Travel agents receive VisitEngland contribution award
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The travel agent community won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism at VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence earlier this week.
The award was rewarded in light of support from the trade during the tourism authority’s latest campaigns to boost domestic tourism.
“The support we’ve had from domestic travel trade through their enthusiasm for our Holidays at Home is GREAT campaign has been fantastic. This prestigious award acknowledges this contribution and I thank them on behalf of the sector for helping to ensure tourism in this country thrives,” said Lady Cobham, VisitEngland chairman.
ABTA chairman Noel Josephides accepted the award on behalf of all travel agents.
Other VisitEngland winners
- Access for All Tourism: Calvert Trust Exmoor, Devon
- B&B/Accommodation of the Year: St Cuthbert’s House, Northumberland
- Business Tourism: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
- Holiday Park/Village of the Year: Seafield Caravan Park, Northumberland
- Large Hotel of the Year: Burleigh Court, Loughborough
- Large Visitor Attraction: Tatton Park, Cheshire
- Self-Catering Holiday Provider: Trevase Cottages, Herefordshire
- Small Hotel of the Year: The Old Rectory Hotel, Exmoor
- Small Visitor Attraction: Galleries of Justice Museum, Nottingham
- Sustainable Tourism: Little White Alice, Cornwall
- Taste of England: 1884 Dock Street Kitchen, Yorkshire
- Tourism Experience of the Year: Titanic & Liverpool: the untold story
- Tourism Pub: Feathered Nest Country Inn, Oxfordshire
- Visitor Information Provider: Gloucester Tourist Information Centre
- Tourism Event: Kendal Mountain Festival
- Tourism Superstar: Buzby Allen, Potters Resort, Norfolk
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