Visit Nottinghamshire Launches STARS Awards to find Outstanding Tourism Experiences

The search is on to find outstanding tourism experiences in the county, with entries now open for the Nottinghamshire Hospitality STARS Awards.

Organised by Visit Nottinghamshire, in partnership with the Nottingham Hospitality Association, the STARS Awards are a celebration of the very best in the county’s leisure, culture, tourism and hospitality sectors.

With a total of 14 categories, from ‘Bed & Breakfast of the Year’ and ‘Visitor Attraction of the Year’, to ‘Rising Star – Unsung Hero’, the awards are an opportunity to highlight outstanding service and give thanks to the people and organisations which make such valuable contributions to tourism and the economy by drawing an ever-growing number of visitors to Nottinghamshire.

2018 Nottinghamshire Hospitality STARS Awards categories:

• Bed & Breakfast of the Year
• Boutique Guest Accommodation of the Year
• Business/Conference Venue Tourism Award
• Guided Tour of the Year
• Holiday Park / Holiday Village of the Year
• Hotel of the Year
• Inclusive Tourism Award
• Visitor Attraction of the Year
• New Tourism Business Award
• Sustainable Tourism Award
• Taste of Nottinghamshire Award
• Tourism Pub of the Year
• Rising Star – Front of House
• Rising Star – Unsung Hero

Winners of the first 12  categories in the STARS Awards are ​eligible to enter the ‘2019 VisitEngland Awards’, a national tourism awards programme which is firmly established as representing the highest accolade in English Tourism.

Brendan Moffett, Chief Executive of Visit Nottinghamshire, said: “Following a three-year hiatus, we are delighted to bring back the STARS Awards and recognise the outstanding tourism experiences across the city and county.

“Nottinghamshire is a fantastic destination, attracting millions of visitors each year. These awards celebrate tourism, culture, leisure and hospitality businesses and the people behind them who work so hard and professionally to deliver an exceptional experience.”

Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID) is proud sponsors of the Sustainable Tourism Award. Chairman of Nottingham BID, Jeff Allen said: “It is great to see the local STARS Award back, giving local tourism businesses recognition and enabling local winners to enter Visit England’s national awards, which is good for their national profile too. We are pleased to be involved and to be sponsoring the Sustainable Tourism Award. Tourism is important to Nottingham as it brings more people to the area which benefits local businesses including our members – leisure and retail businesses in the city centre - so we wanted to support the awards.”

Winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Thursday, November 1st 2018 at Nottingham Crowne Plaza.

For more information and to enter, visit www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/nottinghamshire-hospitality-stars-awards.