Buy tickets or be a sponsor
Individual tickets or tables of 10, 11 or 12 at the BGTW Annual Gala Awards Dinner are now available to purchase. There are also opportunities to become an event partner. For more information, please email [email protected].
How do the MEAs work?
Members submit their best work for judging. The judging panel comprises a wide range of national and international travel editors, photographers, bloggers and broadcasters, including members of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW). In each category, the judges look for a combination of creativity, originality and quality, identifying a shortlist of up to five entries.
Thank you to the 2026 BGTW Members’ Excellence Awards Judges:
Chris Ashton, Roger Bailey, Diana Bancale, Jane Bentley, Larry Bleiberg, Alison Booth, Debra
Bokur, John Borthwick, Dianne Bortoletto, Flip Byrnes, Ivy Carruth, Vanessa Dewson, Liz Gill,
Caroline Gladstone, Helen Hayes, Jon Holmes, Carrie Hutchinson, Kate Kenward, Helena
Lang, Kathryn Liston, Maureen Littlejohn, Christine Loomis, David McGonigal, Mary Jo
Manzanares, Steffen Michels, Paris Norriss, Barbara Orr, Ildi Pelikan, Maria Pieri, Sue
Pollack, Jocelyn Pride, Laura Rhodes, Ruth Robson, Jen Ruiz, Nick Savage, Mike Schibel,
Meena Thiruvengadam, Annita Thomas, Richard Trillo and Roni Weiss.
A special thank you to our sister organisations: Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW)
and Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) for their support in finding judges to join this
year’s cohort. It is very much appreciated.
