Marriott International Celebrates Culinary and Mixology Talent with Masters of the Craft Awards

Annual Competition Showcases Extraordinary Talent in Culinary and Mixology Across the U.S. and Canada BETHESDA, MD, 2023-Sep-21 — /Travel PR News/ — Marriott International announced the winners of Masters of the Craft, an annual culinary and beverage competition designed to foster creativity and innovation while highlighting exceptional chefs and bartenders across the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of… Read the full press release

Experience the Sunny Side of Life: Visit Maldives Launches Social Media Competition to Select Participants for the 2023 Storytellers’ Conference

MALE, MALDIVES, 2023-Mar-02 — /Travel PR News/ — Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC/Visit Maldives) is excited to announce that the social media competition to select 50+ participants for MMPRC’s largest event held in the Maldives this year, the Visit Maldives Storytellers’ Conference 2023, is now open! The competition will be open from 27th… Read the full press release

UNWTO announces Students League Winners

The first national edition of the UNWTO Students League concluded with a celebration of Swiss tourism talent with Team SHL from SHL Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern, winning this edition Madrid, Spain, 2022-Dec-13 — /Travel PR News/ — The competition for undergraduates, organized with the support of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), attracted students from leading… Read the full press release

Manchester Airport’s Community Network brings back Dragons’ Den competition

Competition is open to Year 9 and Year 10 pupils from schools across Manchester and Cheshire Competition for young entrepreneurs resumes after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic Pupils compete to win a VIP theatre evening out and will raise cash for charity in the process Manchester, UK, 2022-Jul-19 — /Travel PR News/ —… Read the full press release

UNWTO launches second edition of “Awake Tourism Challenge”

Madrid, Spain, 2022-Apr-22 — /Travel PR News/ — UNWTO has launched the second edition of its global flagship competition under the name of “Awake Tourism Challenge”. The competition will identify innovators who are advancing solutions to 6 different challenges, as well contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For the 2022 challenge,… Read the full press release

Royal Caribbean Challenges Travel Agents to pitch forward-thinking concepts through ‘The Royal Pitch’ competition

The Royal Pitch’ to Challenge Travel Agents Across UK and Ireland LONDON, UK, 2022-Mar-23 — /Travel PR News/ — Today ( March 22, 2022), Royal Caribbean International has launched ‘The Royal Pitch,’ a competition dedicated to consortia members. Travel agents, who are members of a consortia, have the exclusive opportunity to pitch forward-thinking concepts to the cruise line… Read the full press release

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk calls on all chefs for the 41st annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off

Santa Cruz, CA, 2022-Jan-12 — /Travel PR News/ — The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is calling all professional and amateur chefs for the 41st annual Santa Cruz Clam Chowder Cook-Off. The popular fund-raiser for the City of Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation Department is a two-day event, with amateur chefs competing on Saturday, February 26 and professional chefs on Sunday, February 27…. Read the full press release

Ryanair donates €100,000 to ISPCC

Over €675,000 Raised By Ryanair In Aid Of ISPCC To Date DUBLIN, Ireland, 2021-Dec-22 — /Travel PR News/ — Ryanair, Ireland’s no.1 airline, today (20 Dec) donated €100,000 to ISPCC to help keep its services here for every child and young person in Ireland this Christmas and beyond. The ISPCC has been Ryanair’s charity partner… Read the full press release

easyJet Announces Winners Of Future Flight Competition

easyJet launched the competition in October for children to design a zero-emission passenger plane Cerys, aged 8 and Lara, aged 15 have been named as the winners of easyJet’s ‘Aircraft of the Future’ competition after they wowed judges with their designs The winning designs included innovative features such as solar panel wings, pressurised hydrogen fuel… Read the full press release

easyJet launches competition to challenge children to design a zero-emission passenger plane

easyJet is launching an initiative to inspire younger generations to get thinking about sustainable air travel by designing a zero-emission passenger plane The airline is partnering with world-leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus, zero-emission technology start-up Wright Electric, and world-renowned designer Frank Stephenson, known for his recent innovative work on designs for electric flying taxis, to launch the… Read the full press release

UNWTO launches new competition to help rural communities recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Madrid, Spain, 2021-Apr-08 — /Travel PR News/ — The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a new competition to identify the best ideas that will help rural communities recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition will also support the entrepreneurs and enterprises that can help rural communities seize… Read the full press release

