Inspire Global is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2nd annual Inspire Global Media Awards 2025. The winners will be announced at an exclusive event in London on Tuesday 1st April 2025.
Die IGMAs würdigen herausragende Leistungen in der gesamten Reisemedienlandschaft und würdigen Einzelpersonen und Organisationen, die Geschichten über nachhaltigen Tourismus mit positiven Auswirkungen zum Leben erwecken.
CONSUMER NEWSPAPER FEATURE OF THE YEAR (PRINT/ONLINE)
Patrick Barkham für ‘My mission? A two-day voyage along the Norfolk coast to deliver potatoes for a chip shop’ published in The Guardian
Emma Gibbs für 'On the whiskey trail’ published in The Guardian
Ailsa Sheldon für 'Heighten the Senses ‘published in The Herald
Ailsa Sheldon für 'More than a Highland fling: making wedding rings on a romantic Scottish holiday’ published in The Guardian
Mark Stratton für 'Learning the science of whiskey on a Hebridean cruise’ published in Der Telegraph
Carolyn Boyd für ‘Defend the product!’ How the French keep their artisan food culture alive’ published in The Guardian
Eddi Fiegel für ‘On the waterfront in Helsinki’ published in The Guardian
Chris Leadbeater für ‘This Baltic enigma is exorcising its demons through food, art and culture’ published in Der Telegraph
Mike MacEacheran für ‘An eco-friendly stay at ‘the quietest ski village in Austria’ published in The Guardian
Teresa Machan für ‘It’s like stepping back in time’: an eco-tour across the wilds of Albania’ published in The Guardian
Mary Novakovich für ‘Slow travel at its most joyous’: our three-week road trip to Croatia’ published in The Guardian
Kevin Rushby für ‘Baltic Beauty – Exploring Estonia’s northern coast’ published in The Guardian
Ailsa Sheldon für ‘The secret Scandinavian islands that are now easier than ever to visit’ published in The Times
Emma Thomson for ‘Europe’s most wildly beautiful roadtrip’ published in The Times
Jessica Vincent für ‘A greener Spanish city break: electric boats, birds and rice fields in Valencia’ published in The Guardian
Richard Collett for ‘The North African country to visit now – before it becomes the next Morocco’ published in The Times
Yvette Cook für ‘Meet the women restoring Morocco mountain tourism’ published in Der Unabhängige
James Draven for ‘Animal Magic in the Congo’ published in The Metro
Lauren Jarvis für 'Join the Queens of the Kruger’ published in The Metro
Sarah Marshall für ‘This Emerging Winter sun Destination Has Beachfront Rooms For £12 A Night’ published in Der Telegraph
Nigel Tisdall für ‘Slowly does it on Rodrigues’ published in The Financial Times
Asia, Australasia & Oceania
Ash Bhardwaj für ‘The journey that made sense of my childhood trauma’ published in The i Paper
Kirsten Henton für ‘The epic, overlooked hiking destination with hardly any tourists’ published in The i Paper
Sarah Marshall für ‘A Voyage That Will Send You 40,000 Years Back In Time’ published in Der Telegraph
Rob McFarland for ‘Wow, Palau’ published in The Sunday Telegraph Australia
Rashmi Narayan für ‘This is India’s most atmospheric region (and it’s off the tourist trail)’ published in The Times
Leyla Rose für ‘Guide to Lombok’ published in The Times
Nordamerika
Bella Falk für ‘My week on the river that built America’ published in Der Telegraph
Stuart Forster für ‘A look at what’s new in Cincinnati, Ohio’ published in CityAM
Richard Franks für ‘8 incredible Californian road trips that are sustainable too’ published in The Standard
Katja Gaskell für ‘Miles of meals in Louisiana’ published in Mail on Sunday
Rashmi Narayan für ‘Move over New Orleans, Lake Charles is our new favourite destination for Mardi Gras’ published in Der Unabhängige
Latin America & the Caribbean
Jane Dunford for ‘Eight months off school, but we all learned so much: a family sabbatical in South America’published in The Guardian
Steph Dyson für ‘Forget crowded Machu Picchu – head to these under-explored sites instead’ published in Der Telegraph
