The judging panel for Travel Weekly Magellan Awards is comprised of top travel industry professionals. Below is a list of judges who have participated.
Bob Lambert –
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Managing Director
Harvard Group International
Brian Robb –
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Former Board Chair
The Travel Institute
Bruce Beckham –
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Former CEO
Tourism Cares
Bruce Shulman –
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Former group publisher of Travel Weekly and TravelAge West
Bruce Shulman
Elizabeth Mayo Filippi –
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Harry Dalgaard –
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Founder and President (retired)
Avanti Destinations, Inc.
Jean-Claude Baumgarten –
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CEO, Crewe Assoc. and former CEO
World Travel and Tourism Council
Johnny Jett –
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Travel Blogger
Norie Quintos –
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Communications Consultant Journalist, Editor
Editor at Large, National Geographic Travel Media
Peter Greenberg –
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Travel Editor:
CBS News Travel Editor
Richard Bangs –
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Executive Producer and Host
Richard Bangs
Rudy Maxa –
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Rudy Maxa
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 100 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.
Notification
Judging for the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards will be completed in August with winners announced in late September 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 October that will include a special section dedicated to this year’s winners.
