Preps for ITB Book Awards 2017 at Messe Berlin Now Under Way

Preparations for the ITB Book Awards 2017 are now under way. To whet appetites for this coming travel season, the event will open with an award for next year’s travel calendar featuring the best images, chosen as in previous years by ITB Berlin in cooperation with the RavensBuch bookstore from Friedrichshafen.

The Destination Award 2017 will focus on Botswana, an African wildlife destination which is the Official Partner Country of ITB Berlin.

Together with the jury's choice of awards for the best traditional travel guides, travel books, illustrated books and specialist tourism publications the Calendar Award will be presented at the World's Largest Travel Trade Show® in March 2017 in Berlin.

In 2017 the award categories are:

Travel publications

Destination Award: Botswana

Convention & Culture Partner: Slovenia'

Travel destinations in Germany / Region: Upper Bavaria, City: Munich

Special travel guides / Travel books (series)

Special travel books

Literary travel books

Illustrated travel books

Travelling with children

Hiking / Cycling

Water sports / Sailing / Sea travel

Lifetime Award (publisher / author)

Travel cook books

Travel calendars

Specialist travel publications

Tourist maps / Globes

Specialist travel publications

Background information

Special award

Special award presented by the management of ITB Berlin

The members of the 2017 jury are:

Eckart Baier (Buchjournal)

Cornelia Camen (BuchMarkt)

Prof. Dr. Roland Conrady (Hochschule Worms/president DGT)

Armin Herb (jury spokesman, editorial offices, Herb)

Regine Kiepert (Schropp Land & Karte)

Martina Kraus (RavensBuch)

Philipp Laage (dpa Themendienst)

Karl Mertes (journalist)

Burghard Rauschelbach (consultant, sustainable tourism)

David Ruetz (chairing the jury, head of ITB Berlin)

Raphaela Sabel (Schweizer Buchhandel)

Gerd W. Seidemann (journalist)

The presentation of the ITB Book Awards 2017 will take place on Friday, 10 March 2017 at 4 p.m. in the Palais am Funkturm. The event will be moderated by Mary Amiri.