Imogen Lepere für ‘Off the beaten track in Oaxaca’ published in The Standard
Sarah Marshall für ‘How Women Are Turning Colombia’s Fortunes’ Around published in Der Telegraph
Kevin Rushby for ‘The alternative Machu Picchu: a hike to find the ‘real’ lost world of the Incas’ published in The Guardian
Kevin Rushby für ‘The lost temples of Lake Titicaca: exploring the less developed Bolivian shore’ published in The Guardian
CONSUMER MAGAZINE FEATURE OF THE YEAR (PRINT/ONLINE)
Richard Franks für ‘Birmingham: the Peaky Blinders-inspired UK break you’d never think of’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Emma Gibbs für ‘On the whiskey trail’ published in Britain Magazine
Jane Knight für ‘Exploring the Gastronomic Wonders of Woolsery’ published in British Travel Journal
Caroline Mills für ‘A Grand Tour of Scotland: Scotland’s UNESCO Trail’ published in Camping & Caravanning
Estella Shardlow für ‘The vision behind Woolsery’ published in The Spectator
Antonia Windsor for ‘Small Island, Big Flavours’ published in High Life
Carolyn Boyd für ‘In France’s highlands, the flowers are tasty and the cheese is stretchy’ published in Food by National Geographic Traveller
Eddi Fiegel für ‘Fishing for red prawns off the coast of the Costa Brava’ published in Food by National Geographic Traveller
Katja Gaskell for ‘The story behind the world-travelling stonemasons of Samoëns’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Kirsten Henton für ‘Under Aphrodites Spell’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Adam Jacot de Boinod für ‘Where the Middle East meets the Mediterranean’ published in British Muslim Magazine
Diana Jarvis für ‘Landscape of Change’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Nellie Khossousi for ‘Bellevillle Defying Sterotypes as Paris’ most misunderstood neighbourhood’ published in Voyagers Voice
Sian Meades-Williams für ‘Khachapuri is everything to us’ published in Wizz Air in-flight magazine
Jessica Reid für ‘How community tourism is changing the face of travel in Albania’ published in Fernweh
Martin Symington for ‘Shadows of Al-Andalus’ published in Fernweh
Bella Falk für ‘This remote island destination is a slice of paradise’ published in Luxury Travel AU
Emma Gregg für ‘Make it count’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Steffen Michels für ‘Sense and sustainability’ published in OutThere Magazine
Ian Packham für ‘The perfume isles’ published in Jetsetter
Sommer Rylander for ‘Danger in the Delta’ published in Beau Monde Traveller
Karlina Valeiko für ‘Born to be Wild’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Sue Watt für ‘South Sudan: The Greater Migration’ published in Travel Africa Magazine
Meera Dattani für ‘Eat Mumbai’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Jane Dunford für ‘Why Mongolia should be your next wellness escape’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Sarah Gillespie für ‘Meet the artisans of Bicol, the Filipino peninsula forged by fire’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Nori Jemil für ‘Mandurah: Meeting Place of the Heart’ published in Oceanographic
Jessica Jungbauer für ‘Meet the Women Chefs Helping Revitalize Bhutan’s Rural Villages, One Recipe at a Time’ published in Vogue
Chau-Jean Lin für ‘Ten Generations of Tea’ published in Fare Magazine
Lorna Parkes für ‘A slow journey through the waterways and islands of southern Vietnam’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Jessica Reid für ‘Uncovering the secrets of Australia’s Sapphire Coast’ published in Fernweh
Kav Dadfar für ‘Where the mountains meet the sea’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Claire Dodd für ‘The Dead Are Alive’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
