WHY IT RATES: Traveling With Denella Ri'chard won two Silver Telly awards this year for two episodes of her travel show, a Black History Month special and an inside look into an AmaWaterways Romantic Danube cruise. — Lacey Pfalz, Associate Writer, TravelPulse
SOAR Entertainment & Media, LLC announced today that the television series, Traveling With Denella Ri’chard earned two silver 2023 Telly Awards for Best Cultural Television Show: AmaWaterways Europe The Romantic Danube and Best Diversity & Inclusion Show: Black History Month Special in the record-breaking 44th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Adobe, BBC World Service, Netflix, Dow Jones, Complex Networks, Jennifer Garner, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, National Geographic Society, ESPN Films, RYOT, Partizan and Vimeo.
“I’d like to thank our partners who believed in the television series Traveling With Denella Ri’chard and shared the common goal of television storytelling to bring the travel industry (our industry) back strong after the global pandemic. Thank you: Magical Vacation Planners, AmaWaterways River Cruises, the United States Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, Greater Miami & Miami Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau, Visit Lauderdale, The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Jamaica Tourism Board, Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Office, Martinique Promotion Bureau, Visit Tampa Bay, Visit Anchorage, Visit St. Lucie, and New Orleans Multicultural Tourism Network. I am absolutely thrilled to share the 2023 Telly Awards statuettes with our partners,” said Denella Ri’chard, nationally syndicated television host and executive producer.
Denella Ri’chard (Photo Credit: Courtesy Denella Ri’chard)
"AmaWaterways is very proud to have welcomed Denella and her team onboard the beautiful AmaSonata to film an episode for her award-winning Traveling with Denella Ri’chard series,’’ said Kristin Karst, co-founder and executive vice president of AmaWaterways. ‘’Denella embraces each destination she visits with open arms and inspires people to discover new horizons and traditions, bringing us all a little closer together.’’
“The caliber of the work this season coming from creators such as Soar Entertainment Media, LLC for their television production Traveling With Denella Ri’chard truly has reflected the theme of breaking out and standing out,” said Tellys executive director Sabrina Dridje.
This was a record-breaking year with nearly 13,000 entries from across the globe and top video and television content producers such as Airbnb, Audible, BET Networks/BET Digital, BritBox, Disney, FEMA, Gaumont, Golden State Warriors, MediaMonks, NASA, National Geographic Society, Netflix, Paramount, PBS Digital Studios and more.
The complete list of the 44th Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at www.tellyawards.com/winners.
SOURCE: SOAR Entertainment & Media, LLC press release.
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