Winners of the BGTW Members' Awards 2009

The winners were announced on the 8th November 2008 at the BGTW’s annual gala dinner held at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square in London on the eve of World Travel Market. This year, the event was sponsored by Antigua Tourist Board, Elite Island Resorts and Virgin Holidays.

Photographer of the Year - Sponsored by Saga Holidays William Gray

Best Destination under 850 words - Sponsored by Amtrak Mary Anne Evans A Perfect Place to Bunk Off - Metro

Best UK Feature over 850 words - Sponsored by Superbreak William Gray - Wanderlust

Best European (non-UK) feature over 850 words - Sponsored by Travmedia Judy Armstrong - Pony Tales - France magazine (www.francemag.com)

Best Overseas (non-European) Feature - Sponsored by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation William Gray - Nature on Parade - Wanderlust

Best Online feature - Sponsored by the Grenada Board of Tourism Roger Norum - The Ethics of Travel Writing

Best Business/Trade Feature - Sponsored by the Uganda Wildlife Authority Matthew Teller A Vine Romance - CNN Traveller Magazine

Best Transport Feature (Kenneth Westcott Jones Memorial Award) - Sponsored by Virgin Trains Gary Buchanan A Transport of Delight - The Herald (www.heraldscotland.com)

Best Guidebook Award - Sponsored by First Public Relations Mal Rogers

Best Travel Broadcast (Anne Gregg/Ed Lacy Memorial Award) - Sponsored by First Public Relations Carmen Roberts

Travel Writer of the Year - Sponsored by the Malta Tourism Authority Nigel Tisdall - Light At The End of the Tundra - Ultratravel

Travel Writer of the Year - Runner Up William Gray - Test the Waters - published in Sunday Times Travel (www.timesonline.co.uk)