James Draven für ‘Survival Language’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Samantha Falewee for ‘In the Canadian Rockies, Indigenous Tour Guides Offer Adventure with Respect of Land’ published in Conde Nast Traveller
Karen Gardiner für ‘Nunavik—with Inuit Storytelling and Arctic Wildlife—Is Opening Up to Travelers’published in Conde Nast Traveller
Zoey Goto für ‘Wild Memphis: how a new paddle-powered tour sees the musical city in a new light’published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Lynn Houghton für ‘The 220-year anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is the perfect time to explore the national trail’ published in Fernweh
Sally Howard für ‘Now Is the Time to Heal’ published in FT How to Spend It
Lauren Jarvis for ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Tara Loader Wilkinson für ‘The Still Wild West’ published in Billionaire Magazine
Steph Dyson für ‘How citizen science projects are safeguarding wildlife in Costa Rican rainforests’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Sarah Gillespie für ‘A cultural exploration of Ecuador’s Angochagua communities’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Imogen Lepere for ‘Ecotourism in Oaxaca’ published in Fernweh
Shafik Meghji für ‘What it’s like to hike to the end of the world in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Sarah Reid für ‘What it’s like to cross Antarctica’s Weddell Sea’ published in National Geographic Travel
Kate Wickers für ‘Dances with Wolves’ published in The Ethicalist
Farida Zeynalova für ‘Harvesting Heritage’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
CONSUMER ONLINE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Kassondra Cloos für 'How wallabies took over the Isle of Man’ published in Adventure.com
Stuart Forster für ‘Whisky Tasting at Beautiful Schloss Roxburghe in the Scottish Borders’ published in Trip Reporter
Emma Gibbs für ‘The Scottish isle you can only visit on a day trip’ published in BBC Travel
Kirsten Henton für ‘Discover Shetland’ published in Coast
James March für ‘It’s all my dad’s ever known’: The young families keeping the Birmingham balti alive’published in TimeOut
Shafik Meghji für ‘The ‘desert’ of Kent: What we can learn from the history of Britain’s forgotten beaches’published in Adventure.com
Tracey Croke für ‘The Irish city you should visit in 2024’ published in BBC Travel
Rebecca Hughes für ‘Friendly locals, lemon orchard hikes and mouthwatering food: Why I loved Spain’s lesser-known camino’ published in Euronews
Diana Jarvis für ‘An expedition through the hearts and homes of Albania’ published in Intrepid: The Good Times
Caroline Mills für 'The Cherry on Top: Eating Local in Spain’s Extremadura’ published in Sustainable Journeys
Queenie Shaikh für ‘Acapella songs and Alpine views: How Croatia transported me to the Pakistan of my childhood’ published in Adventure.com
Kate Wickers für ‘Green & Serene Ljubljana’ published in The Ethicalist
Tamara Davison für ‘Should you travel to the Middle East and North Africa in 2025?’ published in Adventure.com
Emma Gregg für ‘Harnessing the Power of Sustainable Tourism for Wildlife Preservation’ published in Beyond Green
Sarah Kingdom für ‘10 years ago Kadiatu Kamara couldn’t swim; now she’s Sierra Leone’s only pro female surfer’ published in Adventure.com
Toyo Odetunde for ‘The ancient lore of the humble Nigerian yam’ published in BBC Travel
Ian Packham für ‘How people in Ghana are learning to profit in a win-win for wildlife too’ published in Environment Journal
Sommer Rylander für ‘What Does Successful Low-Volume, High-Value Tourism Look Like?’ published in Azure Road
Sue Watt für ‘Women Guarding the Wild: World Female Ranger Week’ published in Expert Africa
Richard Collett für ‘The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation’ published in CNN Travel
Rebecca Hughes for ‘Boutique hotels and buzzing souqs: Discover the historic heart of Jeddah’ published in Euronews
