The awards honored the updated US travel insurance plans as well as a creative marketing campaign.
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Oakland, California / U.S. – [November 24th, 2025] – World Nomads is proud to announce that it has been honored with two Gold Awards in the 2025 Magellan Awards presented by Travel Weekly. The awards recognize outstanding achievement across the travel industry and mark a milestone for World Nomads in the U.S. market.
"Each year, I think, 'This will be the year to remember' -- the year that creativity, innovation and inspiration in the entries of the Travel Weekly Magellan Awards has peaked,” said Arnie Weissmann, editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly. “Yet this year – the 18th annual Travel Weekly Magellan Awards – has topped all that has come before."
World Nomads won the first Gold Award for ‘Travel Insurance - Overall Product’ after refreshing its U.S. plans in October 2024 (https://www.worldnomads.com/in-the-news/media-releases/new-travel-protection-plans-announced), offering enhanced benefits and new adaptable coverages. The award acknowledges the brand’s leadership in travel insurance innovation and customer-focused support.
“Our updated U.S. plans were designed to better support travelers with flexible options and greater benefits,” said Christina Tunnah, Head of the Americas for World Nomads. “Being recognized with a Magellan Gold Award reinforces that we’re on the right path, and that our focus on our travelers is resonating.”
The second Gold Award honored the End-of-Year Integrated Global Marketing Campaign, ‘Don’t Just Visit. Live It.’ (see YouTube ad here and also below) The 2024/25 sales campaign set a bold tone for immersive travel, emphasizing deeply experiencing destinations rather than just simply visiting them. The messaging blended in the core concept of purchasing travel insurance to protect these worldwide adventures. In some regions, a discount code was also offered. The award recognized the campaign’s creativity, cross-channel execution and alignment with the modern traveler mindset.
“This campaign was a celebration of meaningful, transformational travel which educated prospective customers about the importance of travel insurance,” Tunnah added. “We’re honored the judges saw the heart behind our message and the creativity behind its execution.”
The Magellan Awards are judged and overseen by a one-of-a-kind panel of top travel professionals representing the best names and most accomplished leaders from the industry.
What This Means for Travelers
Winning both major awards reinforces World Nomads’ commitment to:
- Delivering exceptional travel-insurance solutions tailored for U.S. travelers.
- Elevating the travel experience through purposeful, inspiring marketing that drives meaningful engagement.
- Setting higher standards in product design and communication in the travel-insurance field.
ABOUT WORLD NOMADS
Since 2002, World Nomads has been protecting, connecting and inspiring adventurous and independent travelers by offering specialized travel insurance and safety advice.
Our travel insurance products cover travelers from more than 100 countries. World Nomads focuses on what we believe is important to travelers: emergency medical and evacuation costs, baggage cover, trip cancellation, trip delay and trip interruption costs. We offer cover for more than 250 adventure sports and activities, plus tech and gear. We believe travelers have the responsibility to give back, and through our Footprints program, customers can add a small donation to the price of their plan to help fund a community development project with one of World Nomads’ global nonprofit and charity partners.
We are part of a suite of global specialist travel insurers owned by nib Group, Australia’s third-largest provider of travel insurance and a leading global distributor of travel insurance through nib Travel. nib Group also provides health and medical insurance to more than 1.6 million Australian and New Zealand residents and more than 200,000 international students and workers in Australia.
Editor’s Note: photos are available to download here: https://www.worldnomads.com/media-center. Photo credit: World Nomads.
Media Contacts:
World Nomads
Sarah Roman, Communications Manager
510-871-4332