The biggest edition to date will take place at The Chancery Rosewood, London’s newest luxury hotel, which opens this September.
The much-loved afternoon ceremony, hosted once again in association with Silversea, will be back on Friday 6 March.
With the inaugural Top 20 Luxury Travel Agencies set to take place in November with a focus on honouring agency teams, the TTG Luxury Travel Awards will now shift focus to recognising individual agents.
Travel designers will be able to enter across eight categories, including marking specialisation in a host of different luxury sectors for the first time. New agent categories include Wellness Travel Designer of the Year, Responsible Luxury Travel Designer of the Year and Luxury Adventure Travel Designer of the Year.
In line with these changes, all agent finalists will now also take part in a video judging session, giving them the chance to convey their passion, prowess and personality to the judges as a supplement to their entry form. Entry for agents remains free.
The eight agents who come out on top will also all be invited to join a Winners Lunch with Explora Journeys, hosted by the luxury cruise line and TTG Media's head of luxury, April Hutchinson in London.
On the supplier side, Luxury River Cruise Line of the Year will be awarded for the first time.
There will also now be a £99 fee for suppliers to enter – but as an opening offer, for companies who register on the platform and start an entry before 25 September, this will be waived.
Awards entries for all are now open, and will close on Friday 31 October. Finalists will be announced at the end of November.
All entrants also receive a complimentary copy of the TTG Luxury Travel Awards Insight Report 2026, which will offer unprecedented benchmarking among all supplier entries.
Using expert analysis, the report will be released in March 2026 and serve as a research piece that showcases impactful trends among the world’s leading luxury travel brands.
April Hutchinson, editor and publisher of TTG Luxury, said: “Now firmly established as a key part of the luxury travel sector, we are thrilled to be expanding the TTG Luxury Travel Awards for 2026. We will be holding our biggest ever event at The Chancery Rosewood, allowing guests to be among the first in the industry to see this magnificent new hotel.
“In addition, we are shaking up the process and categories for travel designers this year, something which will result in an exciting shortlist and eventual winners who have truly worked hard to prove they deserve such coveted recognition. The awards programme has been designed to really mean something to both consumers and to travel companies and we can’t wait to see who comes out on top!”
