The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will recognize travel journalists for their outstanding coverage of the region at the CTO Travel Media Awards Luncheon at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel on Thursday 4 June during Caribbean Week New York.
Awards will be presented in 10 categories, including the Best of Show – the top entry among the winning submissions – for work produced in 2014.
The CTO received a record 120 entries– approximately 50 per cent higher than the annual average – for this year’s awards for US and Caribbean travel writers and photographers. A number of travel journalists who had not entered the contest in the past submitted their work, which covered almost every CTO member country.
For the first time since the awards were introduce in 2003, finalists in each category are being announced ahead of the awards presentation, when the winners are revealed.
The following are the categories and the finalists:
Been There, Wrote That – Best Feature Article In A Consumer Magazine
Erwin Duncan – Spoiler Alert – Outside Magazine
Jad Davenport– Proof of Paradise – Islands
Ted Alan Stedman – Dutch Treat: Bonaire blends aquatic delights with Caribbean charm – Alaska Airlines Magazine –
I Couldn’t Have Written Better Myself – Best Feature In A Consumer Newspaper
Jennifer Ceaser – Travel for Two: Couples Retreat – New York Post
Baz Dreisinger – On a Caribbean Rum Trail – New York Times
Brian Irwin – Fishing is good in waters off Belize – Dallas Morning News
Inner Circle King/Queen– Best Feature Article In A Trade Publication
Joe Pike – Sister Act: Selling Island Pairs in the Caribbean – Travel Agent Magazine
Brian Major – History Lessons Live at Martinique’s La Savane des Esclaves – Travel Pulse
Gay Myers – Hotel Upgrades across the Caribbean – Travel Weekly
Virtual Visitor Award – Best Online Feature
Noah Lederman – Paddle boarding the Bahama’s Eleuthera – SUP Magazine
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa – Seeing the Whole of Antigua – New York Times
Victor Dorff – Bonaire: Fantasy Island, For Real – Huffington Post
Golden Mic – Best Broadcast Feature
Better Mornings Atlanta (CBS Atlanta) – Better Cooking segment with the Jamaican sisters, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau
Ian and Tonya Fitzpatrick – Exploring the history and folklore of St. Vincent – World Footprints
Not Lost in Translation (Best Feature by a US or Caribbean Journalist that appeared in Foreign Media)
Samantha Diaz – Una Francia en el Caribe – El Nueva Dia
Megan McDonough – 5 Adventures to Take in Dominica – The Epoch Times
From Infinity…And Abroad! (Best Feature by a foreign Journalist that appeared in US or Caribbean Media)
Eric Vohr – Dallas Morning News – Explore Volcanic Mountains in Dominica
Eric Vohr – A sailor’s course through the Grenadines – Miami Herald
Eric Vohr – Get up close to the volcanic activity in St. Lucia – Blue Water Sailing
Oh Snap!– Best Photograph accompanying a feature
Michaela Urban – Explore Volcanic Mountains in Dominica – The New York Times
Weekend Pass Tobago – Pigeon Point, Tobago
No Anansi Story! (Best Feature by a Caribbean Journalist)
Peter Swain – Nevisian Fare – MACO
Rodell Cumberbatch – Spicemas Grenada 2014: The Experience – Blu Moon Productions
For more information about Caribbean Week New York visit www.CaribbeanWeek.com, email CaribbeanWeek@caribtourism.com, call (212) 635-9530, or connect on Twitter @CaribbeanWeekNY and on www.facebook.com/caribbeanweekny.
Caribbean Week sponsors and supporters include by Academy Engraving, American Express, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, ASM, Association of Travel Marketing Executives, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Airlines, Caribbean News Service, Caribbean Open Tour – Martinique; CarnivalInfo.com, Cayman Islands, CitiTech Solutions, Coconut bay Beach Resort & Spa in Saint Lucia, Conde Nast, Curacao, Dominica, Empire State Building, Golden Krust, Grace Foods, Haiti, Jamaica, Laura Davidson Public Relations, Lou Hammond & Associates, Manhattan Beer, Martinique, MarryCaribbean.com, Montserrat, The New York Times, Puerto Rico, Routes, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, The Atrebor Group, Travel + Leisure, Trinidad & Tobago, TripAdvisor, Unique Vacations/Sandals Inc, United Airlines, US Virgin Islands and Wyndham New Yorker.
And the winners are:
Been There, Wrote That – Best Feature Article In A Consumer Magazine
Jad Davenport – Islands – Proof of Paradise (Martinique)
I Couldn’t Have Written Better Myself – Best Feature In A Consumer Newspaper
Baz Dreisinger – New York Times – On a Caribbean Rum Trail
(Barbados/Jamaica/Martinique)
Inner Circle King– Best Feature Article In A Trade Publication
Brian Major – Travel Pulse – History Lessons Live at Martinique’s La Savane des Esclaves (Martinique)
Virtual Visitor Award – Best Online Feature
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa – New York Times – Seeing the Whole of Antigua (Antigua & Barbuda)
Golden Mic – Best Broadcast Feature
Better Mornings Atlanta (CBS Atlanta) – Better Cooking segment with the Jamaican sisters, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau
Not Lost in Translation (Best Feature by a US or Caribbean Journalist that appeared in Foreign Media)
Samantha Diaz – El Nueva Dia – Una Francia en el Caribe (Martinique)
From Infinity…And Abroad! (Best Feature by a foreign Journalist that appeared in US or Caribbean Media)
Eric Vohr – Dallas Morning News – Explore Volcanic Mountains in Dominica (Dominica)
Oh Snap!– Best Photograph accompanying a feature
Michaela Urban – The New York Times – Explore Volcanic Mountains in Dominica
No Anansi Story! (Best Feature by a Caribbean Journalist)
Peter Swain – MACO – Nevisian Fare (Nevis)
They Like Me, They Really Like Me! – Best of the Best
Baz Dreisinger – New York Times – On a Caribbean Rum Trail
(Barbados/Jamaica/Martinique)
