A pair of journalists who defied the recession to launch a niche business travel website won the Outstanding Achievement Award at this week’s Business Travel Journalism Awards.
Mark Frary and Betty Low were praised for launching Public Sector Travel – a part free, partly paywalled website aims at those involving in booking business travel in the public sector.
The awards were organised by Carlson Wagonlit Travel and judged by a mixed panel of industry experts and journalists, chaired by the editor of Press Gazette (me).
Here are the full list of winners:
Best Newcomer to Business Travel Journalism
Michelle Mannion (Business Traveller)
Meetings & Events Journalist of the Year
Leanne Bell (for her previous work in Conference & Incentive Travel)
Environmental Journalist of the Year
Jenny Southan (Business Traveller)
Business Travel News Journalist of the Year
Ayesha Durgahee (CNN)
Business Travel Features Journalist of the Year
Bob Papworth (Buying Business Travel)
Best Business Travel Supplement
Business Travel: Supply Management (Amon Cohen)
Designer of the Year
Susana de Dios (Conference & Incentive Travel)
The Journalists’ Business Travel Journalist of the Year
Alex McWhirter
The Outstanding Achievement Award
Mark Frary & Betty Low (Public Sector Travel)
For more details plus pictures of night go to: www.businesstraveljournalismawards.co.uk
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