Winners of 'Love Travel Awards' revealed
Travel Leaders
Reproduced with Kind permission of Victoria Emerson (Copyright retained)
The prestigious Love Travel Awards took place on 26th April 2025 at Forte Village Resort, attended by over 200 romance travel leaders. Over a glamorous evening gala, the industry's most outstanding venues and most exceptional specialists were recognised and celebrated.
To create the shortlist of nominees, the industry's most important influencers were consulted. Romance travel professionals then voted for their favourites, creating the list of finalists.
Categories for the 2025 Love Travel Awards included Best Wedding Venue, Most Romantic Hotel, Best Destination Wedding Planner, Romance Travel Specialist of the Year, The Champion of Equality award, which recognises a wedding planner or romance travel specialist who embraces and promotes the message that love is love, and the Above C Beyond award, celebrating individuals who go the extra mile to deliver an outstanding level of personalised service and extraordinary experiences for their clients.
This year Amour also introduced the Love in Action award sponsored by VOW for Girls, an organisation committed to putting an end to child marriage. On announcement of this award, Christy Kuplic, Managing Director of Private Luxury Events, said: "We see all the good that our delegates do in their communities, and we want to highlight the impact they have through charitable work, volunteering, and setting up foundations to help others thrive in a more equal world".
Voted for by a global audience of romance travel professionals, all of the nominees, finalists, and winners were reviewed by experts, and submitted to an industry-wide vote.
Christy Kuplic, Managing Director of Private Luxury Events and co-host of this year's Love Travel Awards ceremony said:
"The Love Travel Awards honour the most romantic properties, destination wedding planners, and romance travel specialists worldwide. Over the last few years, Amour has created the definitive awards for the romance travel industry; awards that recognise truly exceptional people and properties across the globe.
This was our 8th Love Travel Awards ceremony, and it was a special one. Every year, we evolve the awards, adding new categories, expanding the shortlist, and giving the industry more of a voice in the selection process. Love can break down barriers and make the impossible possible. Love transcends age, circumstances, gender, religion, and tradition. Love unites. That is the power of love."
Myrdith Leon-McCormack, Founder, Publisher, Lead, and TV Correspondent at World Bride Magazine, and one of the presenters at the 2025 Love Travel Awards said: "Amour and the Love Travel Awards stand out as an authority in romance travel. Amour is a trailblazer in the wedding industry with a progressive approach that ignites creativity and brings the most important industry inffuencers together to celebrate something that is close to all our hearts. World Bride Magazine is thrilled to have been a part of Amour 2025, and we look forward to many future collaborations".
THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Best Wedding Venue - Marbella Club
Most Romantic Hotel - Monteverdi Tuscany
Romance Travel Specialist o f t he Year - D avishna P illai, A Travel Duet
Best Destination Wedding Planner - Elisabeth Cardich, A Very Beloved Wedding Above And Beyond - Lorenzo Giannuzzi, Forte Village Resort
Champion Of Equality - Patrizia Ermetici, Joan Estrada Events Love In Action Award - Joann Gregoli, Elegant Occasions People's Choice Award (Buyer) - Latoya Patel, Sw Events People's Choice Award (Exhibitor) - Rosida Taieb, Vignamaggio
Award presenters included:
Mary Gostelow, Founder, Girlahead C Gostelow Report
Myrdith Leon-McCormack, Founder, Publisher C Lead TV Correspondent, World Bride Magazine Vivianna Quattrocchii, Senior Business Development Manager at Private Luxury Events Lorenzo Giannuzzi, CEO, Forte Village Resort
Nathalie Benjamin, Associate Director of Buyer Relations at Private Luxury Events Paolo Giuntarelli, Regional Director for Cinema, Tourism C Sport at Regione Lazio
To learn more about Amour and the Love Travel Awards please visit: https://amourforums.com/ and https://amourforums.com/love-travel-awards/.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Emerson at victoria_press@outlook.com
Notes to editors:
ABOUT LOVE TRAVEL AWARDS
The Love Travel Awards are the first trade awards to recognise the world's most romantic hotels and venues, as voted for by global travel professionals.
Awards include Best Wedding Venue and Most Romantic Hotel. Categories for buyers include Best Destination Wedding Planner and Romance Travel Specialist of the Year.
The black-tie ceremony brings together the elite in the romance travel sector including the most innovative romance travel designers, destination wedding planners and honeymoon curators, to meet the world's most romantic properties.
This year's Love Travel Awards ceremony was hosted in Sardinia, Italy on 26th April 2025, during Amour.
For more information visit: https://amourforums.com/love-travel-awards/
ABOUT AMOUR 2025
Amour 2025 took place from 23-27 April 2025 in Sardinia, Italy. Amour is a global romance travel event bringing together the most influential romance travel specialists and destination wedding planners to meet and connect with the most awe-inspiring, romantic properties in the world.
Over the course of three days, Amour provided over 100 romantic hotels, resorts and wedding venues the opportunity to meet with 110 selected romance travel buyers and discover the unique charm of Sardinia through exclusive networking activities.
ABOUT AMOUR
As the dedicated home of the romance travel market, Amour is an invite-only romance travel trade event that brings together the most romantic travel brands and global buyers of romance travel to meet, network and socialise.
