On the evening of 3 November 2022, AITO, the Specialist Travel Association (aito.com), announced the results of its prestigious 2022 Travel Writer of the Year Awards, the 25th year since the awards were launched.

Alicia Miller won AITO Travel Writer of the Year (TWOTY) over 1,500 words, for ‘Drink it in’, a feature published in National Geographic Traveller (UK).

Writer Aaron Millar was awarded third place in the same category for his piece ‘Going for gold’, also in National Geographic Traveller (UK), and National Geographic Traveller (UK) commissioning editor Connor McGovern was also awarded third place in the AITO Young Travel Writer of the year category, for his article on ‘How Chinese cuisine has shaped the city of Vancouver’, also published in National Geographic Traveller (UK).

The five awards were announced at AITO’s Meets the Media event at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington, London, on Tuesday 3 November. With over 350 entries for 2022, the judges reviewed each article according to four criteria, seeking copy that was inspirational, informative, interesting and well-written.