Recognising and rewarding the best travel media stories that entertain, inform, and inspire

TravMedia, the travel industry's only global network connecting travel media and travel PRs, will launch the TravMedia Australia Travel Awards in 2024, to be held in conjunction with International Media Marketplace (IMM) Australia. The awards will honour Australia's most outstanding travel writers and travel PRs. They will be judged by TravMedia's Advisory Board, which comprises some of the most respected editors and communicators in the industry, as well as data sourced from the TravMedia platform.

“We are proud to announce the TravMedia Travel Awards to recognise excellence in our industry and help showcase the best travel journalists and PR professionals across Australia,” says Nick Wayland, CEO and Founder of TravMedia. “We have been supporting travel writers and travel PRs for more than 25 years, and we wanted to launch these awards to celebrate the incredible talent we have across the travel writing community in Australia.

“Travel writers and PRs are the backbone of our industry and entertain, inform, and inspire us to explore the world, so these awards are a way for TravMedia to give something back to thank them for their ongoing support.”

TravMedia is the world's largest online news portal for travel media and travel industry PRs, and every year, it distributes more than 8,000 travel-related press releases and posts over 30,000 travel stories globally. The platform provides insights and data into which stories resonate most, which press releases are more likely to be picked up, and which travel professionals are most engaged in the industry.

“Our esteemed Advisory Board and the information the TravMedia platform provides give us key insights into the most effective writers and PRs in the industry and we want to recognise and reward those people each year,” says Nick Wayland.

Held alongside IMM Australia on 23 February in Sydney, these awards will be rolled out internationally in TravMedia's key markets: North America, Asia, Germany and France. The TravMedia UK Awards will continue to stand alone as their own gala dinner awards held in April. 

For the first year, winners will be announced in three categories:

• TravMedia Lifetime Award – for both PR and Media
• TravMedia Travel Writer of the Year Award
• TravMedia PR of the Year Award

Just as TravMedia has become the most trusted platform for the travel industry, these awards are sure to become the most trusted recognition for the best of the best in travel, as they will be awarded by a panel of esteemed industry peers and based on hard data from the TravMedia platform.

For more details or for sponsorship opportunities, visit travmedia.com/immaus/sponsor

For more information, please contact:

Gaynor Reid | Director of Communications
Gaynor.Reid@travmedia.com 
+61 491 161 531