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New South West Water Better Environment Award open for entry

New South West Water Better Environment Award open for entry

Our special ‘Better Environment Award’ is open for entries from tourism and hospitality businesses across South West England. Closes on 31 August. This is a joint award with our sponsors South West Water and is for those that demonstrate an excellent understanding of protecting our environment, with a special emphasis on what goes into our sewers. In launching this...

Brilliant Funded Opportunity for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses

Brilliant Funded Opportunity for Tourism and Hospitality Businesses

How to attract, motivate, and retain your workforce:  Are you finding attracting and retaining talented people a key challenge in your business? Many employers across all industries are facing similar challenges, so Weston College are bringing business leaders together to discuss, find solutions, and share good practice.    ...

17 South West Winners in National Tourism Awards

17 South West Winners in National Tourism Awards

VisitEngland has announced the winners of the annual Awards for Excellence, celebrating the best of the country’s tourism industry, with the South West again outperforming all other regions with 17 national winners. The announcements marked the end of the cycle which started in 2021 when businesses entered their local tourism awards in Dorset, Bristol, Bath and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. ...

Celebrations at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm and 1 month left to enter 2022 awards

Celebrations at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm and 1 month left to enter 2022 awards

Celebrations at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm and a month left to enter the Bristol Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards The 2021/22 Bristol Bath and Somerset Tourism awards culminated in a celebration last night kindly hosted by Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall.  Nearly a hundred of last year’s winners and sponsors explored the zoo, celebrated and collected their handmade trophies, made by...

One month left to get your Tourism Awards entries in

One month left to get your Tourism Awards entries in

The 2022 tourism awards close at midnight on 19 June so there is just a month left to submit your entries.  There are categories for accommodation, experiences, attractions, food and drink, dog friendly, visitor information and many more, find out about them all here....

A Trio of Award Winners are through to VisitEngland Finals

A Trio of Award Winners are through to VisitEngland Finals

VisitEngland has announced the finalists who will go forward to compete for the tourism industry’s annual national Awards for Excellence and three businesses from the 2021/22 Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards have made it through: Large Hotel - The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa, Bath, Small Hotel - No.15 by GuestHouse, Bath and Pub of the Year - The Cotley Inn, Near Chard. ...