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).