The LATA Media Awards recognise innovation and excellence across the British travel media landscape with a specific focus on Latin America.

The awards aim to celebrate and encourage inspiring and creative Latin America stories are awarded in the following categories:

• Consumer National Newspaper Feature of the Year Award (print)
• Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year Award (Print)
• Consumer National Online Feature of the Year Award
• Regional Feature of the Year (print or online)
• Latin American Round-up Feature (print or online)
• Trade Publication Feature of the Year Award (print or online)
• Blog Post of the Year Award
• Best Self- Published Award (i.e. LATA Member Company Blog/Website)
• Top published Latin America photo

The awards are judged by destination experts from the Latin America Travel Association and by a final expert media panel.

HOW TO ENTER

The LATA Media Awards 2019 with take place on 14 May 2019

Entry criteria

• Entries will be welcomed from UK based editors, journalists, bloggers and photographers
• PRs a/o other third parties can also submit entries on behalf of their clients
• Entries can be news stories, travel features or photography and must present Latin America in a positive light, encouraging travel to the region
• Submissions for the photography award must be a photo of/in Latin America and emailed at 300dpi resolution or as a PDF scan. All submissions must have a PDF or a screen grab of the article
• Web links will only be sufficient for the 'Consumer National Online Feature', online submissions for the 'Regional Feature', 'Online Blog Feature', and online trade publications articles
• All submissions must have been published between 01 January 2018 and 31 December 2018.
• A maximum of three entries are allowed per person

Deadlines

• All entries should be emailed to LATAPR@wearelotus.co.ukwith the entry form –  (please note a separate form is required for each entry), by 6pm (GMT) on 29 March 2019
• Results of the LATA Media Awards will be announced at the LATA Media Awards on 14 May 2019

For further information, please email LATAPR@wearelotus.co.uk or contact Kate McWilliams or Lucy Keenan at LOTUS (02079537470).