The Titanic Awards

Grant Thatcher

Publisher, LUXE City Guides, travel writer

Ian MacKenzie

BraveNewTraveler founder and editor

Jayne Clark

A veteran staff travel reporter for USA Today

Richard Bangs

Legendary adventurer, author, filmmaker, river guide

Mark Frary

Business travel editor of Times Online

Alexander Basek

Reporter for Travel + Leisure

Jon Bowermaster

Nat Geo kayaking legend, writer, filmmaker

Daniel Hoffer

Couchsurfing co-founder and COO

Johnny jet

Überblogger

Matt Gross

New York Times Frugal Traveler columnist

Carolyn Spencer Brown

Editor-in-Chief, CruiseCritic.com

Vivek Wagle

Editor, Lonelyplanet.com

Christopher Elliott

Nat Geo Traveler’s ombudsman, columnist

James Ellis

Journalist, photographer and former travel editor for the UK Metro newspaper.

Robert Young Pelton

filmmaker, author, World's Most Dangerous Places

Tim Leffel

Author and Perceptivetravel.com founder

Keith Bellows

Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Traveler

Wendy Perrin

Condé Nast Traveler consumer news editor

Jason Cochran

Travel writer, guide author

Simon Calder

Independent travel editor, TV and radio presenter

Will Gadd

Extreme adventure athlete

Peter Moore

Travel writer, author

Jill Starley-Grainger

Travel journalist, editor, and travel presenter... Conde Nast Traveller, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, The Guardian, The Independent.

Jane Wooldridge

Miami Herald travel editor, writer

Chantal Martineau

Travel writer, Travel Channel host

Ellen Creager

Travel writer for the Detroit Free Press

Edward Hasbrouck

Author of "The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World"

Stephanus Surjaputra

Tripso.com contributor

Pauline Frommer

Guidebook creator, columnist, TV host

Richard Quest

CNN Business Traveller presenter

Will Hide

London-based freelance travel writer with a weekly column in The Times.

Benji Lanyado

Guardian, NY Times travel writer

Tim Cahill

Outside Magazine legendary columnist, author

Dave Lowe

Travel writer, author

Joe Sharkey

Travel columnist, New York Times