The winners of Selling Travel‘s Travel For Every Body Awards 2026 were revealed in a ceremony at voco Manchester.
Industry partners – including agents, tour operators and destinations – were invited to celebrate the important work being done to champion accessibility and put accessible travel at the top of the industry’s agenda.
“Huge congratulations to all our finalists and winners, and thank you again to all of our sponsors, judges and everyone who joined us at the ceremony,” said Charlotte Flach, Selling Travel’s Editor.
“The work doesn’t stop here. We want to keep the momentum going to push the travel industry to do more and to do better. We are always looking to work with those in the industry – and outside it – on content, projects and partnerships to further champion accessible travel.”
The second edition of the annual awards scheme recognises the people and organisations driving accessible and inclusive travel forward.
The awards form part of Selling Travel‘s wider commitment to accessible travel, building on the Travel For Every Body campaign which has been running since 2023.
Without further ado, the 2026 winners are:
Destination
Winner: Spanish Tourist Office
Experience Grand Rapids
New York State
Tenerife
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Travel Oregon
Visit Austin
Visit County Durham
Visit Düsseldorf
VisitEngland
Cruise
Winner: Virgin Voyages
Highly commended: Royal Caribbean
Accommodation
Winner: Center Parcs Nordborg Resort
Highly commended: Maison des Landes
Amilla Maldives
Marsham Court Hotel
Sandton Hotel
Airline
Winner: Virgin Atlantic
Air Canada
Airport
Winner: Cardiff Airport
Highly commended: Victoria International Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Manchester Airport
Orlando International Airport
Ground Transport
Winner: Open Road Access
Avanti West Coast
Eurostar
Training Programme
Winner: Virgin Atlantic
Business Travel Association
InteleTravel
Digital Innovation
Winner: tabifolk
Highly commended: Eyes Japan
Experience Grand Rapids
FlightPath3D
Turkish Technology
Marketing Campaign
Winner: Spanish Tourist Office (and LOTUS)
Highly commended: VisitEngland
Safer Tourism Foundation
TUI
Outstanding Achievement – Tour Operator
Winner: Vumbua Africa
AccessibleOz
Altogether Travel
Audley Travel
Enable Holidays
Go Beyond Holidays
Latin America For All
TUI
Outstanding Achievement – Travel Agency/Agent
Winner: Sheila Stamp, Travel Counsellors
Clive Wratten, Business Travel Association
Deanne Moses-Wright, Wheelie on the Waves with Premier Travel
Jasmine West, World Accessible Holidays
Kimberley Swales, The Accessible Traveler
Louise Newton, Iglu Ski
Travel Accessibility Champion
Winner: Marina Snellenberg, TUI
Highly commended: Julie Jones, Travel Without Limits
Allie Mason, Steppes Travel
Carrie-Ann Lightley
Harriet Denton, Hays Travel
Harry Wales, Travelosophers
Julie Jones, Travel Without Limits
Lucie Dumbleton, Travel By Lucie
Phoenyx Powell, Phoenyx Travels
Steve Longman, Motability Foundation
Outstanding Contribution
Winner: Harry Wales, Travelosophers
María Hernández, TUR4all Travel Agency
Phoenyx Powell, Phoenyx Travels
Yousif Nur, Journeyease
Looking forward
Congratulations to all of our 2026 winners.
A huge thank you to our sponsors this year: New York State Tourism – I love New York, The Spanish Tourist Office, TUI and United Airlines.
A massive thank you also to our judging panel: accessible travel journalist and TV personality Sophie Morgan; Jonathan Fletcher, Founder of Wheelie Good Travel; disability charity specialist and author Dr Amo Raju; Lady Tina Reading, Editor at Lube Media; Emma Partlow CEO at the National Centre for Accessible Transport; Paula Hansen, Founder of World Accessible Holidays; Yousif Nur, Founder of Journeyease; and Jesús Ruiz of the Spanish Tourist Office.
Details of next year’s event will be announced shortly, but in the meantime look out for post-event coverage across our print magazine, website and social media.
