Travel award

Sho Jae-pil, right, poses with Darren Ng, representative and managing director of TTG (Travel Trade Gazette) Asia, while receiving the 2015 TTG Pioneer Award at the Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World on Oct 12. Sho, the publisher of TRAVEL PRESS-Korea, is the first travel journalist selected from the Asia-Pacific region to win the award, which is given to those recognized for their lifetime achievements. Established in 1989, the TTG Travel Awards are presented by TTG Asia, an English newspaper noted for its achievements in the extensive coverage of Korea’s major developments, including the Asian Games in 1986, the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and the Korea-Japan World Cup in 2002.