Travel Weekly Wins Three Prestigious Eddie & Ozzie Awards

NEW YORK — October 7, 2025 — Travel Weekly is proud to announce that it has been honored with three Eddie & Ozzie Awards from Folio, recognizing excellence in journalism and media design across the publishing industry. The awards were presented by Folio at a dinner in New York on October 6.

Travel Weekly received two Eddie Awards for editorial excellence and one Ozzie Award for design excellence, underscoring the publication’s continued leadership in travel industry journalism and creative presentation.

Award Wins
• Best Use of Editorial Data, B2B (Eddie Award) – Travel Industry Survey
This annual staff report analyzes data from a survey of travel agency business, fielded by Phocuswright, a sister company to Travel Weekly. The project demonstrates the publication’s deep commitment to data-driven industry insights.
• Best Series, Business-to-Business: Travel and Transport (Eddie Award) – Getting into groups
This two-part cover story examined how travel advisors can grow their group business across sectors such as cruises and river cruises. The series was a collaboration between senior editors Jamie Biesiada, Nicole Edenedo, Christina Jelski, Andrea Zelinski, and Robert Silk, and news editor Johanna Jainchill.
• Feature Design, B2B (Ozzie Award) – What queer families want from travel
Designed by creative director Jennifer Martins, this feature was recognized for its outstanding visual storytelling and creative presentation.

“These awards for Travel Industry Survey and Getting into Groups were the result of team efforts and reflect the collaborative nature of the entire editorial team and our partnership with Phocuswright,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor in chief of Travel Weekly. “And Jennifer Martins goes from strength to strength as a designer — she makes everything we do look great. I couldn’t be prouder of this staff.”

Additional Recognitions

Travel Weekly was also a finalist in several categories:
• Column or Blog (Retail, Banking, Food, and Travel & Hospitality): From the Window Seat by Arnie Weissmann
• Single Article, B2B Travel and Transportation: Empathy is the Destination by Arnie Weissmann
• Analysis, B2B: Going Back to Maui by Johanna Jainchill
• Profile or Q&A, B2B: My Dinner with Mr. Italy Jr. by Nicole Edenedo
• Podcast, Travel and Leisure: Trade Secrets, hosted by Jamie Biesiada (Travel Weekly) and Emma Weissmann (TravelAge West)

About Travel Weekly
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In a rapidly changing and competitive marketplace, Travel Weekly and TravelWeekly.com provide travel professionals with a necessary global perspective through in-depth coverage of every business sector, including airline, car rental, cruise, destination, hotel and tour operator as well as technology, economic and governmental issues. Through its leadership events and key industry alliances, Travel Weekly extends its position as the most influential business publication in the industry.