If you weren’t there, you missed an outstanding BGTW Gala Awards Dinner at the Marriott Grosvenor Square.
The event was attended by more than 300 of the UK’s top travel media professionals as well as high-profile representatives of the international travel world.
It was sponsored by the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Elite Island Resorts and Virgin Holidays and guests enjoyed a rum punch/champagne reception, a gourmet Caribbean menu and a steel band from Antigua at the reception.
The keynote speech was made by Antigua and Barbuda's Minister of Tourism John Maginley, with a presentation by GMTV’s Jenni Falconer, and hosted by TV travel presenter Alison Rice and BBC Radio 4 Travellers’ Tree producer David Prest.
Tony StoreyFormer newspaper travel editor turned freelance writer and consultant specialising in cruise industry, UK travel-and-tourism industry, air travel and aviation, hotels, and travel and tourism topics for the consumer. Read more...
"Apparently Ranger was a bit of a ladies dog - the Steve Owen of Alaskan Huskies – intent on making sudden amorous advances towards anything with four legs and a fur coat. This was fine in his own time but not when pulling a slightly overweight journalist over the icy terrain of Swedish Lapland. The last thing this slightly overweight journalist needed was to be tipped from his sled into a frozen lake, even in the name of canine romance."
Joe Cawley, Adrenaline-lovers of the Arctic Circle, The Guardian, Sept 11, 2003
