Bangkok--Nov 9--eTurboNews
Wendy Perrin, consumer news editor of Condee Nast Traveler, received the American Society of Travel Agents' (ASTA) 2005 Travel Journalist of the Year Award this morning at the general session of ASTA's 75th World Travel Congress in Montreeal. The award recognizes a journalist whose outstanding efforts have contributed to the promotion of the travel agent community.
This year's Travel and Tourism Awards are courtesy of The Hertz Corp.
"Wendy Perrin is a highly accomplished journalist for Condee Nast Traveler who excels in putting out informative articles covering the everyday events of particular destinations or issues that are important to the travel industry," said ASTA President and CEO Kathryn W. Sudeikis, CTC. "Her in-depth knowledge of the industry, from airlines to travel agents, consistently provides consumers with top-notch advice and information."
Wendy Perrin is the magazine's consumer travel expert, writing a practical advice column called 'The Perrin Report.' She also compiles for the magazine, the annual 'World's Most Amazing Travel Specialists' list which features those travel agents who are the best in their fields and judged to be the best combination of specialized knowledge, insider connections, user-friendliness and value for money. Perrin began with Condee Nast Traveler in 1989, and from 1990 to 1993 wrote the magazine's Ombudsman column. In addition to her regular column, she writes feature-length reports on a wide variety of travel topics, including industry trends, hotels, cruises, business travel, vacation bargains, adventure travel and exotic destinations. Her expose about medical care on cruise ships won an investigative journalism award in the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
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