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The British Guild of Travel Writers: Celebrating 65 Years In 2025
The British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) is a community of over 220 accredited writers, photographers, authors, bloggers and broadcasters. We are the trusted body for comment and content on global travel. Founded in 1960, the BGTW has spent six decades at the forefront of the travel media industry. All applicants are interviewed and audited, and all members abide by a strict code of conduct; see our about page for more information or apply to become a member.
Around the World in 65 Years
101 Stories and Experiences From the Road Less Travelled
Around the World in 65 Years is the BGTW’s new travel anthology, spanning time and place, written and photographed by award-winning and acclaimed members of the British Guild of Travel Writers.
BGTW Annual Gala Awards Dinner: 3 November 2025
On 3 November 2025, the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) hosted its Annual Gala Awards Dinner at One Marylebone in central London, celebrating the Guild’s 65th anniversary.
Presented in partnership with Meet Boston, Explore Charleston and Discover Philadelphia, the evening celebrated the winners of the prestigious Members’ Excellence Awards and International Tourism Awards, raised funds for charity partner, Hope and Homes for Children, and celebrated three of the United States’ founding cities ahead of America250. The evening also saw the launch of the BGTW’s latest anthology, Around the World in 65 Years.
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Guilded News
Welcome to our fifth issue of Guilded News, the bulletin which connects the talented writers, photographers, bloggers, vloggers and broadcasters from across the UK (and the wider world) that makes the BGTW what it is, with travel editors, PR and tourist boards – and vice versa. Read More…
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