Arkansas Tourism and Innovate Arkansas present Ark Tank, a business pitch competition

Winner will receive $5,000 cash prize LITTLE ROCK, Ark., 2020-Mar-03 — /Travel PR News/ — Arkansas Tourism in partnership with Innovate Arkansas will present Ark Tank, a business pitch competition to be held live on Tuesday, March 3, at 11:15 a.m. at the Fort Smith Convention Center. The event is a part of the 2020… Read the full press release

CDA invites chefs to join the Channel Your Inner Chef competition at O’Hare International Airport

CHICAGO, IL, 2020-Feb-13 — /Travel PR News/ — The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), in partnership with global restaurateur HMSHost, is calling all chefs – aspiring, connoisseur, or otherwise – from across the country to enter Channel Your Inner Chef competition at O’Hare International Airport. O’Hare’s Terminal 2 has been home to this first-of-its-kind, live cooking competition for the past five… Read the full press release

Shannon Airport Young Entrepreneur competition winners announced

Shannon, Ireland, 2019-Dec-06 — /Travel PR News/ — Two teenagers have shown themselves to be potential business moguls of the future after being crowned joint winners of the Shannon Airport Young Entrepreneur competition. Richie Lillis (13) from Mitchelstown, Co. Cork and Kate McMahon (16) from Lahinch, Co. Clare beat stiff competition in the inaugural year of… Read the full press release

18th Tour of Qinghai Lake concludes in “coming-of-age” celebration

YINCHUAN, China, 2019-Aug-01 — /Travel PR News/ — The 18th Tour of Qinghai Lake (TDQL) reached the finish line in the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region after 1,851 km of fierce competition over 13 stages across three western provinces in the past 14 days. On Saturday, the closing ceremony saw Robinson Chalapud Gomez from Colombian… Read the full press release

Manchester Airport congratulates St Peter’s RC Primary School in Rossendale as winner of its Junior Apprentice competition

Manchester, UK, 2019-Jul-27 — /Travel PR News/ — Pupils from St Peter’s RC Primary School in Rossendale are celebrating after they won Manchester Airport’s Junior Apprentice competition. Their team of six students was judged to have created the best marketing campaign, with the theme ‘Safety in the sun’ and saw off competition from primary schools… Read the full press release

Gatwick Airport announces winners of international trade fair competition

Competition designed to help local SMEs to grow internationally Small businesses from Crawley, Horley and Croydon being flown to trade fairs in Las Vegas, Shanghai and Amsterdam Winners also receiving support from the Department of International Trade LONDON, UK, 2019-Jul-24 — /Travel PR News/ — Small businesses from Crawley, Horley and Croydon have won the opportunity… Read the full press release

British Airways hosted the Pitch on a Plane competition using on-board WiFi

LONDON, UK, 2019-Jun-13 — /Travel PR News/ — London and San Francisco – A British Airways flight has touched down at London Heathrow from San Francisco this morning, having been on quite a unique journey – it hosted the Pitch on a Plane competition using on-board WiFi.  The airline joined up with Founders Forum to give five start-ups the chance to pitch their ideas to a host of judges on board the flight… Read the full press release

UNWTO announces the finalists of the inaugural Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition

Madrid, Spain, 2019-Apr-05 — /Travel PR News/ — The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Basque Culinary Center (BCC), with the support of PromPeru have announced the finalists to win the 1st Global Gastronomy Tourism Startup Competition, which recognize disruptive, inspirational projects having made an invaluable contribution to innovation in gastronomy tourism. Over 300 initiatives were… Read the full press release

Hyatt announces the winner of The Good Taste Series competition

Competing against five other talented chefs from around the world, Chef Jonathan Pasion from Andaz Maui Wailea Resort emerged champion in the second global edition of Hyatt’s cooking competition CHICAGO, IL, 2019-Apr-01 — /Travel PR News/ — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today (March 29, 2019) the winner of The Good Taste Series competition, an annual global contest… Read the full press release

HMSHost announces winner of the fifth annual Channel Your Inner Chef competition at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

5th annual competition takes flight discovering and celebrating emerging culinary talent CHICAGO, IL, 2019-Mar-27 — /Travel PR News/ — Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 2 was abuzz today (March 26, 2019) as aspiring chefs faced-off in the fifth annual Channel Your Inner Chef – an innovative culinary competition created by global restaurateur HMSHost in partnership with the Chicago Department of… Read the full press release