Sarah Reid for ‘Pakistan is ready for tourists. Are tourists ready for Pakistan?’ published in Adventure.com
Leyla Rose für ‘Bullet trains and golden temples’ published in Adventure.com
Tsewang Sherpa für 'Angels’, ancient trees and acts of kindness abound on New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometer Te Araroa trail’ published in Adventure.com
Katie Silcox für ‘On The Ground: 20 Years After The Boxing Day Tsunami In Sri Lanka’ published in Citizen Femme
Richard Franks für ‘Why does the music sound so good at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheater?’ published in Adventure.com
Tayla Gentle für ‘The Indigenous leaders and song keepers putting California’s ancestral wisdom in the spotlight’ published in Adventure.com
Rashmi Narayan für ‘You say Creole, I say Cajun. But don’t. Here’s why they’re not the same cuisine’ published in Adventure.com
Queenie Shaikh für ‘If you want to get to know Detroit, eat the pizza’ published in Adventure.com
Rishika Sharma für ‘Dog-mushing under the aurora oval’ published in Expedia
Robyn Wilson für ‘Hurricane to hope: The story of Puerto Rico’s rebirth and regeneration’ published in Adventure.com
Claire Boobbyer für 'Surviving and thriving: Meet the Havana changemakers forging a future in crisis Cuba’ published in Adventure.com
Morgane Croissant für 'A Small-Ship Expedition Cruise Is the Best Way to See the Galápagos Islands in All Their Glory’ published in Matador Network
Meera Dattani für 'Where food culture meets community tourism in Belize’ published in Green Traveller
Megan Eaves für 'The remote Argentinean community that is saving the stars’ published in BBC Travel
Lily Girma für ‘Brazil’s Afrotourism Push Is Better Late Than Never’ published in Bloomberg Pursuits
Charlotte McManus für ‘The promise of joy”: This ancient Mayan spirit is coming to a cocktail bar near you’ published in Adventure.com
Laurel Munshower für ‘A Rare Luxury: Warmth And Authenticity In The Andean Highlands’ published in Citizen Femme
CONSUMER FEATURE OF THE YEAR - GLOBAL (ONLINE/PRINT)
Mariam Amini für ‘By volunteering around the world, I found my purpose in life, my husband and my roots’published in The Guardian
Ash Bhardwaj für ‘Why we travel – 12 universal motivations’ published in Adventure.com
Megan Eaves für ‘How dark skies are transformimg travel’ published in Citizen Femme
Zoey Goto für ‘The rise of the digital ‘slomad’: Why travel is shifting down a gear’ published in Roadbook
Lauren Jarvis for ‘Swimming wild and free’ published in Breathe
Nori Jemil für 'Are we Hardwired to Buy Souvenirs? The Psychology of Travel Trinkets May Surprise You’published in Adventure.com
Kate Wickers für ‘How to Create Conscious Travellers of The Future’ published in The Ethicalist
BLOG STORY OF THE YEAR
Kassondra Cloos für 'The Lady Will Dine Alone’ Veröffentlicht auf Out of Office
Steph Dyson für 'Chilean Tierra del Fuego: The Remote Patagonia You’ve Been Looking For’ Veröffentlicht auf Worldy Adventurer
Becki Enright für 'Graz – Austria’s Second and Model Sustainable City’ Veröffentlicht auf Borders of Adventure
Bella Falk für 'Olderkesi In Kenya: The Maasai Mara’s Newest Conservancy’ Veröffentlicht auf Passport & Pixels
Stuart Forster für 'Things to do in Changsha, China’ Veröffentlicht auf Go Eat Do
Abi King für 'Have we got it wrong about marking historic milestones?’ Veröffentlicht auf Inside the TravelLab
Rachel Poyser für 'Making Makroudh – Tunisia’s sweetest treat’ Veröffentlicht auf The Flavour Narratives
BROADCAST OF THE YEAR (VLOG / PODCAST)
Paul Gardiner für 'EPIC 110km RUN Through South Africa’s Emerging Mega-Biosphere Reserve!’ Veröffentlicht auf Natural Born Runners YouTube Channel
Tayla Gentle für 'Adventure.com x Matt Costa ‘Explorations of Sight and Sound’ California’ published on Adventure.com
Shivya Nath für 'First Women-Led Trek in Tirthan Valley’ Veröffentlicht auf The Shooting Star YouTube Channel
