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Winners of the 2014 Business Travel Journalism Awards Announced
Journalists from The Evening Standard, Eurostar’s Metropolitan magazine and Conference & Incentive Travel among those honoured
LONDON, October 15, 2014 - The winners of the 11th annual Business Travel Journalism Awards were announced during a spectacular awards dinner at The Magazine Restaurant, Hyde Park last night. Journalists across national, broadcast, meetings & events and business travel media were recognised for their quality coverage of the business travel and meetings & events industry.
Steph McGovern, BBC business reporter, hosted the night and chaired the expert judging panel comprising of business travel and meetings managers, industry experts, and respected journalists and lecturers.
Organised and promoted by leading travel management company, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, (CWT) the awards are a celebration of the achievements of individual journalists, designers and editorial teams.
Commenting on the awards, CWT’s senior VP UK & Ireland Chris Bowen said, “Over the last 11 years, we’ve never seen such quality journalism, from such a wide breadth of publications. The awards night was hugely enjoyable with a great mix of top journalists, broadcasters and industry leaders.”
During the event, journalists also cast their vote for the peer most deserving of the accolade, Journalists’ Business Travel or Meetings & Events Journalist of the Year, which was presented to Paul Revel, Editor of Buying Business Travel
The 2014 Business Travel Journalism Awards winners in full:
Best Newcomer to Business Travel or Meetings & Events Journalism
Tom Newcombe, Buying Business Travel
Responsible Business (CSR) Journalist of the Year
Marc Gunther, Global Business Travel magazine
Best Use of Digital or Social Media in Journalism
Mark Frary, Buying Business Travel
Supplement of the Year for Business Travel
The Business Travel Magazine – 2014 Guide to Serviced Apartments
Supplement of the Year for Meetings & Events
C&IT - State of the Industry Report 2014
Business Travel News Journalist of the Year
Amon Cohen, Business Travel News
Meetings & Events News Journalist of the Year
Peter Greenberg, Global Business Travel magazine
Features Journalist of the Year – Air
Lucy Tobin, London Evening Standard
Features Journalist of the Year – Accommodation
Dinah Hatch, The Business Travel Magazine
Features Journalist of the Year – Destination
Belinda Booker, Meetings & Incentive Travel
Features Journalist of the Year – Technology
Jenny Southan, Business Traveller
Features Journalist of the Year – Industry Trends
Mark Harris, AirPlus
Business Travel Editor of the Year
Michelle Harbi, Business Traveller
Meetings & Events Editor of the Year
Yasmin Arrigo, Conference & Incentive Travel
Business Travel Editorial Team of the Year
Buying Business Travel
Meetings & Events Editorial Team of the Year
Conference & Incentive Travel
Design Team of the Year for Business Travel or Meetings & Events
Metropolitan magazine
The Journalists’ Business Travel or Meetings & Events Journalist of the Year
Paul Revel, Buying Business Travel
The winners will be treated to lunch at a top London restaurant courtesy of CWT and the sponsors of the awards: Gulf Air, DoubleTree by Hilton, Lufthansa Group, United Airlines & Air Canada, Hertz, Avis, Travelport, Flybe, Singapore Airlines, Aeroflot, Virgin Atlantic, Melia and BMI Regional.
For photographs of the event, please click here or contact Natalie Curant on +44 (0)20 3353 1108.
About Carlson Wagonlit Travel
CWT is a global leader specialised 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. In 2013, sales volume for wholly owned operations and joint ventures totaled US$26.9 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 carlsonwagonlit.co.uk. Follow us on Twitter @CWT_UKI.
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