32 Friday, February 7, 2020 WESTERN MORNING NEWS NEWS Holiday businesses take a break to enjoy awards The best of the region’s visitor economy businesses were celebrating last night at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards, held amid a stunning light show in Exeter Cathedral

USINESSES devoted to creat- Bronze ing special times enjoyed their ■■ Durlston Country Park National Bown occasion in the spotlight Nature Reserve, Dorset, durlston. last night at a record-breaking South co.uk @DurlstonCP West Tourism Excellence Awards. Commended ■ The gathering in Exeter Cathedral ■ Gloucester Cathedral, Glouces- >>The 25 Boutique B&B in – itself one of the region’s leading tershire, gloucestercathedral.org.uk Torquay, a gold winner attractions – saw 107 awards pre- @ProjectPilgrim1 sented after judges pored over a ■■ Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxall record 773 entries from the Isles of noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk Scilly to Gloucestershire. @noahs_ark_zoo The audience was treated to a @yellowbicycle1 FORTHGLADE DOG FRIENDLY Haka from the children of Ilsington ACTIVE AND SPORTING Silver PUB OF THE YEAR CofE Primary School near Bovey EXPERIENCE AWARD ■■ Boscastle Farmshop & Café, Gold Tracey in Devon. The rugby theme Gold Cornwall boscastlefarmshop.co.uk, ■■ The Grove Arms, Dorset grove- continued with a conversation on ■■ Wild Wookey, Somerset wild- @ BFS2K18 arms-ludwell.co.uk @TheGroveArms ‘winning’ from Kai Horstmann and wookey.co.uk, @wildwookey Bronze Silver Greg Holmes, Exeter Chiefs players Silver ■■ St Mawgan Tea Room and ■■ The Halzephron Inn, Cornwall and former internationals. ■■ Go Skydive, Wiltshire goskydive. Garden, Cornwall stmawganvil- halzephron-inn.co.uk, @InnHalze- An outstanding contribution com @GoSkydiveUK lagestores.co.uk phron award went to Martin Cox, director Bronze ■■ The Gallery Café, Dorset gallery- ■■ The Wheatsheaf, Bath wheat- of West Dorset Leisure Holidays, in ■■ Mill on the Brue Outdoor Activity cafe.uk sheafcombehay.com @Wheatsheaf_ recognition of his decades of support Centre, Somerset millonthebrue. Commended Bath and innovation for the holiday park co.uk @millonthebrue ■■ Teacup Tearoom, Cornwall, Bronze sector, Dorset and South West. ■■ Mylor Sailing and Powerboat teacuptearoom.com, @teacup_tea- ■■ The Cadeleigh Arms, Devon Jeremy Mitchell, the marketing School, Cornwall, mylorsailing- room thecadeleigharms.com @Cade- and communications director, of St school.co.uk, @mylorsailing ■■ The Blitz Tearoom, Somerset leighArms Austell Brewery – headline sponsor Commended theblitz.uk @TheBlitzWSM of this year’s awards – said: “There ■■ Adventure Okehampton, Devon GLAMPING BUSINESS & ALTERNATIVE are so many businesses and individ- adventureokehampton.com CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERSTAR ACCOMMODATION OF THE YEAR uals in our region that deserve to be @adventureOke AWARD Gold recognised for their outstanding ■■ Bude Canoe Experience, ■■ Mark Jackson, The Park Cornwall, ■■ The Treehouses, Somerset contribution and world-class hospi- Cornwall, budecanoeexperience.co. Cornwall, theparkcornwall.com, treehouseholidays.co.uk tality. uk, @budecanoe @theparkcornwall Silver “We’d like to congratulate those ■■ Calvert Trust Exmoor, Devon ■■ Devon Yurt, Devon devonyurt. who were awarded for their best calvertexmoor.org.uk @CalvertEx- DOG FRIENDLY BUSINESS co.uk @devonyurt practice, hard work and excellent moor OF THE YEAR Bronze Silver service. It was a fantastic night of cel- ■■ Reach Outdoors, Devon, reach- Gold ■■ Devon Dens, Devon devondens. ■■ Marlborough College School of ebration and all of the winners outdoors.com @reach_outdoors ■■ Woodland Cottages, Devon co.uk @woodlanddens English & Culture, Wiltshire mcsec. should feel extremely proud of all woodlandcottages.org.uk @ ■■ Esme’s Escape – Luxury Shep- co.uk @MCol_Summer that they continue to achieve.” B&B AND GUESTHOUSE OF THE YEAR woodlands_devon herd’s Hut, Somerset esmes-escape. Bronze The awards organiser, Robin Bark- Gold Silver co.uk ■■ Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves, er of Services for Tourism, said: “I ■■ The 25 Boutique B&B, Devon ■■ Holi Moli Beach Hut, Somerset ■■ Stocklinch Shepherds Hut, Devon kents-cavern.co.uk @Kents_ never cease to be amazed by the the25.uk @The25Torquay dunsterbeachhut.com @Dunster- Somerset stocklinchshepherdshut. Cavern innovation, dedication and imagina- Silver BeachHut co.uk ■■ Select South West Tours, Devon & tion of our tourism businesses – not ■■ Trevose Harbour House, Corn- ■■ Teacup Tearoom, Cornwall Commended Cornwall selectsouthwesttours.com, to mention their sheer hard work. wall trevosehouse.co.uk, teacuptearoom.com, @teacup_tea- ■■ Blackdown Yurts, Devon @selectSWtours “It’s humbling to be part of this @TREVOSEHOUSE room blackdownyurts.co.uk @Black- Commended and I’d like to add my congratula- Bronze Bronze downYurts ■■ Dartington International Summer tions to all the winners.” ■■ Pentillie Castle & Estate, Corn- ■■ Wyelets, Gloucestershire wyelets. ■■ Middle Stone Farm Glamping, School & Festival, Devon dartington. All entrants underwent a rigorous wall, pentillie.co.uk, @PentillieCastle co.uk Somerset middlestonefarm.com org/summer-school @DartingtonArts short-listing process with 559 visited ■■ Yarner House, Devon yarner.com Commended ■■ Penbugle Organic Farm, Corn- ■■ Jurassic Coast Guides, Dorset by a team of 50 mystery shoppers. @Yarnerhouse ■■ The Park Cornwall, Cornwall, wall, penbuglefarm.co.uk, @ jurassiccoastguides.co.uk, @ Entry was free, and all entrants Commended theparkcornwall.com/, @thepark- penbugle jurassicguides received feedback, valued by ■■ Driftwood B&B, Devon drift- cornwall ■■ The Babbacombe Hotel, Devon entrants as a top reason for taking woodbandb.co.uk @brixham_b The HOLIDAY PARK OF THE YEAR thebabbacombehotel.co.uk part. Top performers in matching Old Stables Bed & Breakfast, Gold ■■ Travel England Tours Ltd, categories will now go on to the Vis- Somerset theoldstablesbandb.com ETHICAL, RESPONSIBLE & ■■ The Park Cornwall, Cornwall travelenglandtours.com, @TetTours itEngland Awards, with the potential @oldstablesbandb SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AWARD theparkcornwall.com, @thepark- to become national winners. Gold cornwall LARGE HOTEL OF THE YEAR BUSINESS EVENT VENUE OF THE YEAR ■■ Mill on the Brue Outdoor Activity Silver Gold 2019/20 WINNERS & Gold Centre, Somerset millonthebrue. ■■ Highlands End Holiday Park, ■■ Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, COMMENDED ■■ Assembly Rooms, Bath bathv- co.uk @millonthebrue Dorset highlandsendholidaypark. Wiltshire lucknampark.co.uk @ Sponsored by St Austell Brewery, enues.co.uk/venues/assembly- Silver co.uk, @wdlh LucknamPark staustellbrewery.co.uk rooms @bathvenues ■■ River Dart Country Park, Devon ■■ Ladram Bay Holiday Park, Devon Silver Silver riverdart.co.uk @RiverDartCP ladrambay.co.uk @LadramBay ■■ St Michaels Resort, Cornwall ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE ■■ Event Exeter, Devon event.exeter. Bronze Bronze stmichaelsresort.com, @StMichael- TOURISM AWARD ac.uk @eventexeter ■■ Bagwell Farm Touring Park, ■■ Hendra Holiday Park, Cornwall sHotel Gold ■■ The Headland Cornwall, Corn- Dorset bagwellfarm.co.uk, @ hendra-holidays.com, @Hendra- Bronze ■■ The Roman Baths & Pump Room, wall headlandhotel.co.uk, bagwellfarm Holidays ■■ Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Bath romanbaths.co.uk @HeadlandHotel ■■ Wheatland Farm, Devon wheat- Commended Spa, Dorset harbourhotels.co.uk, @ @RomanBathsBath Bronze landfarm.co.uk @WheatlandFarm ■■ Cofton Holidays, Devon, cofton- Harbour_Hotels Silver  ■■ Marsham Court Hotel, Dorset Commended holidays.co.uk @cofton_Holidays ■■ Salcombe Harbour Hotel & Spa, ■■ Mylor Sailing and Powerboat marshamcourthotel.co.uk ■■ Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Bristol Devon salcombe-harbour-hotel. School, Cornwall, mylorsailing- @MarshamCourt noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk @noahs_ INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AWARD co.uk, @SalcombeHHotel school.co.uk, @mylorsailing CAFÉ/TEAROOM OF THE YEAR ark_zoo Gold Commended ■■ North Hayne Farm Cottages, Gold ■■ Pentillie Castle & Estate, Cornwall ■■ The Roman Baths & Pump Room, ■■ Ellenborough Park, Gloucester- Devon northhaynefarmcottages.co. ■■ Yellow Bicycle Café, Dorset pentillie.co.uk, @PentillieCastle Bath romanbaths.co.uk @Roman- shire ellenboroughpark.com @ uk @NorthHayne facebook.com/yellowbicyclecafe BathsBath EllenboroughPk