Alex Outhwaite für 'Seeing Chimpanzees in Sierra Leonne’ Veröffentlicht auf Alex Outhwaite YouTube Channel
Nina Pullman für 'How Did Food Help Finland Become the Happiest Country in the World?’ Veröffentlicht auf BBC Sounds
Jennifer Roberts für 'The Slow Road’ to Tehran’ Veröffentlicht auf Travel Writing Podcast
Phoebe Smith für 'Shifting Sands’ Veröffentlicht auf Wander Woman Podcast
Phoebe Smith für 'Got Grass’ Veröffentlicht auf Wander Woman Podcast
BROADCAST OF THE YEAR (TELEVISION)
Ash Bhardwaj für 'Destination Dupes’ as featured on BBC One Morning Live
Electric Eel Studios and Paul Carter für 'Japan’s new golden route’ as featured on BBC One
Alex Outhwaite für 'So You Think You Know? – Belize’ as featured on SKY UK
TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ash Bhardwaj für 'Why we Travel’ published by Bedford Square Publishers
Norman Miller für '111 Places in Chichester and West Sussex That You Shouldn’t Miss’ published by Emons
Caroline Mills für 'Slow Travel The Cotswolds’ published by Bradt Guides
Tim Locke and Emma Gregg für 'Sussex Slow Travel’ published by Bradt Guides
Phoebe Smith für 'Wayfarer: Love, Loss and Life on Britain’s Ancient Paths’ published by HarperCollins Publishers
Emma Thomson für 'Quiet Escapes’ published by Quercus
Luke Waterson für 'Under the stars Europe’ published by Lonely Planet
TRADE FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Barnes für 'This is ocean cruising but not as your clients likely know it’ published in TTG-Medien
Madeleine Barber für 'Who run the world’ published in TTG-Medien
Sarah Dennis für 'The fam trip that nailed the experience of authentic travel’ published in TTG-Medien
Claire Dodd für 'Six ways G Adventures is changing lives in India’ published in TTG-Medien
James Draven für 'Tourist turned gamekeeper: my safari on Zambia’s conservation Frontline’ published in TTG-Medien
April Hutchinson für 'African Odyssey’ published in TTG-Medien
Lisa Kjellsson für 'Shinta Mani Mustang’ published in Sleeper
Jacob Lewis für 'Fast Train to Fukui’ published in Travel Weekly
PHOTO OF THE YEAR (PRINT/ONLINE)
Kav Dadfar for image captioned ‘San Antonio Day of the Dead’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Stuart Forster for image captioned ‘A woman wearing a traditional Tujia ethnic dress by a statue of Monkey, a character in a Chinese legend’ published in Reisen verkaufen
Jessica Jungbauer for image captioned ‘Lavash baker at Pandok Riverside restaurant in Armenia’s capital Yereven’ published in Vogue
Nellie Khossousi for image captioned ‘Portraits from Tunisian restaurant Chez Baya in Belleville, Paris, during Ramada’ Veröffentlicht auf Third Culture Nellie
Ben Pipe for image captioned ‘Inti Raymi Festival in Ecuador’ published in National Geographic Traveler (Großbritannien)
Mark Stratton for image captioned ‘Tablecloth seller on the Egyptian Nile’ published in JRNY Reisemagazin
Bella Falk for image captioned ‘Lion Cub’ published in Passport & Pixels
Stuart Forster for image captioned 'A female macaque with its baby in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park’ published in Reisen verkaufen
Sarah Gillespie for image captioned ‘Lyretail anthias, Verde Island, Philippines’ published in the South China Morning Post
Diana Jarvis for image captioned ‘Get the picture: Norfolk Seals’ published in Green Traveller
Nori Jemil for image captioned ‘Creery Wetlands Nature Reserve Kangaroo’ published in Oceangraphic Magazine
Sommer Rylander for image captioned ‘Peekaboo zebra’ published in Audley Traveller
Lisa Young for image captioned ‘Evighed Fjord, once part of the glacier and now a small iceberg and resting place for birds in Western Greenland’ published in Billionaire Magazine
POSITIVE IMPACT STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR
Elisa Spampinato
Emma Gregg
Juliet Kinsman
Karen Edwards
Lauren Jarvis
Phoebe Smith
Sarah Reid
Sue Watt
Tamara Hinson
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