Two National Geographic Traveller (UK) writers have been awarded in AITO鈥檚 2025 Travel Writer of the Year category聽
On the evening of 22 October, , the Specialist Travel Association, announced the winners of the AITO 2025 Travel Writer of the Year awards at its annual ceremony, held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City. These awards recognised two celebrated National Geographic Traveller (UK) contributors:
- Lorna Parkes, executive editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), took home gold in the over 1,500 words category for her feature 鈥極f Tides & Time鈥�. One of the judges applauded her for 鈥淸conveying] the atmosphere of both scenery and senses extremely well 鈥� a region I鈥檓 unfamiliar with but am certainly intrigued by now.鈥� Read the full story .听
- Freelance contributor Ben Lerwill was recognised in third place as AITO Travel Writer of the Year for his article 鈥楶akistan’s mountains are calling 鈥� here’s why you should go鈥�, which dived into the country鈥檚 proud cultural identity found in the northern peaks. Ben is a long-standing contributor to National Geographic Traveller (UK). Read the full story .听聽
The awards, split into five different categories, were assessed according to four criteria, across two rounds of judging. They were looking for copy that was inspirational, informative and interesting 鈥� and, of course, well-written.鈥�
Martyn Sumners, executive director of AITO, said: 鈥淲e had a record number of entries for the 2025 AITO Travel Writer of the Year Awards 鈥� over 500! As ever, the standard of the travel writing was extremely high, and we would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the extremely worthy winners in each category 鈥� and, indeed, to thank all who entered the AITO Travel Writer of the Year Awards.
APL 91快播 would like to congratulate the winners and other nominated writers, Amanda Canning and Georgia Stephens, for their continuously excellent storytelling abilities.
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