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TRAVEL WRITER AWARDS 2020 Gerry O’Hare young jounralist award winer Stephen Evans of the Herald with Eoghan Corry and category sponsor Maria Golpe of Camino Ways,
I Oisin Feeney represnting Janet Newenham Digital Media award winner with Eoghan Corry and category sponsor Paul Hackett of Clickandgo,
Eoghan Corry, Broadcast winner Mary Fanning of RTE Nationwide and category sponsor Charlotte Brenner. of TUI,
Eoghan Corry, Pol O Conghaile of the Irish Independent and category sponsor Helen Brady of Failte Ireland,
Eoghan Corry, Northern Ireland winner Jamie Ball and category sponsor Fiona Cunningham of TourismNI,
Isabel Conway is writer of year
sabel Conway was presented with the Travel Extra Journalist of the Year Award at a ceremony held to coincide with the annual Holiday World Show. Nine other winners, each for different travel categories, were announced at an awards dinner in Thomas Prior House, Ballsbridge which was attended by the cream of Irish travel and tourism writers and broadcasters. The event was sponsored by the Spanish Tourism Office and Lanzarote Tourist Board. The award winners were chosen by a distinguished panel of senior Irish journalists. This year saw a huge increase in the number of submissions from previous years, displaying the creativity and continuing innovation of travel and tourism journalism in Ireland. The Gerry O’Hare Best Newcomer Journalist - sponsored by CaminoWays.com: Stephen Evans Best Digital Media - sponsored by ClickandGo: Janet Newenham Best Broadcasting - sponsored by TUI: RTÉ Nationwide – Mary Fan-
Travel wirter of the year Isabel Conway with Eoghan Corry, editor of Travel Extra and category sponsors Angel Vazquez of Lanzarote Tourism and Ruben Lopez Director of the Spanish Tourist Board office in Dublin, ning and Mary Kennedy Pól O Conghaile Best Northern Ireland - sponBest Long Haul - sponsored by sored by Tourism Northern Ireland: Cassidy Travel: Jamie Ball Isabel Conway Home market (Ireland) story Previous winners of the oversponsored by Fáilte Ireland: all award were: 1986 Isabel ConPól O Conghaile way, 2002 Cleo Murphy, 2004-5 Best Adventure - sponsored by Pól Ó Conghaile, 2006 Kathryn UWalk.ie & Salzburgerland State Thomas, 2007 Muriel Bolger, Board of Tourism: 2008 Philip Nolan, 2009 Pól Ó Yvonne Gordon Conghaile, 2010 Mark Evans, Best Skiing - sponsored by Top- 2011 Philip Nolan 2012 Isabel flight & Gastein Tourist Board Conway 2013 Sue Morris, 2014Austria: 15 Pól Ó Conghaile, 2016 Isabel Catherine Murphy Conway, 2017 Yvonne Gordon, Best Short Haul - sponsored by 2018 Mal Rogers, 2019 Pol O Sunway: Conghaile, 2020 Isabel Conway
Category sponsor Yvonne Rosenstatter of Tourism Salzburg. Pol O Conghaile representing adventure winner Yvonne Gordon,
Eoghan Corry, ski winner Catherine Murphyand category sponsor Michelle Anderson of Topflight,
Eoghan Corry, long haul category winner Isabel Conway travel writer and category sponsor John Spollen of Cassidy Travel President of the ITAA,
Winners of the Travel Extra Writer Awards Jamie Ball, Stephen Evans, Pol O Conghaile, Oisin feeney representing Janet Newenham, Eoghan Corry editor of Travel Extra, Ruben Lopez Director of the Spanish Tourist Board office in Dublin (front row) isabel Conway overall winnner, mary fanning and Catherine Murphy,
