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Whitby Hospitality Association (WHA) has launched its first annual Tourism Awards, and is encouraging both visitors and residents to nominate their favourite local business or tourism experience.
The 14 award categories for the WHA Tourism Awards 2009 are:
Guest Accommodation of the Year (up to 10 bedrooms),
Guest Accommodation of the Year (11 bedrooms and above),
Hotel of the Year (up to 50 bedrooms),
Self Catering Holiday Accommodation (Single Unit),
Self Catering Holiday Accommodation (Multiple Units),
Tourism Experience,
Restaurant of the Year,
Pub of the Year,
Café/ Tearoom of the Year,
Website of the Year,
Sustainability,
Taste of Yorkshire,
Customer Service,
Unsung Hero.
The local awards have been established to promote businesses that continually provide excellent quality and service to their customers.
Tony Charlton, Chairman of the Whitby Hospitality Association said:
“We hold local awards in a bid to encourage our tourism providers in the town to shout out loud about their business and in particular the quality of service that that they provide to their guests”.
Janet Deacon, Tourism Manager for Scarborough Borough Council added:
“I am delighted to see that the coastal associations are encouraging businesses to participate in the local tourism awards, many of our accommodation providers work extremely hard to ensure that our visitors receive an excellent holiday experience.”
Nomination forms for the awards can be collected from the Tourist Information Centre in Whitby. All nominations must be received before Monday 31 August 2009.
The sponsors of the awards will be announced in due course. The short-listed finalists will be announced in October, and the winning businesses will be announced at an awards ceremony on 4 November.
The awards will tie in to the Yorkshire Moors and Coast Tourism Awards, as each of the local association winners will be automatically entered as finalists into these awards, which are due to take place later in the year.
