Awards
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"Tourists don’t know where they’ve been; travelers don’t know where they’re going.”
Paul Theroux
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Guild Awards
Each year, the Guild gives out its own awards at a gala dinner on the eve of World Travel Market.
There are two sets of awards. Those for the travel trade are sponsored and judged by the Guild, those recognising the journalistic work of members are sponsored and judged by the trade.
Tourism Awards
- Best Overseas Tourism Project is given for the best new (less than2-yrs old) overseas tourism project which not only has a tourist potential but is of benefit to the local community and environment.
- Best UK Tourism Project is awarded for the best new (less than 2-yrs old) tourism project in the UK, which likewise has tourist potential but also benefits the local community and environment.
- The Globe Award, inaugurated in 2001, is given to a major new (less than 2-yrs old) tourism project worldwide, with projected visitor numbers of over 250,000 per year. Like the other awards, it should combine responsible tourism development with local economic, environmental and community benefits.
- The Lifetime Achievement Award goes to an individual for long-term contributions to the travel industry. This award is judged by the committee from nominations made by Guild members.
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Members' Awards
The Guild also awards the work of its own members. The categories are as follows:
Writing
- Best Short Destination feature (under 850 words).
- Best UK feature (over 850 words).
- Best European (non-UK) feature (over 850 words).
- Best Overseas (non-European) feature (over 850 words).
- Best Trade/Business feature.
- Kenneth Westcott Jones Memorial Award for the Best Transport Feature.
- Best Guidebook Writers Award.
- Best Narrative Travel Book.
- Cancun/BGTW Travel Writer of the Year Award (4-8 pieces of work totalling 4000 - 6000 words). Sponsored by Cancun Tourism.
Radio
- Ed Lacy Memorial Award for Best Radio Feature.
Photography
- Photograph of the Year Award.
Television
- Anne Gregg Memorial Award for Best Television Travel Feature.
Details of the 2007 Award Winners can be found under the Members' Awards and Tourism Awards pages. Many congratulations to all our members. |
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Mairiona Cotter Web editor and writer with passion for hotels. Editor-in-chief of the Room for Romance romantic escapes website, and of four published editions of the guides. Previously launched and edited various contract magazines. Author of The High Flyers Handbook (Kogan Page) and Gateway Europe. Runs Riva Publishing.
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"“You can swim here if you like,” said Yaró.
Deep within my memory, bells were ringing about tiny jungle parasites that find no greater pleasure than swimming straight up your plumbing and co-habiting your vital organs. Plus, there was of course the crocodile infestation and the world’s only freshwater sharks that lurked never far away.
“No thanks, I’ll just watch.” Besides, it was raining. A lot. But then this was the rainy season in Nicaragua."
Joe Cawley, River of Dreams, The Guardian, Sept 17, 2005 |
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