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THE ENROUTE AWARDS
The Best Travel Guidebooks of the Year

OCT 03

  GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
  Best Guidebook for Business Travellers

  FODOR'S CITYGUIDE (series)

Here’s the nightmare: You’ve got a business meeting scheduled for 2 p.m. It’s 1:45 and no matter how much page flipping you do, you can’t find a map in your guidebook to show you the way. If you had the Fodor’s Cityguide, you’d be there in no time. Not only are the opening pages chock full of maps, but the information for each chapter – including restaurants, shopping, hotels and places to explore – was compiled by local experts. Znaimer felt that this guidebook could really make "an out-of-towner feel like a local."

Runner-up:
CADOGAN GUIDES (series)

Judges

Founder of some of Canada’s most innovative television stations – MuchMusic, Citytv, Bravo, to name a few – Moses Znaimer now acts as chairman and executive producer of Access Media Group.
Katherine Macklem is the national business correspondent for Maclean’s.
Henry Wu is the president of Liverton Hotels International as well as a restaurateur (Diva at the Met in Vancouver; Lai Wah Heen and Senses Bakery & Restaurant in Toronto).

  ADVENTURES ARE US
  Best Guidebook for Adventurers

  FODOR'S GOLD GUIDES (series)

The adventurer is always on the lookout for the road less travelled. But it’s not always that easy to figure out how to lose the crowds. That’s why Fodor’s Gold Guides are considered classic. They are full of restaurant and hotel listings for every budget and offer a good overview of things to do – on and off the beaten path. After reading this winner, Stackhouse said, "There are enough tips that you know that the writers have been around more than once."

Runner-up:
OFF THE BEATEN PATH (series)

Judges

John Stackhouse, who hitchhiked across Canada for his latest book, Timbit Nation, is also the foreign editor for The Globe and Mail.
Kisha Ferguson is the co-founder of and editor-at-large of Outpost Magazine. She’s currently on the road somewhere in Southeast Asia.
This spring, Huguette Coggan put the pedal to the metal in the Moroccan desert for the eight-day, 2,500-kilometre Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles.

  HIP HOPPING
  Best Guidebook for Jet-setters

  KNOPF MAPGUIDES (series)

Life must be fabulous when you’re city hopping around the world and mingling with the A-list. It is. But you still need to know where to snag that dress that J.Lo wore and how to find that sumptuous hotel featured in *Surface. As Beker put it, "We need our hot travel tips tout de suite. The Knopf MapGuides deliver." Small enough to tuck into your Prada bag and cool enough to be seen in public, this guidebook singles out the best addresses in the city. The cleverly designed foldout maps also scored high points with our judges.

Runner-up:
FODOR’S GOLD GUIDES (series)

Judges

Recently named editor-in-chief of the new Fashion Quarterly, Jeanne Beker is also the host of Fashion Television.
Sylvie Berkowicz is the host of d., Quebec’s essential style and design show, produced by MusiquePlus.
When he’s not busy travelling to design exhibitions, Geoffrey Lilge is the director of sales and marketing for Bensen, a Vancouver-based contemporary home furnishings manufacturer.

  KIDDIE KOOL
  Best Guidebook for Families

  CADOGAN GUIDES'
  TAKE THE KIDS (series)

Memories of being a kid may be a touch fuzzy when you’re all grown up, but when it’s time to plan a family vacation, the focus has to be on fun. So how do you track down kid-friendly hotels, restaurants and attractions? Cadogan Guides to the rescue! "They’re imaginative and exciting, and they allow parents to explore through their children’s eyes," says Ehm. What’s more, this guidebook really gets the kids involved with fascinating fact snippets and "Can you spot?" activities. With guidebooks like this, who wouldn’t want to be a kid?

Runner-up:
INSIGHT GUIDES (series)

Judges

Erica Ehm was the first female VJ for MuchMusic and starred on several television shows, including the recent Popstars. She also wrote the musical Caillou’s Big Party. Her three-year-old son awaits the arrival of a sibling in December.
Comedian Marc-André Coallier is the father of two and the spokesperson for the Parents and Kids Fair in Montreal.
Besides tending to her two kids, Amanda Ross works as a freelance design, trends and travel writer. She is also a contributing editor to Calgary’s Avenue.

  HEAD OF THE PACK
  Best Overall Guidebook

  KNOPF MAPGUIDES (series)

Almost everyone agreed that this is the guidebook for the all-around traveller. The selection of hotels, restaurants and attractions is well edited; you’re thankfully spared all the blah-blah but given the key addresses. And the foldout neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood maps scored high on the ingenuity scale – no more need to cross-reference with listings; it all comes on the same page. Bright, stylish, small and easy-to-navigate, Knopf MapGuides understand how to appeal to travellers.

Judges

The staff at enRoute are intrepid travellers. Whether we’re off checking out the latest trends in London, having a business meeting in Hong Kong, taking a vacation in Nova Scotia with the kids or getting an adrenalin rush in Chamonix, we always take along a good guidebook. We picked our favourite among the category winners and runners-up. [ ]

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OCT 03