Southwest Airlines launches new influencer competition

DALLAS, TX, 2019-Feb-13 — /Travel PR News/ — Have you been to the mountains in Colorado, stepped in the sand of the San Diego beaches, danced to the music in Nashville, or heard the bustling streets in New York City? Now you can cross these trips and more off your travel bucket list if you are a Southwest Airlines Storyteller and… Read the full press release

Manchester Airport announces return of its Junior Apprentice competition

Manchester, UK, 2019-Jan-29 — /Travel PR News/ — Manchester Airport’s Junior Apprentice competition is back for 2019, with Year Five and Six pupils from across Greater Manchester and Cheshire being encouraged to take part. Winning students will even get the chance to hear themselves on the airwaves and see their work in the terminals of the… Read the full press release

UNWTO announces Israeli startup Refundit as the winner of the inaugural Global Tourism Startup Competition

Madrid, Spain, 2019-Jan-28 — /Travel PR News/ — Refundit, an Israeli startup, was declared the winner in the final phase of the 1st Global Tourism Startup Competition, organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Globalia, and held within the framework of the FITUR International Tourism Fair, topping 3,000 entries from around the world. The Competition,… Read the full press release

British Airways invites start-ups to join Founders Forum Competition

LONDON, UK, 2019-Jan-26 — /Travel PR News/ — Founders Forum, a global community for digital and technology entrepreneurs, is giving start-ups the chance to pitch their business ideas on the future of air travel.  On June 12, with support from British Airways, a panel of leading investors and CEOs will be 30,000 feet in the sky… Read the full press release

UNWTO and Globalia announce 10 finalists for the inaugural UNWTO Tourism Startup Competition

The 10 finalists will present their projects in January 2019 within the framework of Fitur in Madrid.   The finalists were selected among 3000 projects from 132 countries:  Awake (Colombia), By Hours (Spain), e-bot (Germany), The FreeBird Club (Ireland), Howazit (Israel), Kompas (UK), Pruvo (Israel), Refundit (Israel), Seevoov (Israel), Stay 22 (Canada). The collaboration between UNWTO… Read the full press release

Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay’s Chef Yusuke Aoki named World Champion of the Valrhona Chocolate Chef Competition

Winning dessert added to Resort menu; Yusuke to launch homemade organic Bali chocolate Bali at Jimbaran Bay, Indonesia, 2018-Nov-19 — /Travel PR News/ — After a gruelling five-hour public cook-off in New York City, Executive Pastry Chef Yusuke Aoki of Four Seasons Resort Bali at Jimbaran Bay has been crowned World Champion of the Valrhona Chocolate Chef Competition (C3). Representing Asia,… Read the full press release

Marriott International’s culinary and beverage competition Masters of the Craft winners: Sherene Hutchinson and Jonathan Martin Miller

Sherene Hutchinson and Jonathan Martin Miller crowned as Marriott International’s top culinary and beverage talent at the first annual Masters of the Craft Competition BETHESDA, MD., 2018-Nov-05 — /Travel PR News/ — On Wednesday, October 24, Marriott International recognized the creative brilliance of Sherene Hutchinson of the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort and Jonathan Martin… Read the full press release

Aloft Hotels And Universal Music Group: REYNA wins the Americas chapter of Project: Aloft Star artist discovery competition

Mentored by Platinum-Selling Band X Ambassadors, REYNA Crowned Grand Prize Winner at Finale of the Artist Discovery Competition & Will Record Single at Capitol Studios Austin, TX, 2018-Nov-05 — /Travel PR News/ — REYNA has been crowned the winner of the Americas chapter of the global Project: Aloft Star artist discovery competition. Aloft Hotels, in partnership with Universal… Read the full press release

Aloft Hotels announces the Americas chapter of Project: Aloft Star artist discovery competition finalists

Camden, The Eiffels and REYNA, will compete in Austin, Texas on November 1, 2018 for the coveted prize, which includes a recording session at Capitol Studios Music fans can vote for their favorite artist on alofthotels.com Bethesda, MD, 2018-Oct-05 — /Travel PR News/ — Aloft Hotels, in partnership with Universal Music Group & Brands (UMGB),… Read the full press release