The results are in...Travel Media Awards 2018

The results are in... 

Travel Media Awards 2018 

Every year Irish travel writers and the travel media 

are asked to vote for their favourite travel companies. 

These are their awards.

These are the winners Travel Media Awards 2018, in association with Shannon Airport. 

They took place on June 7 this year at the 5 star Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin.  

The other award category sponsors were

Amadeus, Las Vegas CVA, Malta Tourism Authority, 

United Airlines and the Portuguese National Tourism Board

Once again the presenters were travel journalists and broadcasters Fionn Davenport and Deirdre Mullins

Patrick Keenan, Editor of HOLIDAYezine.ie was there.

All photographs are courtesy of TravelMedia.ie 

All their photographs can be seen at www.facebook.com/TravelMedia.ie/photos_stream

One great advantage of having Shannon Airport as the headline sponsor is to be entertained each year by a priceless soliloquy from Declan Power, Head of Aviation Development, Shannon Airport. In the unlikelihood of him ever getting the boot from Shannon he could without difficulty, 
earn a good living as a stand-up.

Declan Power, Head of Aviation Development, Shannon Airport, stand-up performance

This years winners:

Best Short Haul Airline - Aer Lingus

Best short haul and best long haul flying west: Aer Lingus

Best Long Haul Airline flying west - Aer Lingus
Best Long Haul Airline flying east - Emirates
Best Airport Lounge (Worldwide) - Turkish Airlines, Ataturk Airport, Istanbul
Best Luxury Hotel Group - Hastings Hotel
Best Budget Hotel Group - Clayton Hotels
Best Spa & Leisure Offering- Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa
Best Cruise Company - Royal Caribbean International
Best Ferry Company - Stena Line
Best Canal or River Cruise Company - Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

Best Canal or River Cruise Company - Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

Best Car Hire Company - Hertz
Best Tour Operator - Sunway

Best Tour Operator: Sunway, Jeanette Taylor, Deirdre Sweeny, Mary Denton

Best Online Travel Agent – GoHop.ie

Best Online Travel Agent: GoHop.ie 

Best Ski Operator – Crystal Ski Holidays
Best City or Short Break Destination – London
Best Destination Representative – Tryphavana Cross
Best Theme Park (Worldwide) – Universal Orlando Resort
Best Tourist Board or CVB – Spanish Tourism Office

Spanish Tourism: Best Tourist Board

Best Use of Social Media by a travel company operating in the Irish market – Tour America
Best Instagram by an Irish travel writer/blogger – @WhereisTaraBlog (Tara Povey)

Best Breakout Irish travel writer – Sarah Gascott, Taste.ie

Best Breakout Irish travel writer – Sarah Gascott, Taste.ie

Best Irish travel blog: Tom Sweeney, Tom Sweeney’s Travels, here with Richard Collins, Irish Examiner and Pat Keenan, HOLIDAYezine 

Best Irish travel blog – Tom Sweeney’s Travels
Pleasure to work with 2018 – Tom Travers, Hotel Beacon NYC
Amadeus innovator award – Richard Burgess, APG
Shannon Airport lifetime achievement award – Alan Sparling, ASM Ireland