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.
Tell the desk who you are and we will issue your boarding pass and send you to the right gate. Takes ten seconds.
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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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 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.
A · THE GOLD PASSPORT · the closed book, embossed, on an engraved plinth
B · THE OPEN PAGE · frozen at the winning stamp, set in crystal
C · THE STAMP · the ritual itself, gold handle, category engraved
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 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.
Hotels have awards. Airlines have awards. Journalists have awards. The creators actually driving decisions have never had a credible global stage. Until 2 November.
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.
Play it: guess each number before it reveals. Most of the industry guesses low.
of leisure travellers say social content directly decided where they went on their last trip.
Take a guessDESTINATIONSof Americans say creators have pushed them to try a new destination, restaurant or attraction.
Take a guessDISCOVERYhave booked a hotel or resort because they saw it on TikTok.
Take a guessSTAYSare comfortable booking high priced travel and activities directly through social platforms.
Take a guessBOOKINGSSources: Skift, MGH and industry research 2024 to 2025 · Full citations in the press kit
Enter yourself or someone else. Free, one minute, and you get a shareable Nominated 2026 badge instantly.
Enter now → The rankingThe 100 most influential travel creators in the world, judged and published every year. Revealed October 2026.
See the list → The dayAn informal daytime celebration at the Lancaster London. Bowl food, drinks, and every travel creator that matters.
Get tickets → The slateTwenty five awards across every platform and every corner of travel, from Best in the Skies to The Gold Passport.
See all 25 → Brands and boardsDirect access to the creators who move bookings, plus guaranteed amplification. Founding rates held for year two.
See the tiers → MediaThe story, the facts, the brand assets and the accreditation route for trade and consumer media.
Press room →Free entry across all 25 categories. Every nominee gets a shareable badge the moment they enter.
Roughly five finalists per category, chosen by the panel. Every finalist posts it.
The annual ranking lands, and the public vote opens for The People's Passport.
Lancaster London, 12:00 to 17:00, the day before World Travel Market opens.
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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