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Outstanding tourism businesses from across South West England were celebrating in style on Thursday 14 March as 89 awards were presented at the 2023/24 South West Tourism Excellence Awards, including several Tourism for All members.
The annual event was the grand finale of 12 months of entry, judging and feedback as over 300 winners, supporters and tourism leaders celebrated in the Great Hall of the University of Exeter. Many have also been nominated to represent the region in the national VisitEngland awards, which concludes in Liverpool in June.
All forms of hospitality business were amongst the winners, with cafes, pubs, karting centres schools and distilleries all celebrating alongside attractions, camping and glamping sites, holiday parks, B&Bs, cottages and hotels.
Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted and a huge well done to the Tourism for All members who were named winners. Including the following:
Gold, Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
Gold, Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Bronze, Business Events Venue of the Year
Westonbirt Arboretum
Bronze, Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award
Bronze, Tourism Event/Festival of the Year for Enchanted Christmas at Westonbirt
Robin Barker, Director of Services for Tourism Ltd, who manage the Awards, added: “The impact of these awards on the region’s top tourism businesses never ceases to amaze me. It means so much to them. Many congratulations to each and every one of them.”
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Throughout the year there are a wide range of activities including wheelchair-accessible Wild Safari’s in the summer months to wild bird feeds in the wintertime, when the reserve is home to over 35,000 wildfowl. WWT Slimbridge have three SEND friendly sensory backpacks available from their admissions desk, these are free for visitors to borrow on a first come first served basis. Each backpack contains 4 fidget items and ear defenders can be borrowed separately.
There are mobility scooters and manual wheelchairs available, a shuttle bus to take you to certain points of the arboretum, group visits are available and we have a Changing Places Facility available for those who need it.
We have 4 standard accessible rooms sleeping up to 2 guests and 1 family accessible room which can sleep up to 4 guests. All have wetrooms, profiling beds and removable ceiling hoists. These rooms can only be booked directly with the hotel so that we can ensure you have the best possible experience. Please call us to ask for more details.
