YUDU Media Takes Home Two Industry Awards in April

06 May 2008

YUDU Media has won two awards this month in quick succession at the How Do Awards and Travolution Awards. YUDU Media, the UK’s leading provider of online publications, won the Most Innovative Media Platform or Product at the first-ever How-DoAwards which celebrate the best work of the North-West’s leading broadcasting, publishing and communications companies.

YUDU Media had to clearly demonstrate transparent success in 2007 such as company growth, financial performance, industry accolades, innovation, staff development and leadership. The awards were presented at an Awards Dinner at Manchester United FC on Thursday 24 April.

At the Travolution Awards, YUDU Media won the runners up prize for the Tour Operator’s Best Use of Technology for its customers, Gold Medal Group and i-to-i Meaningful Travel, and their use of YUDU online publications.

The Travolution Awards are designed to reward excellence for online travel and YUDU Media’s position recognises the tour operator that has achieved the greatest impact following the introduction of new technology during 2007. This can be based on an increase in traffic or bookings and/or improvements for partners and users.

Gold Medal Group is one of the nominated companies and uses YUDU Media technology to provide online holiday brochures full of value holidays to the world's most exciting and exotic locations. The company has used YUDU Media for three years and the success of its digital brochures has seen it going digital-only for all but two of its travel brochures, massively reducing its print output and minimising its carbon footprint.

Also nominated is i-to-i Meaningful Travel, who provides volunteer travel holidays and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) courses. It uses YUDU technology to provide travel brochures with a difference, and include exciting and in-depth video footage of the types of volunteer work available.

Each nomination was scrutinised by a panel of judges from across the travel industry and the winners were unveiled at an evening ceremony in London on Thursday 24 April.

YUDU Media is the Revolution Award’s Supplier of the Year 2008, winner of the Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBAs) Business Innovation and Most Promising Business of the Year 2008 and ranked 13th in the Media Momentum Top 50 Fastest Growing Digital Media Companies in the UK.

Richard Stephenson, CEO, YUDU Media: “These awards say a lot about the success that online publications can bring to our customers and partners. Industries are presenting themselves digitally in increasingly innovative and exciting ways.”

 

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