2 September 2026 : Broadcaster, author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Anita Rani will receive the Special Contribution Award at this year's Travel Media Awards, held at The Savoy on Monday 26 October.
The award recognises someone who has made a significant contribution to travel storytelling — on screen, on air or in print — and this year’s judges were unanimous in their decision.
Rani is known to millions through BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, which she presents every Thursday and Friday, and more than a decade fronting BBC One's Countryfile. In 2025, audiences saw a different side to her in Celebrity Race Across the World, where she travelled with her father, Bal, across the Caribbean and Colombia. Rani has since spoken about what those five weeks meant to her, calling it a privilege to share them with her dad, given that proper holidays were never part of a childhood built around her parents' work ethic.
Travel runs through the rest of her...
