Malta Tourism Press Awards results
MTA Malta International Tourism Press Awards - 2012
Winners per Category
Magazine Article Category
1st
Andrea Gennari Daneri (Italy)
Pareti Magazine Malta Next Dream on the Way
2nd
Sarah Coghill (United Kingdom)
Food & Travel Magazine A Knight’s Tale
3rd
Ross Golden Bannon (Ireland)
Food & Wine Magazine Thoroughly Modern Malta
Newspaper Article Category
1st
Rosita Boland (Ireland)
The Irish Times Tales of the Unexpected
2nd
Turid Andreassen Lie (Norway)
Hamar Arbeiderblad Plass ledig I Paradis
3rd
Pierre Jean Come (France)
Centre Presse Malte et Gozo, les clés aux trésors de la Méditerranée
Online Article Category
1st
Geraldine Rué (France)
Lemonade.fr Malte
2nd
Agustin Ibañez Albiol (Spain)
Espirituviajero.com Malta: La Perla del Mediterraneo
3rd
Mr Mikael Persson (Sweden)
www.vagabond.se Malta – riddarborgar och kristallklara bad
MICE Category
1st
Felicity Cousins (United Kingdom)
Business Traveller Magazine : Small is Beautiful
2nd
Francesca Luciana Rebonato (Italy)
Meeting e Congressi : Emotion Hurries, Reason Waits
3rd
Ros Jones (United Kingdom)
M & IT Magazine : The Island that likes to say “yes”
Photography Category
1st
Juan Carlos Muñoz Robredo (Spain)
Super Foto Digital : Isla de Gozo: el Mediterráneo todavía desconocido
2nd
Michael Jurick (USA)
Magnificent Malta: Photographs/Blogs
3rd
José Ovidio Vega Martines (Spain)
Clio Magazine : Malta, Gozo Y Comino, las islas de los caballeros
Television Category
1st
Ulf Marquardt (Germany)
ARD TV : W Wie Wissen-Wracktauchen
2nd
Aaron Young & James Holland (United Kingdom)
BBC 24 UK : The Battle for Malta
3rd
Etienne Deslieres (Canada)
Dbcom Media : Ports d’Attache II/Waterfront Cities of the World - Valletta
From Left to Right
Dominic Micallef, Andrea Gennari Daneri (winner Magazine Article Category - Italy), Ulf Marquardt (winner Television Documentary Category - Germany), H. E. The Spanish Ambassador Dr Felipe de la Morena Casado who collected the prize in the name of Juan Carlos Muñoz Robredo (winner of the Photography Reportage Category - Spain), Rosita Boland (winner of the Newspaper Article Category – Ireland), The Hon Karmenu Vella, Minister for Tourism, Geraldine Rué (winner Online Video/Article Category – France), Felicity Cousins (winner Magazine Article Category – United Kingdom), Josef Formosa Gauci, MTA CEO.
MTA Malta International Tourism Press Awards - 2011
This year's winners per category are the following:
Magazine Article Category:
1st-Franco Bruni (Italy)
Medioevo Mdina: nella città del silenzio
2nd-Juliet Rix (UK) Holidays
Villas & Cottages A farmhouse holiday in Gozo
3rd-Sergio Mantovani (Italy)
EV Magazine Malta, orgoglio della diversità
Newspaper Article Category:
1st-Andrea Jeska (Germany)
Die Zeit Andacht unter Palmen
2nd-Keith Perry (UK)
CityAM Learning to dive off the coast of Malta
3rd-Arthur K. Vogel (Switzerland)
Tages-anzeiger Eine Insel zum Aufleben - und eine zum Abschalten
Online Article Category:
1st-Marie-Ange Ostre (France)
http://www.unmondeailleurs.fr/ Voyage Malte
2nd-Roy Watts (South Africa)
http://www.showcookmagazine.com/ Magnificent Malta
3rd-Lauren Bravo (UK)
http://www.channel4.com/ Around Malta in Empty Plates
MICE Reportage:
1st-Thierry Beaurepère (France)
Voyages & Strategies Malte: Aventures Chevaleresques
2nd-Nathalie Costa (France)
Meet and Travel Mag Une petite île pour de grands événements
3rd-Caroline Brown (UK)
Conference & Incentive Travel An island that delivers
Photography Reportage:
1st-Peter Symes, Scott Bennett, Gunild Symes (Denmark)
www.Xray-mag.com Malta's Gozo Island - Ancient Oasis of the Mediterranean
2nd-Edouard Pellicci (France)
Officiel Voyage Un blonde en Méditerranée
3rd-Angelica Zander (Sweden)
Vagabond Travel Magazine I havets mitt
Television Documentary Category:
1st-David Navas (Spain)
TVE1 (RTVE- New Atlantis) Espaňoles en el Mundo - Malta
2nd-Tom Fowlie, Camilla Anderson
Travel Channel International The Ethical Hedonist - Malta
3rd-Reinhard Behm (Germany)
Deutsche Welle Euromax Valletta
Dominic Micallef - MTA Press/PR Co=ordinator, Andrea Jeska (winner of Newspaper Article Category) Gunil Symes, Peter Symes (Denmark - winners of Photography Reportage Category), Thierry Beaurepere (winner of MICE Article Category), Marie-Ange Ostre (winner of Online Article Category), The Hon. Dr Mario de Marco - Minister for Tourism, Culture and the Environment, Josef Formosa Gauci - CEO MTA, David Navas (winner Television Documentary Category), Franco Bruni (winner of Magazine Article Category).
