The 2026 Travel Media Awards took place this week recognising excellence within the travel media community. The awards took place after Meet the Media 2026, at the Clayton Burlington Road, Dublin.
This year’s Travel Media Awards celebrated outstanding contributions across ten categories.
The awards were once again supported by Visit Portugal with Director for Ireland, Carlos Oliveira, presenting the winners with their trophies.
The Winners
Rising Star – Aoibh Carroll
Best Portuguese Travel Story – Deirdre Mullins and Fergal O’Keeffe
Travel Writer of the Year – Mimi Murray
Radio Broadcaster of the Year – Joan Scales
TV Broadcaster of the Year – Bob O’Brien
Photographer of the Year – Conor MacNeill
Videographer of the Year – Tony Smith
Content Creator of the Year – Dev Skehan
A Pleasure to Work With (Media) – Kevin Gleeson
A Pleasure to Work With (Trade) – Fran Lambert
Michael Collins, MD of TravelMedia.ie, said: “We were proud to bring the awards back in 2025 and even prouder to expand them to ten categories in 2026. Congratulations to all of this year’s winners — the creativity, storytelling and quality of travel content continues to raise the bar year after year.”
Speaking at the awards, Carlos Oliveira, Director of Visit Portugal Ireland said: “I was very happy to continue our support of the Travel Media Awards. Irish visitation to Portugal continues to grow and that is no small part thanks to the hard work of Irish media covering Portugal as a destination.”
