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2010 Gala Dinner photos

The Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards were presented on Tuesday 22 March at a glittering gala dinner at The Heritage Auckland’s Grand Tearoom. Click here for the Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards results.

Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Tessa Chrisp is pictured here with the major sponsor for the awards - David Figgins, NZ Country Manager at Cathay Pacific Airways and Melissa Harris, Marketing Manager of Adventure World.

 
   Cathay Pacific Travel
   Writer of the Year
   Steve Braunias with
   David Figgins of
   Cathay Pacific,
   judge Jonathan Lorie
   from London
   and Melissa Harris
   of Adventure World.
   Both Steve Braunias
   and Tessa Chrisp
   win return tickets for
   two to Nepal
   travelling with Cathay
   Pacific, $500 travel
   expenses, plus a
   fabulous "Taste
   of Nepal" tour
   courtesy
   of Adventure World.
 
   Kate Coughlan, editor of
   NZ Life & Leisure
   magazine,
   Tessa Chrisp,
   winner of Cathay Pacific
   Travel Photographer of
   the Year Award and
   Yolanta Woldendorp of
   NZ Life & Leisure
   magazine.
 
   Winner of the
   AA Directions Magazine
   Best New Travel Writer
   of the Year Award
   Bonnie Etherington
   from Pamerston North
   with
   Kathryn Webster,
   editor of AA Directions
   magazine
   and Brenda Ward,
   judge for this award.
 
   Visit Britain and
   Tourism Ireland Award
   for the Best Travel
   Article
   Written About
   Britain and/or Ireland
   Winner: Pam Neville
   (middle)
   with sponsors
   Mark Haines and
   Sally Holyer
   from VisitBritain and
   Donna Campbell and
   Darragh Walsh
   from Tourism
   Ireland (on the right.)
 
   Auckland Airport Award
   for the Best
   Magazine Travel Story
   Sponsor Richard Llewellyn
   with
   Winner: Liz Light and
   international judge
   Jonathan Lorie from
   London.
 
   Air Vanuatu and
   Mangoes resort Award
   for the Best Series
   of Travel Images
   Winner: Tessa Chrisp
   with Jonas George
   from Air Vanuatu,
   plus Julia Thorne, one of
   the photography judges.
 
   Kiwi Experience Award
   for the
   Best Travel Image Taken
   In New Zealand
   and/or Pacific Islands
   Greg Treadwell, one of
   the photography judges
   with
   Winner: Tessa Chrisp
   and sponsor Liz Lindsay
   from Kiwi Experience
 
   Whitcoulls Travel Book
   of the Year Award
   Winner: Ian Robinson
   for Tea with the Taliban
   (in the middle)
   with Chris Casey
   from Whitcoulls and
   book judge
   Dorothy Vinicombe
 
   Whitcoulls Pictorial Travel
   Book
   of the Year Award
   Winner: Grant Sheehan
   for New Zealand
   Landscapes
   (in the middle)
   with Chris Casey
   from Whitcoulls and
   judge Greg Treadwell
 
   Leica Award for
   the Best Travel Image
   taken outside New
   Zealand
   Winner: Liz Light
   with Rhys van Kan
   Key Account Manager
   for Lacklands Ltd,
   the NZ agents for
   Leica cameras.
 
   AA Directions Magazine
   Best Travel Image
   With People
   Winner: Ann Huston
   with Kathryn Webster
   AA Directions magazine
   editor
   and photography judge
   Greg Treadwell.
 
   Navigate Oceania Award
   for the
   Best Newspaper Travel
   Article
   Winner: Ewan McDonald
   pictured here with
   Debbie Haysom
   from Navigate Oceania
 
   Heritage Hotels Award
   for the Best Travel
   Article Written
   about New Zealand
   Winner: Steve Braunias
   pictured here
   with chief writing
   judge Jonathan Lorie
   and sponsor
   Susan Gibson
   from Heritage Hotels.
 
   Epson Award for the
   Best Unpublished
   Travel Image
   Winner: Babiche Martens
   pictured here
   with photography
   judge Greg Treadwell
   and sponsor
   Nika Maltseva
   from Epson.
 
   Max Cummings
    and Ra Tangaroa
   admiring the
   photography display.
 
   Julia Thorne and
   Lynn Clayton
   runner up in the
   Epson Award for
   best unpublished
   travel image.
 
 
   Andrea Stitson,
    runner up in the
   AA Directions New Travel
   Writer of the Year Award.
 
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