Cumbria Tourism Awards
The Cumbria Tourism Awards celebrate the best of Cumbria's tourism businesses and the talented individuals behind them. Their hard work and dedication drive an economy worth over £2 billion so they are well worth the recognition!
Award Categories
There is an award category to suit everyone across Cumbria's vast and diverse range of tourism businesses. Winning businesses have to demonstrate excellence and innovation throughout their business, including their product, welcome, service, marketing and sustainable practices. The Sheila Hensman Award recognises the outstanding contribution to customer service offered by an individual employee or business owner.
See the list of last year's winners
We are pleased to confirm that we will be holding a 2012 Awards. Categories and entry forms will follow soon. Follow the awards on Facebook and Twitter. In the meantime if you have any questions contact Cath Dutton at cath@peoplejunction.co.uk
Our Sponsors
The Cumbria Tourism Awards is a prestigious annual event that requires investment from its entrants, organisers and most importantly, its sponsors. The show simply could not go on without our sponsors' help. The awards are supported by both local and national organisations, many of whom are now in their fifth year of sponsorship.
Why enter?
"I would encourage all businesses to enter the Tourism awards, apart from the obvious benefits of raising their profile, attracting more bookings and working with the media, the hidden benefits include uniting and focusing the team, giving all a sense of achievement and pride whilst bringing out their competitive spirt."
Lesley Hornsby, No 43, Arnside
Guest Accommodation of the Year 2010
"There's never a good time to fill in an entry form for an award - there's always plenty of other things to do! However, the benefits we have experienced at Woodclose really have been huge. Not only have we had valuable local publicity but it's been much easier to engage with regional press elsewhere in the UK. For us - it's been a really worthwhile experience which I would thoroughly recommend."
Jim Walker, Lake District Estates - Woodclose Park, Kirkby Lonsdale
Holiday Park of the Year 2010
Host of the 2011 Cumbria Tourism Awards
Experienced speaker, columnist and former comedienne, Rachel Agnew hosted the 2011 Cumbria Tourism Awards
Cumbria Tourism Award Winners 2011
All of the award winners took to the stage at the Castle Green Hotel, Kendal. View a full list of the individual category winners.
Handcrafted Award
Winners were presented with an engraved award handcrafted by Penni Simpson of Fusion Glass Art
Thirteen Award Category Winners
There was thirteen award categories from business tourism award to large hotel of the year
Sustainable Tourism Award
Sponsors Lake District National Park present the Sustainable Tourism Award to Ullswater Steamers
