Skyscanner up for National Geographic Award

Readers of one of the UK’s top selling travel magazines voted for their favourite destination, airline, tour operator and more, with the winners to be announced during a ceremony in London this November.

Skyscanner has been nominated under the ‘Digital’category, up against Airbnb and TripAdvisor.

Cat McGloin, Skyscanner’s UK Travel Editor said of the news: “We’re delighted to be shortlisted, and all the more so because this listing came from readers themselves. We’re proud to be the first port of call for 50 million travellers every month – whether it’s to plan flights, hotel or car hire. We know National Geographic’s readers, like us, are keen travellers, so to be shortlisted is an honour.”

Pat Riddell, editor of National Geographic Traveller (UK), said: “These inaugural awards were the ideal platform for readers to air their views, have their say and let us know what they relish about travel the most. We’re excited to see the results and look forward to celebrating with the category winners this month. A big thanks to all those who put forward their views and also to all our sponsors who have made this happen in our first event of this kind.”

One of Scotland’s most vistied heritage site’s, Edinburgh Castle, was also nominated under the Best UK Attraction category, along with Tower of London and Stonehenge.

View the full list below.

2015 READER AWARDS SHORTLIST:

SHORT-HAUL CITY

Barcelona

Paris

Rome

SHORT-HAUL COUNTRY

France

Italy

Spain

SHORT-HAUL AIRLINE

British Airways

easyJet

Ryanair

LONG-HAUL CITY

San Francisco

Sydney

New York

LONG-HAUL COUNTRY

Australia

USA

New Zealand

LONG-HAUL AIRLINE

Virgin Atlantic

British Airways

Emirates

OVERSEAS HOTEL GROUP

Mandarin Oriental

Hilton

Marriott International

UK HOTEL GROUP

Hilton

Premier Inn

Radisson Blu

OVERSEAS ATTRACTION

Grand Canyon

Great Barrier Reef

Machu Picchu

UK ATTRACTION

Edinburgh Castle

Stonehenge

Tower of London

TOUR OPERATOR

Thomas Cook

Thomson

Virgin Holidays

TV PROGRAMME

Caribbean with Simon Reeve

Italy Unpacked

The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

BOOK

Humans of New York

National Geographic: Around the World in 125 Years

National Geographic: World’s Best Cities

DIGITAL

Airbnb

Skyscanner

TripAdvisor

GREEN

High Line

See Turtles

The Eden Project