Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards Categories
How to enter the 2023/24 Enjoy Staffordshire Awards
- Check your business is eligible by reading the Competition Terms & Conditions.
- Decide which category or categories you would like to enter from the list below.
- Click on the category name to download sample entry forms, to help you prepare your application offline.
- Write a compelling entry, gather your evidence, weblinks, images etc. in readiness to complete the submission.
- Submit your best application by 17th September online using the Tourism Awards Application Portal.
All applications MUST be submitted online via the secure Openwater Tourism Awards Application Portal before the closing date of 17th September 2023. No other form of application will be accepted or considered.
Deadline for application submission is 11:59 pm on Sunday 17th September
Judging period: 1st July – 31st December 2023
Awards ceremony event March 2024 at Venue TBC
2023/24 Tourism & Good Food Awards competition categories
Click on a category name to download a sample form to help prepare your application offline
NATIONAL AWARDS (Gold winners go forward to the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2024)
Cross sector categories, open to all business types
- Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Award sponsored by We Are Staffordshire
- Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Award sponsored by Staffordshire University
- New Tourism Business of the Year
- Unsung Hero Award sponsored by Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group
Business type specific categories
- Business Events Venue of the Year
- B&B and Guest House of the Year
- Small Hotel of the Year
- Large Hotel of the Year
- Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year
- Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year
- Experience of the Year sponsored by Staffordshire University
- Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Large Visitor Attraction of the Year sponsored
- Pub of the Year
- Taste of England Award: Independent Restaurant of the Year*
- Taste of England Award: Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year*
- Taste of England Award: Tea Room / Coffee Shop of the Year*
REGIONAL ONLY AWARDS
- Food & Drink Retailer / Farm Shop of the Year
- Rising Star Award sponsored by Stoke-on-Trent College
- Team of the Year
*One overall winner from these three categories will go forward to the national Taste of England Award
The awards give us the chance to celebrate Staffordshire’s best tourism and hospitality businesses and the valuable contribution they make to the growing visitor economy.
We will be holding a glittering black-tie Celebration Dinner and Awards Ceremony in March 2024 where the winners will be announced.
If you have any queries relating to the Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards, please email info@enjoystaffordshire.com
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