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News / 26th January 2021

Travel Media Awards 2020 winners announced

Travel Media Awards 2020

Travel Media Awards 2020 winners announced

26January 2020, London:The Travel Media Awards is pleased to announce this year’s winners, followingasuccessfulonlineevent held on 25 January, attendedvirtuallyby representatives of the UK’s top travel media.At the event, 22publications, broadcasters, journalists and photographers were each honoured with a prestigious award.

Matthew Jackson, co-founder of the awards and managing director of ϳԹ, said: “The Travel Media Awards has seen an extremely high standard of entries once again, and our judges had some tough decisions to make. This has been such a challenging year for the industry and we’re proud to be able to congratulate all the winners and entrants in this online event.” 

Adventurer, author and photographer Levison Wood was honoured with The Special Contribution Award, which each year recognises someone who has made an extraordinary contribution to travel. Wood has visited over 100 countries, written seven bestselling books and produced six critically acclaimed documentaries.  

This year, the Travel Media Awards also acknowledged three Travel Media Champions — individuals who have raised awareness of the challenges faced by the travel industry throughout the Covid-19 crisis. The three chosen Travel Media Champion, selected by the Travel Media Awards’ advisory panel, are: Daily Mail travel editor Mark Palmer; Claire Irvin, head of travel at The Telegraph; and TTG editor Sophie Griffiths. Each has worked tirelessly to keep travel in the spotlight and consistently delivered a clear and concise message to their readers.  

Giles Harper, co-founder of the Travel Media AwardsandTravegaManaging Director, said: “Despite the very difficult events of thepast year, we’reincrediblyproud that entriesto the awards continue to grow year-on-year: our newly introduced Sustainability Travel Feature of the Year receivedin excess of100 entries alone. I’d like to thank our headline partner,Babble, for its support, the hundreds of entrants to the awards, our panel of around 60 travel industry and media judges, our sponsors andall thosewhojoined us online.We look forward to seeing everyone for the 2021 awards on 18 October at theKimptonFitzroy London.”

THE WINNERS 

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR — PRINT
TTG

TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR — ONLINE
TTG Media

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR – PRINT
Wanderlust

CONSUMER PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR – ONLINE
The Independent

NATIONAL CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR
MonishaRajesh ‘The godfather of trains’The Guardian

CONSUMER MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE YEAR
Vanity Fair

BLOGGER/VLOGGER OF THE YEAR
Anywhere We Roam

NATIONAL BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER SECTION
The Daily Telegraph

NATIONAL TABLOID NEWSPAPER SECTION
The Sun

SUSTAINABILITY FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Paul BloomfieldThe Arctic: a new port of call?’BBC Wildlife

TRAVEL BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR — TV, RADIO, ONLINE OR PODCAST
Earth Cycle, Prime Video/1080 Media TV

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Bella Falk

REGIONAL PUBLICATION FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Helen Warwick‘City of surprises’Cheshire Life

BREAKING TRAVEL NEWS
Francesca Street,CNN Travel

GUIDE OF THE YEAR — BOOK, ONLINE, APP
Curious Travel Guides —Lost in Florence

YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR
Lottie Gross

CUSTOMER MAGAZINE
Audley Traveller

TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
James Draven ‘Ahead for heights’TTG

TRADE WRITER OF THE YEAR
James Draven

SPECIALIST TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR
Sarah Reid

CONSUMER WRITER OF THE YEAR
Jamie Lafferty

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Levison Wood

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Notes for editors 

The Travel Media Awards launched in 2015, celebrating the very best of the travel media sector. Theawardswascreated in recognition of the hugely influential role that today’s travel media plays in the holiday and business travel decision-making process. Open to all travel writers, broadcasters and photographers, theawardsisa true barometer of the travel media sector. The Travel Media Awardsisowned and operated under a joint venture agreement betweenTravegaand ϳԹ. Please note, for the purposes of fairness and transparency, no travel titles by ϳԹ were entered into theawards. However, individual writers were permitted to submit their own work.A team of eightindependentshortlistersnarrowed down a final list of five finalists in each category and a panel of61travel industry and media experts decidedthe winners.

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