Tambourine Wins Four 2026 Magellan Awards
The hotel marketing technology company earned recognition for website design across luxury resorts, hospitality groups and destinations.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Hotels
Tambourine, a hotel marketing technology company, earned four 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards for website design, announced from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The company also received a Gold Magellan Award for an immersive Bahamian culture experience at the 2026 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
Why it matters
The awards recognize website design work for hotel and destination clients, a segment where travelers increasingly book directly online. For Florida readers, the recognition highlights a Fort Lauderdale-based company competing in the global hospitality marketing market.
Winners were chosen from thousands of global entries, and Tambourine's hotel brands operate in 50 countries. The source does not detail the individual award categories or how many entrants competed in each.
The players
Tambourine
Tambourine is a hotel marketing technology company whose website and experience work for hospitality clients earned multiple 2026 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards.
Travel Weekly
Travel Weekly is a travel industry trade publication that presents the Magellan Awards to recognize excellence in travel marketing and destination work.
Mariano Ceballos
Mariano Ceballos is Tambourine's Senior Vice President of Creative Services, overseeing the company's design work.
The details
Tambourine's four 2026 Magellan Awards covered website design for luxury resorts, hospitality groups and destinations, including Pier Sixty-Six, Ted Turner Reserves, Old Edwards Hospitality Group and the Nevis Tourism Authority. Its Bahamian culture experience, developed for The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, earned a Gold Magellan Award at the 2026 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
Timeline
- 2026 South Beach Wine & Food Festival: Tambourine's Bahamian culture experience received a Gold Magellan Award.
- November 5, 2026: Tambourine announced its four 2026 Magellan Awards.
Industry Recognition
The Travel Weekly Magellan Awards are an annual industry program that recognizes travel marketing work from thousands of global entries. Tambourine's four wins place a single hotel marketing technology firm among the program's leading website design honorees for 2026.
Travelers booking hotels can compare brand websites on design and booking experience, since hospitality marketing firms shape how properties present rates and amenities online. Florida visitors researching resorts may notice more polished direct-booking sites as brands invest in this work.
The takeaway
Hotel websites increasingly drive direct bookings, so comparing a property's official site with third-party listings can reveal better rates and clearer amenity details. Checking the booking page directly before reserving is a practical habit for any trip.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
