2025 Visit USA UK Media Awards

Finalists Announced!

After a lot of deliberation, our judges have arrived at our list of finalists for this years Media Awards. But to find out who has won, you will have to attend our Media Marketplace, BBQ and Awards evening at Grays Inn Fields on 1 July 2025. If you haven't registered as yet, please CLICK HERE

Congratulations and good luck to the following:

Broadcast Audio – Including Podcasts

Aaron Millar: Podcast. Utah: Life Elevated

Holly Rubenstein: The Travel Diaries with Holly Rubenstein. Orlando Uncovered – Destination Special

Portia Jones: The Travel Goals Podcast. Beyond the Freedom Trail: Inside Boston's Distinctive Neighbourhoods

Consumer Magazine Feature

Christine Faughlin: Sainsburys Magazine. Travel Review: More to explore in Orlando

Lauren Jarvis: Breathe Magazine. California Dreaming

Mike MacEacheran: Food by National Geographic Traveller. How Nanobreweries are Shaking Up Portland's Beer Scene

Zoey Goto: Vera by Virgin Atlantic. Making A Racket in LA

Consumer Travel Magazine Feature

Alli Patton: JRNY magazine. The Things You Find in the Dark

Jacqui Agate: Wanderlust. 52 Travel Secrets of the USA

Jacqui Agate: Wanderlust. The Call to mālama ‘āina

Lauren Jarvis: JRNY America. River Deep, Mountain High

Nick Savage: Escapism. Turn the Page

Robyn Wilson: JRNY America. Growing for resistance: Puerto Rico’s Army of Farmers

Zoey Goto: National Geographic Traveller. Rock the Boat

Content Creator Campaign

Bella Falk: Passport & Pixels – Viking Cruise on the Mississippi

Eileen Aldis: youtube.com/EileenAldis - Detroit

Jessica Gibson: The Travelista – Deep South USA

Scott Tisson: Intrepid Escape – Bradenton

Digital Feature

Felicity Cloake: The Sunday Times. An Unsung Sleeper Train is the Most Romantic Way to Explore The US

Harriet Mallinson: Family Traveller. It’s Bright Lights and Thrills in Tennessee, With or Without the Kids

Lauren Jarvis: The Independent. A Seaweed Foraging Adventure Along the Oregon Coastline

Mike MacEacheran: BBC Travel. Yamashiro: Los Angeles' Secret Mountain Palace

Portia Jones: Sunday Mirror. I think this US city is better than New York …

Stuart Forster: Wanderlust. Explore Birmingham, the Cultural Heart of Alabama

Tayla Gentle: Adventure.com. The Indigenous Leaders and Songkeepers putting California’s ancestral wisdom in the Spotlight

National Broadsheet Feature

Adrian Bridge: The Times. Ski and the City: Why NYC and Vermont are the Perfect Pair

Chris Leadbeater: The Telegraph. Detroit is back – and this time, it means it

Jacqui Agate: The Telegraph. The best way to understand America? It’s still Route 66

Mike MacEacheran: The Times. I’ve found the most beautiful train ride in America

Rashmi Narayan: The Independent. Move over New Orleans, Lake Charles is our new favourite destination for Mardi Gras

Zoey Goto: The Independent. The revival of California’s vintage motels

National Tabloid Feature

Andy Harries: Mail on Sunday. Grills & Thrills

Barry Cooper: Reach PLC / Daily Mirror. Come Feel the ‘Nois

Graham Boynton: Mail on Sunday. Rockin’ and Rollin’ in the Beautiful South

Jerry Lawton: Reach PLC / Sunday Express. Washington (AC) DC

Sam Love: Scottish Sun. Keys to our Heart

Photographic Feature

Kav Dadfar: JRNY America. Solitude Among Splendour

Mark Parren Taylor: National Geographic Traveller. Photo Story: the people behind New Jersey’s Iconic Diners

Peter Ellegard: Planet Golf Review. Impressions from Louisiana

Regional Press Feature

Domhnall O'Donoghue: Belfast Telegraph. Livin’ La Vida Loca

Marion McMullen: Manchester Evening News. Snake, Rattle & Roll

Ruth Brindle: Yorkshire Evening Post and others. Theme Dreams Come True in Kissimmee

Rising Star

Kassondra Cloos: Adventure.com. I used to hate my Rhode Island hometown. Then I tried this

Shelby Little: Origin Magazine. Always Something New: Your Florida Family Vacation Guide

Yvette Cook: iNews. The sleeper train on which you wake up to breakfast tacos - and Texas

Travel Trade Press Feature

Alice Barnes-Brown: Travel Weekly. Back to The Sun

Laura French: Travel Weekly. Way Out West

Lynn Houghton : Travel Weekly. Steel the Show

Rashmi Narayan: TTG. Eclectic Tastes

2024 Visit USA Media Awards Winners

Key Dates

Awards Applications Open: Tue 4 Feb 2025 at 0900hrs
Awards Applications Close: Tue 4 Mar 2025 at 0900hrs
Finalists Announced: Tue 3 June 2025 at 0900hrs on VisitUSA.org.uk website
Winners Announced: Tue 1 July 2025 after the Media Marketplace & BBQ

Our Judges

Kirsty Dillury, Visit Mississippi (PR Committee)
Margaret Henriksson, Daytona Beach Area CVB (PR Committee)
Surinder Manku, Alabama Bureau of Tourism (PR Committee)
Hannah Mulvey, Visit Florida (PR Committee)
Jo White, Travel Oregon (PR Committee)
Michael Ball, Traverse
James Brooke, Visit St Pete-Clearwater
Stephen Brown, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S Embassy, London
Nadia Clinton, Delta Air Lines
David Ezra, New York State Tourism
Debbie Hindle, International Centre for Responsible Tourism Global
Barry Johnston, Illinois Office of Tourism
Cath Pusey, America As You Like It
Laura Rendell-Dunn, Journeyscapes
Maddy Simpson, See Monterey
Howard Salinger, Travel Connection Group
Jonathan Sloan, MMGY
Emma Westman, Choose Chicago CVB