ASTW Convention and Awards 2015 – Finalists
The ASTW Awards for Excellence have been announced.
Many thanks to our members for making submission this year, I hear it made the judging a very hard task.
Can’t wait to hear who will be the winners when they are announced at the Awards for Excellence dinner in the
Spiritual heart of Australia, Uluru, at our convention.
Warm Regards
Kerry Heaney
ASTW President
Award Category
ASTW Travel Writer of the Year
Catherine Marshall – Cuba: why this Caribbean island is a must-see travel destination; Scaling great heights; & Myanmar: how tourism has transformed this southeast Asian hotspot
Ben Groundwater – A day in the life of an Argentine cowboy; Where to find real cowboys; & Why you should visit a Muslim country
Daniel Scott – Beyond Utopia; The Tiwi Islands, the other “isle of smiles”; & Why you should visit Borneo right now
ASTW Travel Photographer of the Year
Mark Daffey – Reflection Time; High Dune; & Slow Boat to Halong
Kara Murphy – Turtle Party Southern Great Barrier Reef; Three Mermaids in Fiji; & Joyful Lady Elliot Turtle
Jocelyn Pride – Castaway; Hideaway; & Flyaway
Lee Atkinson – Buchan – East Gippsland; Pinnacles Desert; & Kakadu sunset
Best Travel and Tourism News Story
Serena Renner – Ace’s Next Hand
Kristine Madden – Profits with Principles
John Borthwick – Thailand’s cutting edge industry
Best Australian Travel Story
Andrew Bain – Savannah Strolling
Catherine Marshall – Adrift in time: Ferry cruise gives insight into Tiwi life
Christine Retschlag – Call of the Country
Best International Travel Story under 1000 words
Ben Groundwater – Where to learn the tango in Buenos Aires
Kerry van der Jagt – A feeling for ice
Robert McFarland – Sunset kayak to island volcano
Catherine Marshall – Sky’s the limit in the white powder of Breckenridge
Best International Travel Story over 1000 words
Craig Tansley – Atacama, The Real Never Never Land
Catherine Marshall – Myanmar: how tourism has transformed this south-east Asian hotspot
Louise Southerden – Falling in love again (Berlin, Germany: Falling in love at second sight with this captivating capital)
Best Adventure Travel Story
Carla Grossetti – Riding the world’s longest rollercoaster zipline
Daniel Scott – Four-wheel driving adventure on the Gibb River Road, Western Australia
Andrew Bain – Small stature, great heights
Best Responsible Tourism Story
Kerry van der Jagt – Closer Encounters
Jocelyn Pride – The Mane Event
Julie Miller – In the Heart of Giants
Best Cruise Travel Story
John Borthwick – Rollin’ on the River Chindwin
Kerry van der Jagt – When a river ran red
Kerry van der Jagt – Amazon River cruise in Peru: Close Encounters
Best Food Travel Story
Belinda Jackson – Spice and all things nice
Tim Richards – Aussie Cafes Take Manhattan
Ben Groundwater – Where to find the best pizza in Naples
Best Travel Blog or Travel App of the Year
Rob Dunlop – Thirst For Sydney
Christine Salins – foodwinetravel.com.au
Christina Pfeiffer – travel2next.com
Best Digital Innovation
Christina Pfeiffer – TravelThereNext and Travel2Next
Lee Atkinson – OzyRoadTripper does the Big Lap
Daniel Scott – The Ultimate Travel Journalism Course
Best Travel Story about the AGM host destination -Fiji
Belinda Jackson – Resplendent, to be Pacific
Sheriden Rhodes – The happiest place on earth
Catherine Marshall – The underwater milky way
Best Communicator or Communications Team of the Year
Klick Communications
Macau Government Tourist Office
Karena Noble – Voyages Indigenous Tourism
Best PR Campaign of The Year – Digital or Traditional
Klick Communications – Klick Communications developed a strategic campaign to increase awareness and visitation to the Mudgee Region; Mudgee Smuggler experience.
GTI Tourism – HOT (Happening, Ownable, Talkable) and sharable. This campaign successfully raised the profile of New Caledonia and inspired a new audience to travel.
Darcy PR – For Australia’s largest cruise ship Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas was returning to Australia after an $US80 million make-over including the introduction of the first FlowRider surf machine at sea.
Best Tourism Organisation or Travel Product
P4 – Group Seahaven Noosa is a luxury resort, located on world famous Hastings St in Noosa.
GTI Tourism – In March 2015, Vanuatu was hit by a category five cyclone which left devastation in its path. This caused havoc for Vanuatu’s major industry, tourism, which accounts for around 6,000 jobs. Subsequent media coverage spiralled and with limited communications inaccurate information quickly spread, causing alarm amongst the travel trade and travellers.
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