THE

PASSPORT

AWARDS

Honouring the world's best travel creators.

The people moving the world to book flights

Every platform, every corner of travel. Free to enter. Judged on impact, not follower count.

Ceremony
Monday 2 November 2026
Venue
Lancaster London, 12:00 to 17:00
Timing
The day before World Travel Market
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THE PASSPORT AWARDS HONOURING TRAVEL CREATORS LONDON 02 · 11 · 2026

Departures · The Passport Awards 2026

Desk 1 · Now serving · The Passport Awards

Check in for 2 November.

Tell the desk who you are and we will issue your boarding pass and send you to the right gate. Takes ten seconds.

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01 — The point

Travel's biggest week honours hotels, airlines and journalists. It does not honour the people who now decide where the world goes. The Passport Awards claims that stage.

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5 hrsOne afternoon, standing
FreeTo enter, always
02.11.26The day before WTM
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PEOPLE'S VOTE18,402 VOTES
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Tap the passport to open it

02 — The trophy

A golden passport. Stamped on stage.

Every winner takes home a golden embossed passport and gets stamped in front of the room. Every nomination, shortlist and Stamped 100 place earns a stamp on the journey there. Collect the set.

The award itself

What winners take home. Three designs, one ritual.

The trophy is a golden embossed passport, and every winner gets stamped on stage. These are the three directions on the table for the launch edition.

03 — Why this exists

The trip starts on a phone now.

Not in a brochure, not in a search box. Someone watches a creator walk a street, board a flight, open a hotel room door, and books it. The industry knows this. Its awards calendar pretends otherwise.

The shift

Creators became travel media

The most trusted travel recommendations on earth now come from people filming on phones, not from glossy pages. The audience followed them. The bookings followed the audience.

The gap

Nobody honours them

Hotels have awards. Airlines have awards. Journalists have awards. The creators actually driving decisions have never had a credible global stage. Until 2 November.

The moment

The whole industry is in town

Staged the day before World Travel Market opens, when the airlines, boards, brands and creators are all already in London. One afternoon, everyone in one room.

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04 — The proof

What travel creators actually move.

Play it: guess each number before it reveals. Most of the industry guesses low.

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of leisure travellers say social content directly decided where they went on their last trip.

Take a guessDESTINATIONS
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of Americans say creators have pushed them to try a new destination, restaurant or attraction.

Take a guessDISCOVERY
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have booked a hotel or resort because they saw it on TikTok.

Take a guessSTAYS
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are comfortable booking high priced travel and activities directly through social platforms.

Take a guessBOOKINGS

Sources: Skift, MGH and industry research 2024 to 2025 · Full citations in the press kit

05 — Find your way in

Creator, brand, board or guest. Start here.

06 — The road to 2 November

Four moments. Each one bigger than the last.

AUGUST

Nominations open

Free entry across all 25 categories. Every nominee gets a shareable badge the moment they enter.

LATE SEPTEMBER

The shortlist

Roughly five finalists per category, chosen by the panel. Every finalist posts it.

OCTOBER

The Stamped 100 and the vote

The annual ranking lands, and the public vote opens for The People's Passport.

2 NOVEMBER

The ceremony

Lancaster London, 12:00 to 17:00, the day before World Travel Market opens.

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07 — Stay close

Be first to know when nominations open.

The Stamped 100 lands in October. Nominations open in August. Get on the list and we will tell you the moment either goes live.

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