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Winners of the 2012 Business Travel Journalism Awards Announced

Journalists at The Independent, BBC and Conference & Incentive Travel among those honoured

LONDON, November 16, 2012 - The winners of the 2012 Business Travel Journalism Awards were announced last night during a sparkling awards dinner at The May Fair Hotel. Journalists across consumer, meetings & events and business travel titles were recognised for their quality media coverage of business travel and meetings & events topics.

Dominic Ponsford, editor of Press Gazette, chaired the judging panel of business travel and meetings managers, industry experts, and journalists, including former editors of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Correspondent, for the fourth year.

Ponsford commented: “The quality of entries increases year after year. Of all the journalism industry awards I’m involved in, these are unique, and are among the best and most comprehensively judged.”

During the event, journalists were able to cast their vote for the peer most deserving of the accolade, Journalists’ Business Travel Journalist of the Year, won by Gill Upton of The Business Travel Magazine.

The awards, now in their ninth year and organised and promoted by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT), are a celebration of the achievements of individual journalists and designers. The winners will be treated to a lunch at the Dorchester, courtesy of CWT and the sponsors of the awards: DoubleTree by Hilton, Finnair, Flybe, Gulf Air, Heathrow Airport, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, Guoman Thistle, Travelport, United Airlines and Air Canada, and CWT Safety & Security powered by iJET.

The 2012 Business Travel Journalism Awards winners in full:

Best Newcomer to Business Travel Journalism

Anne Gorringe (bath-business.net and bristol-business.net)

Meetings & Events Journalist of the Year

Tom Hall (Conference & Incentive Travel)

Business Travel CSR Journalist of the Year

Roger Gardner (The Business Travel Magazine)

Business Travel News Journalist of the Year – Online/Broadcast

Rajan Datar (BBC Fast Track)

Business Travel News Journalist of the Year - Print

Simon Calder (The Independent)

Business Travel Features Journalist of the Year - Destination

Felicity Cousins (Buying Business Travel and Business Traveller)

Business Travel Features Journalist of the Year - Interview
Sophie Griffiths (TTG)

Business Travel Features Journalist of the Year - Subject

Felicity Cousins (Buying Business Travel)

Business Travel Supplement of the Year

Yasmin Arrigo - State of the Industry (Conference & Incentive Travel)

Business Travel Designer of the Year

Javier Otero (Buying Business Travel)

Business Travel Editor of the Year

Yasmin Arrigo (Conference & Incentive Travel)

Best Use of Social Media in Business Travel Journalism

Sarah O’Donnell (Conference News)

The Journalists’ Business Travel Journalist of the Year

Gill Upton (The Business Travel Magazine)

For photographs of the event, please visit www.businesstraveljournalismawards.co.uk or contact Carrie-Ann Cooper on +44 (0)20 3353 1110.

About Carlson Wagonlit Travel

CWT is a global leader specialising in managing business travel and meetings and events. CWT serves companies, government institutions and non-governmental organisations of all sizes in more than 150 countries and territories. By leveraging both the expertise of its people and leading-edge technology, CWT helps clients derive the greatest value from their travel programme in terms of savings, service, security and sustainability. The company is also committed to providing best-in-class service and assistance to travellers. CWT services and solutions comprise Traveller & Transaction Services, Programme Optimisation, Safety & Security, Meetings & Events and Energy Services. In 2011, sales volume for wholly owned operations and joint ventures totalled US$28.0 billion. As part of its commitment to responsible business, CWT is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact Ten Principles.

For more information about CWT, please visit our global website at www.carlsonwagonlit.com. Follow us on Twitter @CWT_UK.

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