LATA Media Awards

On Tuesday 24 September, alongside some of the UK’s leading travel writers and LATA members, we announced the LATA Media Awards 2024 during an evening of networking, food and drinks.

The LATA Media Awards recognise innovation and excellence across the British travel media landscape and rewards articles, blogs and photography that promote travel to and around Latin America.

LATA Media Awards Categories

Best LATA Member Content

WINNER: Kate Brock – Lost & Found – Audley Traveller

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sally Wells – Meet Costa Rica’s Changemakers: How a Dairy Farm Innovated Costa Rica’s First High-altitude Reforestation Project – Journey Costa Rica

Best Latin America Feature – Trade Press

WINNER: Rebecca Miles – ‘Timeless Yet Future-Proof’: How Costa Rica Nails Responsible Tourism – TTG

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Mark Stratton – ‘The Obsession with Sending Clients just to Machu Picchu is Lazy’ – TTG

Best Latin America Travel Blog or Podcast

WINNER: Vanessa Ball – Cool Things to Do Getsemani Cartagena: The Hip Urban Art Barrio – She Wanders Miles

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Petra Shepherd – Exploring Guyana: South America’s Wild Frontier – Trip Reporter

Best Latin American Travel Feature – magazine (online or print)

WINNER: Steph Dyson – The New Superstars – JRNY Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED: George Kipouros – The Land Without Evil – Wanderlust

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sarah Marshall – “Life in the saddle” – National Geographic Traveller

Best Latin America Travel Feature – newspaper or news outlet (online or print)

WINNER: Sarah Marshall – The underrated alternative to the Galapagos – The Sunday Times

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Emma Featherstone – An unsung land of giants – The i

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Shafik Meghji – A road trip to the edge of the Earth – BBC Travel

Best Published Latin America Travel Image

WINNER: Giulia Verdinelli – Photo story: savouring the street food of Oaxaca, Mexico – National Geographic Traveller

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Karolina Wiercigroch – Lima: A Culinary Renaissance – National Geographic Traveller

Best Specialist Feature (with a focus on conservation, community a/o sustainability)

WINNER: Mark Stratton – Wing and a Prayer – The Geographical Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Shafik Meghji – Ghost Cats: Transforming attitudes to Pumas – Geographical Magazine

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Stanley Stewart – “On the trail of Brazil’s elusive maned wolf” – The Financial Times

Best use of Social Media and Video to Promote Travel to Latin America

WINNER: Vanessa Ball – Slow Travel Through Ecuador, The Galapagos and Peru: Stories of Unique Wildlife, Adventure Travel and Cultural Immersion – She Wanders Miles Instagram

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Alex Outhwaite – A trip to the Tarapaca, Chile – Alex Outhwaite Instagram