The Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards has today announced its shortlist after a large number of quality entrants were received.
The awards, which recognise the very best in tourism that the Liverpool City Region has to offer, has completed the difficult task of selecting just 50 entrants across 13 categories to go forward to the final judging round.
The awards recognise those who have contributed to the Liverpool City Region tourism over the last 12 months and the shortlist reflects the very best of those contributors.
Liverpool One are the award’s headline sponsors, as one of Europe’s leading retail and leisure destinations, set in the heart of Liverpool City Centre. Built around the existing streets of Liverpool, the 1.65million sq ft contemporary open-air complex is a stylish must-see destination for those who love to shop, eat, drink and relax.
Category sponsors include Virgin Trains, Viva Brazil, the award winning restaurant chain, the Hoteliers Association, City Central BID and Commercial District BID, ACC Liverpool and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
The countdown is now on to see who will be crowned winners of their respective categories at the star studded event, set to take place at St George’s Hall on May 22.
The hard work now begins for the panel of leading industry experts who must select the deserving winners from the shortlist for each category. Peter Avis, manager of Richard Branson’s award winning Babylon restaurant at the Kensington Roof gardens in London; Hamish Anderson, head sommelier and wine buyer at The Tate, Helena Egan, Head of Destination Marketing Sales for TripAdvisor and Sara Wilde-McKeown, chair of Liverpool City Region’s Visitor Economy Board and Managing Director of Paver Smith are just a few of the prestigious names on the panel this year.
The awards, which are being held on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, are now in their fourth decade of continued recognition of Liverpool’s vibrant tourism industry and its valued contributors.
Shortlisted Candidates
Hotel of the Year
Formby Hall
Hilton
Hope Street Hotel
Malmaison
Ramada Plaza Southport
Guest Accommodation of the Year
International Inn
Merebrook House Wirral
Peel Hey Wirral
Serviced Apartments of the Year
Bridge Street Apartments
Hollywood Barges Liverpool (Titanic/Yellow Sub/Joker)
Staybridge Suites
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
Childhood Homes of Paul McCartney and John Lennon (National Trust)
Darkstar Ultimate Laser Arena St Helens
Open Eye Gallery
Port Sunlight Museum Wirral
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Beatles Story
Knowsley Safari Park
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
Liverpool Central Library
Liverpool Football Club
Museum of Liverpool
Taste Liverpool
Caffe Cream Wirral
Delifonseca
London Carriage Works
Lunya
Malmaison Brasserie
Best Tourism Event and Experience
Battle of the Atlantic
Chagall: Modern Master (Tate Liverpool)
Liverpool Philharmonic 2013 Programme
Shiverpool
Bar of the Year
Hub Alehouse & Kitchen
Malmaison
The Wro Wirral
Best Tourism Marketing Project
Chaghall: Modern Master (Tate Liverpool)
Liverpool ONE – Where Style Comes to Life
Shiverpool
Excellence in Business Tourism
ACC Liverpool
Hilton Liverpool
National Museums Trading Liverpool – Conference and Events Team
The Conference Centre at LACE
Sustainable Tourism
Caffe Cream Wirral
Ness Botanic Gardens Wirral
Outstanding Customer Service
Dave Brown – Merseyside Maritime Museum
Lillian Moore – Liverpool Empire Theatre
Phillip Davies – Jury’s Inn Liverpool
Simon Breedon – Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool)
Tourism Ambassador
Gemma McGowan – The Isla Gladstone
Ginette Goulston – Beatles Story
Peter Rosenfeld – BusyBus Sightseeing Tours
Sharon Simons – Malmaison
Registration for tickets is now open. Don’t miss out and register now to attend one of the most prestigious events in Liverpool’s awards calendar:
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