Judging

The judging panel for Travel Weekly Magellan Awards is comprised of top travel industry professionals including:

	Peter Greenberg - Bio Travel Editor: The Early Show - CBS News			Patricia Schultz - Bio Author: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
	Johnny Jet - Bio Travel Blogger			Marc Mancini President Marc Mancini Seminars and Consulting
	Rudy Maxa - Bio PBS Host, Rudy Maxa's World			Lalia Rach - Bio Professor/Founding Dean, NYU Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management
	Burt Wolf - Bio Internationally Syndicated Television Journalist			Bruce Beckham Executive Director/CEO Tourism Cares

Our winners are only chosen by the best names and most qualified judges in the industry. In determining winners, entries do not compete with one another, instead they are judged against a standard of excellence based on the long experience of Travel Weekly and considering the category entered. To uphold a high standard of excellence, a category may have multiple winners, or may have no winners at all. Entries are evaluated on a ten point performance scale. The highest scoring entries will be selected as winners of Gold Magellan Awards, our very top honor. Other outstanding entries will be awarded the Silver Magellan Award.

Judging for the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards will be completed in August with winners announced in late August via a press release as well as on our website. Entrants will also be notified of their entry's status by email or post in early September. At that time, Gold and Silver Winners will be given the opportunity to order and customize their complimentary statuette to commemorate and promote their success as a Travel Weekly Award Winner. Winners will also be featured in an issue of Travel Weekly in September that will include a special section dedicated to this year’s winners.