25 September 2015, London: The Travel Media Awards are pleased to announce the finalists for 2015.

The Awards received over 500 submissions from across the travel media sector before closing for entries in July. Entrants included consumer and trade magazines, national newspapers, broadcasters, regional titles, travel writers and photographers. A panel of over 50 travel industry and media judges then narrowed the field down to a final shortlist of four or five in each category.

Giles Harper, managing director of Travega, co-organiser, said, “The inaugural awards have received superb support from across the travel media sector ad we’d like to thank all those who entered. The standard of submissions was high and the decision-making process has proven very difficult — but with the help of our expert judging panel, we’re confident our finalists represent the very best of the travel media.”

To view the finalists visit: travelmediaawards.com/finalists

The awards ceremony takes place on Monday 9 November 2015 at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London NW1. Tickets now available: travelmediaawards.com/tickets/

For more information, please visit www.travelmediaawards.com or contact:
Tel: 0203 818 5600
E: [email protected]

For sponsorship enquiries, please contact Giles Harper.
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NOTES

The Travel Media Awards launched this year, celebrating the very best of the travel media sector. The awards were created in recognition of the hugely influential role that today’s travel media play in the holiday or business travel decision-making process. Open to all travel writers, broadcasters and photographers, 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 APL Media Limited. Please note: for the purposes of fairness and transparency, no travel titles by APL Media were entered into the Awards.

APL Media Limited (formerly Absolute Publishing Ltd) works across the travel and lifestyle sectors in a number of media, from print right through to events. APL Media produces the award-winning National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine, ABTA Magazine, Destination Vacation, ASTANetwork and a series of lifestyle newspaper supplements, apps and websites.

Travega offers a range of travel marketing solutions to companies within both the leisure and business travel sectors, including sponsorship sales, event management and consumer database sales.