Travelling for Business has been shortlisted for Trade Publication of the Year at the 2026 TravMedia Awards, one of only six titles to make the cut in the industry’s most closely watched honours for travel journalism, content creation and public relations.
The magazine, the print sister to the established travellingforbusiness.co.uk news site, will go head to head with hertelier, Onboard Hospitality, Selling Travel, The Business Travel Magazine and TTG when winners are unveiled at a black-tie gala dinner at The Londoner in Leicester Square on the evening of Monday 22 June.
Now in its sixth year, the TravMedia Awards drew more than 1,000 registrations in the last cycle and are judged by an independent panel of senior travel-industry figures. The 2026 edition features over 30 categories, including a new Cruise Writer of the Year award, and will host upwards of 300 journalists, content creators, PRs and industry guests for the ceremony and after-party.
The Trade Publication of the Year category is awarded to a print or online title judged to be “the essential read for the inside track on our industry”, with judges weighing audience service, adaptation to a fast-changing media landscape, design, authority, exclusives and feature quality.
Bucking the print exodus
The nomination lands at a particularly significant moment for the title. Travelling for Business launched online in 2016 and only added a bi-monthly print edition in 2024 — a move that runs directly counter to the wider direction of travel for UK publishing.
Data from Press Gazette shows total UK magazine circulation has collapsed from around 1.6 billion copies in 2000 to 565 million in 2021, with the number of titles reporting to the Audit Bureau of Circulations falling from more than 700 to 241 over the same period. The past 18 months alone have seen DC Thomson close four titles, Future cease printing Total Film, and Media 10 pull the print plug on Grand Designs and Good Homes, while consumer brands including Marie Claire UK and Glamour UK have retreated to digital-only operations.
Richard Alvin, Editor of Travelling for Business, said: “Being recognised by the TravMedia judges as one of the six best trade titles in UK travel is a tremendous moment for the entire team, and one that feels especially sweet given this is only the second year of our print magazine. We made the call in 2024 to go the other way to almost everyone else in the market, taking what had been a digital-only proposition since 2016 into a tangible, bi-monthly print product that our readers can hold, share and keep. Most of the industry is shuttering presses; we believed there was an audience of business travellers, buyers and suppliers who still valued the depth, craft and shelf-life that print uniquely delivers, and the response has more than vindicated that bet. To be shortlisted alongside such respected names so early in our print journey is enormously encouraging, and full credit goes to our writers, designers and commercial partners for making it possible.”
A barometer for the sector
The shortlist arrives against a backdrop of growing momentum in business travel itself. We have recently reporting on Travelling for Business has tracked UK SMEs lifting their average annual travel spend to £57,000, up from £43,000 in 2024, and explored the new regulatory landscape reshaping business travel in 2026, including the EU’s Entry/Exit System roll-out and the squeeze on Middle Eastern routings.
Winners across all 30-plus TravMedia categories will be announced from the stage at The Londoner on 22 June, with a celebrity host overseeing proceedings.