Click here to watch the video from the 2008 Awards ceremony

Why should you enter?

The Tourism ExSEllence Awards recognise excellence, quality and innovation, achieved over the last 18 months, across all sectors of the tourism industry.

The honours bring great marketing and PR benefits, and have proved to be a real source of pride and motivation for winners and their teams.

Exceeding 4.5 million “opportunities to see”, the 2008 campaign achieved extensive
consumer and industry media coverage including regional TV and Radio.

Below are the four regional winners that went on to shine on the national stage. See what they had to say…

Hannah Payne, Marketing Manager, Blenheim Palace, Buckinghamshire

Silver Award, Large Visitor Attraction of the Year

‘It provides us the ability to showcase the award logo on all of our marketing literature and website. It’s fantastic to win such a prestigious award and to receive recognition as one of the very best attractions within the industry.’
Hannah Payne, Marketing Manager

Short video about Blenheim Palace - click here

Barbara Hunt, TIC Manager, Royal Windsor Visitor Information Centre, Berkshire

Silver Award, Tourist Information Centre of the Year

‘Following a re-location to smaller premises, almost complete turnover of staff and introduction of new services including the DMS, the service that emerged was quite different to anything we had delivered before. The ExSEllence awards gave us the opportunity to showcase this, gaining extensive local PR and raising the profile amongst Directors and Council members.’
Julia White, Tourism Manager, Royal Borough Windsor and Maidenhead

Short video about Royal Windsor Visitor Information Centre - click here

Amelia Foster, Roald Dahl Museum, Buckinghamshire

Gold Award, Small Visitor Attraction of the Year

"It's huge recognition for the team, everyone that works here is passionate about what they do. They really believe in inspiring creativity whether you are 50, 5, or 85."

Audio Interview - click here

Andrew Stenbridge, Chewton Glen, Hampshire

Gold Award, Large Hotel of the Year

"Everyone at the hotel works relentlessly to deliver exceptional experiences for our guests everyday and it is really nice when that gets recognised."

Audio Interview - click here
Short video about Chewton Glen - click here

Christina Symons, Cottage Lodge, Hampshire

Gold Award, Sustainable Tourism

"Filling out the forms was easy and straight forward. TSE and VB have been fabulous all along the way."

Audio Interview - click here
Short video about Cottage Lodge - click here