Pelham wins Small Hotel Award
Pelham House Hotel has won the Silver Small Hotel/Townhouse of the Year Award at the Beautiful South Awards.
Sixteen South East tourism businesses have been awarded the region’s highest accolade at the Beautiful South’s Awards for Excellence 2011 held recently at Denbies Wine Estate, Surrey.
The annual Beautiful South Awards are now in their 21st year and recognise businesses and destinations across the tourism industry for their exceptional levels of customer service and dedication to raising standards.
A high number of entries to the prestigious Awards led to an impressive shortlist with winners announced by hosts Sue Saville, Managing Director, Tourism South East and John Williams, Chairman of Tourism South East. Gold winners from across the region include Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent, Royal Ascot in Berkshire and Aviator in Hampshire.
‘We offer our congratulations to all tonight’s winners’, said John Williams. ‘Our industry’s commitment to providing the best possible customer experience and to exceeding customer expectations is outstanding. The Award winners have shown that they are truly the best-in-class and we look forward to seeing them on the national stage at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012.’
‘The current economic climate continues to present many challenges for the tourism industry - however, the standards achieved by our Award winners this year show their determination to provide their visitors and guests with memorable and outstanding experiences,’ added John.
‘We were particularly delighted to honour two of the South East’s real stars – Paulton’s Family Theme Park and London Gatwick Airport’ - with our own, newly introduced ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ for their exceptional contribution to tourism.
- The Beautiful South Awards are run by Tourism South East and Services 4 Tourism.
- Tourism South East is the leading membership-based tourism organisation for South East England, covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East and West Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire and Surrey.
- The South East is the largest region for tourism in Britain outside of London, worth in excess of £12 billion p.a. to the regional economy (7% of regional GVA) supporting over 300,000 jobs.
- The 2011 Beautiful South Awards were kindly sponsored by Artisan Litho, Denbies Wine Estate, ebxp, eviivo, Green Business, Pavey Group, SuperControl, Take One Media, Villeroy & Boch, Vivo HR and Warwick Corporate Events.