{"id":18850,"date":"2014-10-31T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/winners-and-finalists-for-the-2014-astw-awards-for-excellence\/"},"modified":"2014-10-31T22:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:46:00","slug":"winners-and-finalists-for-the-2014-astw-awards-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/10\/winners-and-finalists-for-the-2014-astw-awards-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners and Finalists for the 2014 ASTW Awards for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astw.org.au\/\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldexpeditions.com\/images\/uploads\/ADAMS%20IMAGES%20350_264\/ASTW-Logos-MonoSm002.jpg\" height=\"181\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/>Finalists announced for the 2014 ASTW Awards for Excellence<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Winners names are in <b>bold<\/b><\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a few days many ASTW members will gather in Fiji for the annual conference which includes the society&#8217;s AGM and the <a href=\"http:\/\/astw.org.au\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=85&#038;Itemid=138\">ASTW Awards of Excellence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year there are 17 award categories and 30 finalists. Congratulations to all!<\/p>\n<p>Best Responsible Tourism story sponsored by The Travel Corporation<br \/>Rob Dunlop, <b>Belinda Jackson<\/b> and Sheriden Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p>Best Family Travel story sponsored by Outrigger Resorts<br \/>Sheriden Rhodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tianatempleman.journalist\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Tiana Templeman<\/b><\/a> and Helen Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>Best International Travel story under 1000 words sponsored by Macau Government Tourist Office<br \/>Brian Johnston, Craig Tansley and <b>Daniel Scott<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Best International story over 1000 words sponsored by InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa<br \/>Daniel Scott, Ben Groundwater and <b>Robert McFarland<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Best Australian story under 1000 words sponsored by Tourism Australia<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Global-Goddess\/659389234086640\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Retschlag<\/a>, Daniel Scott and <b>Cameron Cope<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Best Australian story over 1000 words sponsored by Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia<br \/>Robert Upe, Marie Barbieri and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kerryvanderjagt.writer\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Kerry van der Jagt<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Best Cruise Travel story sponsored by TravMedia<br \/>Brian Johnston, Kerry van der Jagt and <b>Belinda Jackson<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Best Food Travel story sponsored by Intrepid Travel<br \/>Jocelyn Pride, Georgia Rickard, <b>Christine Retschlag<\/b> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BriarsTravelBeat\" target=\"_blank\">Briar Jensen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best Luxury Travel story sponsored by Inspired Luxury and Elite Havens<br \/>Craig Tansley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/No-Impact-Girl\/385696614858228?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Louise Southerden<\/b><\/a> and Brian Johnston<\/p>\n<p>Best Adventure Travel story sponsored by World Expeditions<br \/>Louise Southerden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/travography?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Roderick Eime<\/a>, Catherine Marshall and Glenn A Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Best Travel Book sponsored by TravMedia<br \/><b>Danielle Lancaster<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/leemylne.traveljournalist\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Mylne<\/a>, Louise Southerden and Christine Retschlag.<\/p>\n<p>Best use of digital \u2013 writer sponsored by Wotif.com<br \/>Annabel Candy, Lee Mylne, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TRAVELTHERENEXT?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Christina Pfieffer<\/b><\/a> and Christine Retschlag.<\/p>\n<p>Travel Writer of the Year sponsored by Tourism Fiji<br \/><b>Ben Groundwater<\/b>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iwriter.timrichards\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Richards<\/a>, Belinda Jackson and Brian Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>Best Communicator or Communications Team of the Year sponsored by TravMedia<br \/><b>Klick Communications<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Best PR Campaign sponsored by Sidekicker<br \/><b>South African Tourism<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Tourism Organisation or Travel Product sponsored by PPR<br \/><b>World Expeditions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Travel Photographer of the Year sponsored by Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotions Authority<br \/><b>Cameron Cope<\/b> (2 images judged as finalists), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/karamurphyimages\" target=\"_blank\">Kara Murphy<\/a>, Roderick Eime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/angelasaurinewriter\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Saurine<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finalists announced for the 2014 ASTW Awards for Excellence Winners names are in bold In a few days many ASTW members will gather in Fiji for the annual conference which includes the society&#8217;s AGM and the ASTW Awards of Excellence. This year there are 17 award categories and 30 finalists. Congratulations to all! 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