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Cumbria tourism award announces its winners

Friday, June 22, 2018

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Cumbria tourism award announcesMore than 400 guests came together at Cartmel Racecourse for the ceremony, hosted by Alan ‘Deadly’ Dedicoat, best known as the National Lottery’s ‘voice of the balls’.

 
The ceremony is now in its 16th year. 63 finalists were selected in 18 categories, including Large Hotel of the Year, Tourism Event of the Year and Outstanding Customer Service, which this year, for the first time in the event’s history, saw a three-way tie for the honor.
Lord Clark of Windermere was awarded the Bernard Gooch Tourism Personality of the Year Award.

 
Lord Clark led the bid for the Lake District’s successful bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has been a high-profile figure championing Cumbria on the national and international stage over the past year.

 
As per a Cumbria Tourism spokesman, “Since its status was given it has been fantastic to see how local people and businesses are working together to capitalize on this achievement and raise the profile of the Lake District, in indeed the county, around the world.”

 
Gill Haigh, the managing director of Cumbria Tourism, said: “Huge congratulations not only to our award winners, but to all the finalists. These were my first Cumbria Tourism Awards and I have been blown away by the strength and depth of our £2.9billion tourism industry, not to mention the sheer hard work and dedication shown by tourism businesses who deliver world class experiences to the county’s millions of visitors day in, day out.

 

Following on from Cumbria’s second World Heritage designation for the Lake District, this truly is a year of celebration!”

 
All award winners received a trophy made by Kendal-based glass artist Jo Vincent and stand the chance to put their business forward for the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2019.

 

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