This year’s official tourism awards for the South West are now open – and businesses are invited to enter by the deadline of midnight on 29th June. Businesses from the Isles of Scilly submitting applications will be entered into the Cornwall Tourism Awards which then feed into the SouthWest Tourism Excellence Awards.
Fresh from the region’s outstanding success in this year’s national VisitEngland awards, when South West businesses picked up 15 national awards, including 4 top Gold awards, the 2014/15 cycle has now re-started and tourism businesses across the region are invited to enter this year’s tourism awards.
The Awards cover the whole South West, including Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath, Bristol and the Isles of Scilly, along with the linked awards programmes in Devon, Dorset and Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly.
This year sees many changes to the programme. In Cornwall (including Scilly) and Devon, there are new categories for Dog Friendly Accommodation and Access for All, there is a new Attraction split in the Cornwall awards, a new Tourism Entrepreneur category in the Dorset awards and the Holiday Park sector sees new categories in both Devon and Cornwall. The South West awards continues to link with these as well as welcome direct entries from Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol and Gloucestershire.
Another development this year is the inclusion on the Awards websites of new case studies from recent finalists, each of them sharing their top tips on why businesses should enter and how to win.
For further information, www.southwesttourismawards.org.uk. If any member of the IP would like to discuss a possible submission, please do contact us.