{"id":22339,"date":"2009-09-02T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/winners-announced-in-astw-travel-journalism-awards-for-excellence-3\/"},"modified":"2009-09-02T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T13:56:00","slug":"winners-announced-in-astw-travel-journalism-awards-for-excellence-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/09\/winners-announced-in-astw-travel-journalism-awards-for-excellence-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners Announced in ASTW Travel Journalism Awards for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>In announcing the winners of the 2009 ASTW Awards for Excellence Travel Writer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year Awards, President Kris Madden said that in spite of the difficult economic climate in 2009, the response to this year\u2019s awards had been exceptional.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the world economic climate has given us all cause for concern, I am very pleased to say that it did not impact on the overall quality or number of entries in this year\u2019s broad range of ASTW Awards,\u201d Kris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSupporting the view that Australians are always and will always be interested in travel and unique destinations, even in difficult financial times, a record number of more than 330 published entries were received for the 2009 ASTW Travel Journalism Awards for Excellence held in Bangkok on Saturday 20 August.<\/p>\n

Out of this impressive display of travel journalism and photography, Louise Southerden (pictured) was chosen by the judges as the 2009 Travel Writer of the Year and Mike Larder was voted the 2009 Travel Photographer of the Year.<\/p>\n

The prestige and prizes associated with winning these top ASTW awards is enhanced by the invaluable support of the event key sponsor, the Tourism Authority of Thailand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough travel comes knowledge. Through knowledge comes understanding. Through understanding, we all create a better world,\u201d said Kris.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what travel journalism and photography is all about, creating broader understanding and appreciation of different cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Responsible Tourism Story – Sponsored by California Tourism
Louise Southerden<\/p>\n

Best Trade Industry Story – Sponsored by Virgin Blue Airways
Jane E Fraser<\/p>\n

Best Portrait – Sponsored by Langham Hotels International
Mike Larder<\/p>\n

Best Image Taken in Aus – Sponsored by Langham Hotels International
Cathy Finch<\/p>\n

Best Image Taken Overseas – Sponsored by Langham Hotels International
Mike Larder<\/p>\n

Best Australian Story Under 1ooo Words – Sponsored by Small Luxury Hotels
Natalee Ward<\/p>\n

Best Travel Journey – Sponsored by Vroom Vroom Vroom Car Rental
Daniel Scott<\/p>\n

Best International Story Under 1ooo Words – Sponsored by Small Luxury Hotels
Philip Game<\/p>\n

Best Australian Story Over 1ooo Words – Sponsored by Preferred Hotel Group
Robert Upe<\/p>\n

Best International Story Over 1ooo Words – Sponsored by Fraser Suites
Julie Miller<\/p>\n

Best Shanghai Story – Sponsored By Shanghai Municipal Tourist Office
Julie McGlone<\/p>\n

Best Regional Tourism Board – Sponsored by Virgin Blue Airways
Great Ocean Road<\/p>\n

Best State Tourism Board – Sponsored by Vacations & Travel Magazine and Golf Vacations
Tourism Queensland<\/p>\n

Best International Tourism Board – Sponsored by Holidays for Couples
Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/p>\n

Communicator of the Year – Sponsored by TravMedia.com
Michelle Armstrong and Pongsak Kanittanon<\/p>\n

Jack Butters award for Contribution to ASTW
Alison Scott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In announcing the winners of the 2009 ASTW Awards for Excellence Travel Writer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year Awards, President Kris Madden said that in spite of the difficult economic climate in 2009, the response to this year\u2019s awards had been exceptional. \u201cWhile the world economic climate has given us all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}