A story that truly captures a travel experience is a joy to read for any avid traveller. Capturing the diverse beauty of Latin America is something that the LATA Media Awards recognize and celebrate.
Over the years LATA has been delighted with the quality and talent of the UK travel media, who produce material that captivate the UK public and inspire travel to Latin America.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2024
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
NEW CATEGORY: 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
NEW CATEGORY: 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
2023
Best Latin America Travel Blog, Vlog or Podcast
Winner: Alex Robinson for ‘Exploring the Amazon through indigenous eyes’, published with Wanderlust.
Runner-up: Shafik Meghji for ‘Hope is out there: What a decade of travels in Bolivia has taught me about the climate crisis’
Best Latin America feature in the trade press
Winner: Madeleine Barber for ‘Prime Amazon’ published in TTG
Runner-up: Steph Dyson for ‘Beyond the canal: Panama as a green travel hotspot’
Best published Latin America travel image
Winner: Nori Jemil for Chilean Fjords, in Outlook Travel Magazine
Runner-up: Kav Dadfar for Havana City Life
Best Latin America Travel Feature published with a newspaper, including online and print
Winner: Jamie Lafferty for ‘Close to the edge’ published by the Financial Times.
Runner-up: Claire Boobbyer for ‘Isla de la Juventud: Cuba’s remote nature paradise
Best Latin America Travel Feature published with a magazine, including online and print
Winner: Sarah Marshall for ‘Caimans, capybaras and very big cats’ in National Geographic Traveller.
Runner-up: Mark Stratton for ‘How did a former seaweed empire become Patagonia’s Galapagos’