Nominations are being taken for this year’s Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards.
The event celebrates the region’s best tourism businesses and individuals and organisers are urging award hopefuls to submit their entries before its January 26 deadline.
More than 500 people are expected to attend this year’s event, which takes place at St George’s Hall on May 18th, and is expected to be a sell-out occasion.
With categories including Hotel of the Year, Taste Liverpool, Independent Tourism Business of the Year and Tourism Star there is something for everyone across the region.
Peter Sandman, Head of Visitor Economy Development at the Liverpool City Region’s Local Enterprise Partnership, said: ‘‘These awards recognise quality across our vital tourism sector.
“This event is the perfect setting to acknowledge not just hard work and excellence, but the important and major role the industry has on the region’s economy.
‘‘Now that entries are open I would encourage all businesses and individuals to take a look at the simplified application form and get their entries in early.’’
Many of the winners from this award ceremony go on to achieve national recognition at events such as the Visit England Awards for Excellence.
A total of 16 categories are set to be announced at this year’s event:
- Hotel of the Year
- Guest Accommodation / B & B of the Year
- Serviced Apartment of the Year
- Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Taste Liverpool
- Small Tourism Event of the Year
- Large Tourism Event of the Year
- Tourism Experience of the Year
- Bar/Pub of the Year
- Excellence in Business Tourism
- Entertainment Venue of the Year
- Independent Tourism Business of the Year
- Best Newcomer to the Visitor Economy
- Tourism Star
- Tourism Young Person
- The deadline for entries is Thursday, January 26.
Further details and an entry form are available from: www.lcrtourismawards.com