SIX BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL MEMBERS WIN AWARDS IN ONE MONTH And a seventh has her work launched in a new Channel 5 Travel Programme Six British Guild of Travel Writers members have recently won a variety of top travel writing and tourism awards from Estonia, Malta, the cruise industry and a freelance recruiting company. And a seventh has had her books adapted for a new Channel 5 travel programme. Londoner Neil Taylor was presented with the Estonian President's Medal on 13 March for his outstanding work as the author of six editions of the Bradt...

France's Nord Pas de Calais region depends on British visitors to boost touristm initiatives during London's Olympic year The Nord P as de Calais region of France is depending on visitors from the United Kingdom for the success of four major tourist initiatives in 2012, members of the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) were told at their recent annual general meeting in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Although the number of visits from Britain, which traditionally outstrips that from elsewhere, has dropped 30 per cent in the last three years - largely due to weak sterling - it is expected to revive considerably in 2012....

CONGRATULATIONS TO AWARD-WINNING GUILD MEMBERS BGTW members have won a clutch of top travel, online and broadcasting awards. At the 28 November British Travel Press Awards ceremony Judith Chalmers, OBE, was cited for her Outstanding Contribution to travel media and William Gray was named as co-winner of the top Consumer Travel Feature. When citing Chalmers, presenter of Thames TV's Wish You Were Here...? travel programme for 30 years, the judges for the Kingsley Event Management-sponsored event, said: “This award recognises individuals who have achieved the utmost excellence in their contributions as travel writers, photographers or broadcasters.” At its 29 November awards lunch...

MARGATE'S NEW TURNER CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM WINS THE BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL WRITERS' TOP TOURISM AWARD The British Guild of Travel Writers has presented its top 2011 Globe Award for an outstanding tourism project to the new Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate, Kent, and its Lifetime Achievement Award to Tricia Barnett, director of the charity Tourism Concern. Both awards, plus a number of other tourism and media awards, were presented before an audience of more than 300 top travel industry and media leaders at a gala dinner held last night (Sunday, 6 November) at London's elegant Savoy Hotel. The Dinner...

BGTW ANNOUNCES BRITAIN'S TOP TRAVEL WRITERS PHOTOGRAPHERS 2011 7 November 2011 Britain's leading travel writers and photographers have been singled out at the British Guild of Travel Writers’ 51st Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner in London. The event is the UK’s premier occasion for the travel industry to recognise excellence and achievement in travel writing, and photography. The awards are sponsored by the travel industry. The results were announced at a ceremony held at The Savoy, (Nov 6), on the eve of the World Travel Market. The dinner was attended by over 300 guests including ministers of tourism from countries all over the world,...