2021 Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards finalists are announced
The finalists have been announced for the 2020 Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards following an extended 10-month programme.
It’s the fifth year that the competition has been run, and it goes ahead amid unprecedented challenges for the tourism industry.
Among the finalists are Burnham’s Bev and Sarah Milner Simonds who succesfully held the eat:Portishead food festival last summer.
“It is an understatement to say that the past year has been challenging for the tourism and hospitality industry, with many finding themselves in truly desperate situations,” says awards organiser Nell Barrington.
THE finalists have been announced for the 2020 Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards, after an extended 10-month programme. This is the fifth year that the competition has run, and it has done so in unprecedented times for tourism. “It is an understatement to say that the past year has been challenging for the tourism and hospitality industry, with many finding themselves in truly desperate situations, said awards organiser Nell Barrington. We hope that the announcement of this year’s finalists will bring some welcome good news. The judges identified so many businesses who despite their circumstances have innovated, adapted and even reinvented themselves showing true excellence.”
AN AWARDS showcase celebrating the best of the best in the local tourism industry has announced the finalists – at an unprecedented time for the industry. It s been a year like no other for tourism businesses with some struggling to stay afloat amid the pandemic. So news that businesses from Weymouth, Dorchester and west Dorset have made the shortlist of the 2020 Dorset Tourism Awards will come as a very welcome boost. Organisers say the eighth year of the competition has been run in unprecedented times for tourism – but the focus on excellence and feedback for entrants has remained as relevant as ever.