The event saw Hilary Bradt, founder of Bradt Travel Guides, receive the Special Contribution Award.

The Travel Media Awards was launched in 2015, celebrating the very best of the travel media sector. Free of charge to all travel writers, broadcasters and photographers to enter, the Awards are a true barometer of the travel media sector. The Travel Media Awards are owned and operated under a joint venture agreement between Travega and 黑料吃瓜网.

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