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Tickets on sale for the Alternative Awards
The date has been set for this year’s Alternative Awards, the travel awards you probably don’t want to win.
Feared or revered, it’s the annual industry event nobody wants to miss and this year’s event is already 30% sold.
The theme hasn’t yet been set but you can be rest assured there’ll be laughter and tears as the award victims, sorry, award winners are announced.
It’s at the Royal Garden Hotel, London, on December 18, and will raise funds for the Family Holiday Association, Just a Drop and Childline.
The fun kicks off at 18:45 hours and goes on till 02:00 hours. Tickets cost £185 plus VAT, which includes a three-course dinner plus a half bottle of wine. Get yours at thealternativetravelawards@gmail.com
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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