TravelAge West magazine was recently honored with two awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) and with two Maggie Award nominations.
TravelAge West was awarded two NATJA merit awards for General Trade Story as part of its 17th Annual Awards. The first went to J.L. Erickson for her Jan. 7, 2008, cover story, “All-Access Pass.” The second award was given to TravelAge West Editor-in-Chief Ken Shapiro for his Sept. 29, 2008, cover story, “It’s A Small World After All.” This is Shapiro’s fourth NATJA award.
NATJA received approximately 429 award submissions in this year’s competition. The association is the premier professional organization of writers, photographers, editors, and tourism professionals dedicated to redefining professional development for the travel industry.
Additionally, TravelAge West has been nominated for two Maggie Awards — one for Best Trade Tabloid and one for Best Supplement (for the Sept. 29, 2008, edition of “Great Escapes to Asia”). The prestigious awards are sponsored by the Western Publications Association (WPA) and the winners will be announced at this year’s Maggie Awards banquet, to be held in Los Angeles on April 24.
For more than 50 years, the WPA has been addressing the needs of publications west of the Mississippi. The organization’s annual Maggie Awards are designed to honor “the best in magazine and electronic publishing in over 80 editorial and design categories.” Maggie winners include top-name consumer and trade magazines such as Sunset, Muscle & Fitness, The Advocate and SF Weekly.
TravelAge West has won five Maggies in the past four years. In addition to last year’s award for Best Trade Tabloid, the magazine has also won Maggies for Most Improved Trade Publication (2005); Best Non-Paid Trade Publication — Under 50,000 Circulation (2005, 2006); and Best Supplement (2007).
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TravelAge West is the leading trade magazine for travel agents and the travel industry in 14 Western States. Serving its 26,000 readers for 40 years, the biweekly magazine is a main source of news and product information for the region’s agents and travel executives. TravelAge West is a part of Northstar Travel Media, a worldwide provider of information, news and data for the travel and hospitality industry. In addition to TravelAge West, Northstar’s portfolio of directories, periodicals and destination information services includes Family Getaways, Travel Weekly, Hotel and Travel Index Worldwide, BTP24, Official Meeting Facilities Guide, Intelliguide Corporate, STAR Service Online, Weissmann Reports, Meetings and Conventions, T&E and Travel Professional. Northstar Travel Media is based in Secaucus, N.J.
