The Family Traveller Awards 2026 winners have been revealed, celebrating the hotels, holiday companies, cruise lines, destinations and travel creators leading the way in family travel.
We launched this year’s awards during the summer to recognise the very best in family travel, from brilliant hotels and adventurous tour operators to cruise lines, destinations and the people creating inspiring family travel content.
Hundreds of entries followed across 19 categories, including Best Family Cruise, Kids Clubs, Teen Travel and Family Adventure & Safari Holidays.
Our independent panel of expert family travel journalists carefully scored the nominees to create the shortlist before voting opened to the public. Following thousands of public votes, the winners and highly commended finalists were announced at the Family Traveller Awards ceremony in London on Friday 11 September 2026.
Discover every winner, highly commended finalist and shortlisted entry below.
We launched the Family Traveller Awards this summer
Family Traveller Awards 2026 winners and finalists
Hotels & villas
Family Activities & Entertainment
WINNER Kandima Maldives
HIGHLY COMMENDED Palladium Hotel Group
Palladium Hotel Group
Costa Navarino
Quellenhof Luxury Resort Passeier, South Tyrol
Aphrodite Hills Resort
Amada Colossos Resort
Windjammer Landing Resort and Residences
The Lakes by YOO
Kandima Maldives
Grande Lakes Orlando
Lucknam Park
Best Short-Haul Family Stay
WINNER Four Seasons Fairways
HIGHLY COMMENDED Martinhal Family Hotels & Resorts
Amada Colossos Resort, Rhodes
Wilderness, UK
Coquillade Provence, Provence, France
Oliveto Estate, Le Marche, Italy
Trevear Farm, Cornwall, UK
Three Mile Beach, St Ives Bay, Cornwall, UK
The Lakes by YOO, Cotswolds, UK
Lucknam Park, Cotswolds, UK
Four Seasons Fairways, Algarve, Portugal
Martinhal Family Hotels & Resorts, Portugal
Best Long-Haul Family Stay
WINNER Grande Lakes Orlando
HIGHLY COMMENDED Kuda Villingili
Eden Roc Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
Kuda Villingili, Maldives
Grande Lakes Orlando, Florida, USA
Windjammer Landing Resort and Residences, St Lucia
Apes Hill Barbados, Barbados
OUTRIGGER Maldives Maafushivaru Resort, Maldives
Wilderness Magashi Peninsula, Rwanda
Kids Clubs
WINNER Pine Cliffs Resort
HIGHLY COMMENDED AKI Family Resort Plose
Another Place, The Lake
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve
AKI Family Resort Plose
Eden Roc Cap Cana
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort
InterContinental Halong Bay
JOALI Maldives
OUTRIGGER Maldives Maafushivaru Resort
Pine Cliffs Resort
Family Food & Beverage
WINNER Aphrodite Hills Resort
HIGHLY COMMENDED Beaches Resorts
AKI Family Resort Plose
Cavallino Bianco Caorle – Venezia
Zafiro Hotels
Aphrodite Hills Resort
Beaches Resorts
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts
Teen Travel
WINNER Grande Lakes Orlando
HIGHLY COMMENDED Paradisus by Meliá
Montage Los Cabos
Paradisus by Meliá
InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort
Kandima Maldives
Grande Lakes Orlando
Early Years Travel
WINNER Martinhal Family Hotels & Resorts
HIGHLY COMMENDED Fairmont Windsor Park
AKI Family Resort Plose, South Tyrol, Italy
Martinhal Family Hotels & Resorts, Portugal
Porto Zante Villas & Spa, Zakynthos, Greece
Eden Roc Cap Cana, Dominican Republic
Fairmont Windsor Park, Windsor, UK
Tour operators & agents
Family Packages & All-Inclusive Holidays
WINNER TUI UK&I
HIGHLY COMMENDED Southall Travel
Neilson’s
Beaches Resorts
TUI UK&I
Pierre & Vacances Europe
Southall Travel
Kenwood
Family Adventure & Safari Holidays
WINNER Kuoni
HIGHLY COMMENDED G Adventures
G Adventures
Responsible Travel
Metropolitan Touring
Secret Atlas
Kuoni
Family Ski Holidays
WINNER Club Med
HIGHLY COMMENDED Peak Retreats
Peak Retreats
Crystal Ski
VIP SKI
Powder Byrne
Club Med
Cruise
Best Family Cruise
WINNER Royal Caribbean
HIGHLY COMMENDED Disney Cruise Line
Disney Cruise Line
Royal Caribbean
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions
MSC Cruises
P&O Cruises
Destinations
Emerging Family Destination
WINNER St Helena
HIGHLY COMMENDED Oman
Oman
Lithuania
Uzbekistan
St Helena
Saudi Arabia
Virginia Beach
Cultural Family Destination
WINNER Malta
HIGHLY COMMENDED Guatemala
Louisiana
Japan
Grenada
Malta
Guatemala
Adventure Family Destination
WINNER Japan
HIGHLY COMMENDED Morzine and Avoriaz
Japan
Morzine and Avoriaz
Algarve
Les Menuires
St Helena
Beach and Sun Family Destination
WINNER Algarve
HIGHLY COMMENDED Barbados
Algarve
The Bahamas
Barbados
Grenada
Miami
City Break Family Destination
WINNER Valencia
HIGHLY COMMENDED New Orleans
Singapore
Tokyo
Paris
Miami
Valencia
New Orleans
Industry
Accessibility
WINNER SeaSpace
HIGHLY COMMENDED Worldwide Kids
Spain – The Spanish Tourist Office
Worldwide Kids
SeaSpace
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve
Global Family Home Rentals
Outstanding Family Travel Content
WINNER That Holiday Mum
HIGHLY COMMENDED Exploring_withthekids
Alex Jessica Mills – Mum in the City
Adventures of the Wests
Exploring_withthekids
Five Little Doves
That Holiday Mum
Family Travel Sustainability
WINNER Responsible Travel
HIGHLY COMMENDED Costa Navarino
Responsible Travel
Parkhotel Holzner
Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne
Apes Hill Barbados
Costa Navarino
The Family Traveller Awards 2026 winners were announced in London
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