CTO Announced Winners of the Travel Writer & Photographer of the Year Awards

The CTO has announced the winners of its fourth annual Travel Writer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year awards at a lunch sponsored by Visa International as part of the card company’s ongoing commitment to support the Caribbean region.

Freelance journalist Joe Yogerst won the North America Travel Writer of the Year award for various coverage of the Caribbean region including articles in National Geographic Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, Modern Bride and San Diego Union Tribune Sunday Travel Section.

Canadian based photographer Bruce Kemp took the honors as North America Travel Photographer of the Year for his work in Canadian Traveler Magazine and Red Deer Express.

This year CTO also presented a Special Merit Award to Melanie Reffes for her “Outstanding Coverage of Jamaica” as a result of a single visit to the island.

The Travel Writer of the Year and Travel Photographer of the Year awards are part of the CTO Worldwide Travel Writer/Photographer Awards Program and were created to reward writers and photographers for their excellence in covering Caribbean tourism.

CTO received over 100 entries for this year’s contest. Entries were judged on individual merit by a panel of judges headed by Professor Dorothy Reed, director, Journalism Program and Media Arts Department, Long Island University.