Last night we squinted through the dusk to follow the rocky, uneven path that led us back from a fiery sunset…
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Mount Teide – Tenerife AGM 2016
They say the altitude might affect you. Hardly surprising. The Teleferico Teide cable car shoots up to the upper station at…
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Whale trail – Tenerife AGM 2016
Liz Gill spots pilot whales and bottle-nosed dolphins off the coast of Tenerife I’m not much of a betting person but…
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Aquatic Fly Over – Tenerife 2016
Most of us like to remain in our comfort zones. My comfort zone is avoiding anything with more than a…
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Walk this way – Tenerife AGM 2016
With more than a decade of accumulated knowledge and thousands of footsore kilometres behind them, Guild member Andrea Montgomery and…
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£3724 raised for Railway Children
A fabulous array of raffle prizes* enabled the Guild to raise an impressive £3724 at its annual awards dinner towards the the East…
BGTW Photographer of the Year Award sponsored by Fuji Film went to Tim Bird who is based in Helsinki. His winning images captured subjects…
BGTW Travel Writer of the Year award, sponsored by Travel PR, went to Jonathan Thompson for a portfolio of travel articles in the Daily Telegraph, Escapism, Metro and the Guardian. They…
The British Guild of Travel Writers’ annual tourism awards were announced last night on the eve of World Travel Market.…
Twitter has become the best way to keep up with the news as it happens, find sources, find an audience…
Guild members are prominently represented among the finalists in the inaugural Travel Media Awards. They include: NATIONAL CONSUMER TRAVEL FEATURE…
The Guild held its annual summer party at Kew Gardens. Neil Taylor reports: Travel writers are well used to exaggeration,…
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How to define travel writing?
Does “magical journalism qualify? Is it acceptable to polish quotes and embellish accounts of experiences order to convey a deeper truth…
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Christine Fagg – Obit
It is with great sadness that the Guild reports the death of its former member Christine Fagg, ballerina turned travel…
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Guild’s new Yearbook 2015-16 launched
The Guild’s new Yearbook is out. It’s a must have source for anyone involved in travel and can be ordered…
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Members News: Spring 2015
ISSUED BY THE BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL WRITERS Issue No.49; April 2015 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE IT’S UPWARDS AND ONWARDS FOR THE…
Four travel journalists recently captured top honors in the 2014 IPW Travel Writing Awards competition. The winners were announced on…