MTA Malta International Tourism Press Awards - 2010
This year's winners per category are the following:
Magazine Article Category:
1st-Wino E. Leuenberger (Switzerland)
Aerzte Medico Journal Malta: Dies Festungsinsel im Mittelmeer
2nd-Daniel Prada Arquillo (Spain).
QTravel Magazine Malta: El Secreto mejor guardado del mediterráneo
3rd-Patrizia Magi (Italy)
Nautica Il Mare di Calypso
Newspaper Article Category:
1st-Stephan Brünjes (Germany)
Hamburger Abendblatt Bunter Mix auf Kleinstem Raum
2nd-Turid Andreassen Lie (Norway)
Hamar Arbeiderblatt Gozos gul smelter pä tunga
3rd-Sarah Batley (Wales)
Daily Post Wales The Place to Gozo
Online Article Category:
1st-Anne-Marie Minvielle (France)
http://www.routard.com/ Malte, un archipel en Méditerranée
2nd-Miguel Angel Delgado (Spain)
http://www.enbicipormadrid.es/ Cicloturismo en Gozo. Pedaleando por el corazón del Mediterráneo
3rd-Marc Vorsatz (Germany)
http://www.spiegel.de/ Der Letzte Flug der Blenheim Z7858
Photography Reportage:
1st-David Bigorra Viňuales (Spain)
Qtravel Magazine Malta: El secreto mejor guardado del mediterráneo
2nd-Joaquim Gromicho (Portugal)
Volta Ao Mundo Histórias do Mediterrâneo
3rd-Oscar Alfredo Rulli Chaleza (Spain)
Immersion Magazine Isla de Malta, El otro Mediterráneo
Television Documentary Category:
1st-George Miller (UK)
BBC World Rolex Spirit of Yachting: Knights of the sea
2nd-Ana Paternostro (Argentina)
Canal Metro/Artear Malta
3rd-Christophe Ferrux (France)
Chamaerops Productions Vert de Malte
From left to right: Dominic Micallef (MTA Press/PR Co-ordinator), Anne Marie Minvielle (France - winner Online Article Category), Louis A. Farrugia (MTA Chairman), Stephan Brünges (Germany - winner Newspaper Article Category), the Hon Mario de Marco (Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Culture and the Environment), Anita Flükiger (Switzerland - winner Magazine article Category), George Miller (United Kingdom - winner Television Documentary Category), Daniel Bigorra Vinũales (Spain - winner Photography Reportage Category), Josef Formosa Gauci (MTA CEO).
MTA Malta International Tourism Press Awards - 2009
The first edition of the MTA Malta International Press Awards was held at Palazzo Parisio on Tuesday 18th May. This event was set up by MTA to honour journalists/photographers from all over the world, whose work, published in 2009, contributed to the enhancement of tourism in the Maltese Islands.
In 2009 MTA welcomed 633 members of the international press from around the world. The exclusive Malta articles / programmes on the print media, internet, television and radio generated more than €32 million in media value. The exposure which Malta receives in the international media is considered to be one of the main and essential fields in marketing the destination. A total of 60 journalists participated in the awards.
Magazine Category:
Marco Merola for the article ‘L'ultimo Viaggio di San Paolo' - GEO Italy.
Newspaper Category:
Nick Redmayne for the article ‘The Heart Beat of Malta' - The Sunday Telegraph, United Kingdom.
Photography Reportage:
Marco Ansaloni for the photography of the article ‘Malta - Una Cupola para la Historia' - GEO Spain.
Television Reportage:
Alex Van Delft for the television programme ‘The Taste of Life - Taste of Malta' - RTL The Netherlands.
The Hon. Dr Mario de Marco, Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, the Environment and Culture and MTA Chairman Mr Louis Farrugia distributed the awards.
From Left to Right: Josef Formosa Gauci, Marco Merola, Carole Johnson (Deputy British High Commissioner who received the trophy in Nick Redmayne's name), Marco Ansaloni, Hon. Dr Mario de Marco, Alex van Delft, Max Apotowski, Louis Farrugia, Dominic Micallef.
For more information about the press awards organised by the Malta Tourism Authority click here