Posted in November 2009
The Rough Guide to East Coast Australia scoops Travel Guide Book of the Year award
By Emma Gregg, author of The Rough Guide to East Coast Australia

The Rough Guide to East Coast Australia was the overall winner of the Travel Guide Book of the Year category of the inaugural British Travel Press Awards, held in London on 26 November 2009.
The awards, which attracted over 500 entries, were sponsored by the Kenya Tourist Board, Travelzoo and Courthouse Doubletree by Hilton. Each category was judged by an expert panel of travel industry and media insiders.

THE WINNERS

TRAVEL GUIDE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Rough Guide to East Coast Australia by Emma Gregg et al (Rough Guides)

NARRATIVE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry (HarperCollins)

CONSUMER TRAVEL PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
Lonely Planet Magazine edited by Peter Grunert (BBC Magazines)

CONSUMER TRAVEL FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Tea Time for the Soul by Paul Bloomfield (Wanderlust)

CONSUMER TRAVEL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Joint winners: Sankha Guha (freelance) and Charles Starmer-Smith (Daily Telegraph)

TRAVEL TRADE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
The Business Travel Magazine (BMI Publications)

TRAVEL TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Blanc on Blanc by Tom Vaughan (Caterer and Hotelkeeper)

TRAVEL TRADE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Andy Hoskins (BMI Publications)

TRAVEL BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
48 Hours In: Rio de Janeiro by Simon Calder (produced by North East South West for www.independent.co.uk/travel)

TRAVEL BROADCAST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Amanda Hudson, for Utah (Travel Channel)

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Peter Ellegard (freelance)

YOUNG TRAVEL JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Alex Dalzell (freelance)

TRAVEL ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel

TRAVEL JOURNALISTS’ AWARD FOR THE UK TRAVEL WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
www.selectiveasia.com

TRAVEL EDITORS’ GREEN AWARD OF THE YEAR
www.greentraveller.co.uk by Richard Hammond

THE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION
Joint winners: Roger Bray, John Carter, Nigel Coombs, Peter Hughes, David Wickers

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