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Go North Wales Tourism Awards Tickets

Go North Wales Tourism Awards Tickets 

The seventh Go North Wales Tourism Awards on Thursday 23rd November 2023 at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.

The purpose of the awards is to celebrate and recognise excellence in the region’s hospitality and tourism sectors. The awards will showcase and celebrate the achievements, hard work and dedication of those working in the industry.

If you are involved in our region’s tourism industry then these awards are for you!

The Go North Wales Tourism Awards will be held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno on Thursday 23rd November 2023. There will be a gala dinner and award presentations followed by an evening of entertainment and dancing.

Dress code for the evening will be black tie.

Event tickets are available at a cost of £78 (inc.VAT)

Name(s) of individual ticket holders to be provided when ordering.

To book by phone with card payment call 01492 539058 and ask for Eirlys, or book online below for bank transfer or card payment.

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Nominations and tickets for the 2023 Go North Wales Tourism Awards, sponsored by Harlech Food Service have now opened and the website is now live. 

The seventh Go North Wales Tourism Awards will be held on Thursday 23 November at Venue Cymru, Llandudno to celebrate and recognise excellence and outstanding achievement by our businesses and individuals working in the tourism hospitality sector of North Wales.

If you are involved in our region’s tourism industry, then these awards are for you! Why not complete the online form and submit? There are 18 categories and nominations are now open! You can nominate your own tourism business, or the best tourism business which you think is a worthy winner.

The deadline for applications is Monday 9 October 2023. 

For all details on the awards including how to join us on the Awards evening please visit https://gonorthwalestourismawards.website .

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North Wales’ top tourism spots hailed with prestigious awards

A railway that came back from the brink of collapse, a zoo that’s attracted eight million visitors and the world’s deepest hotel have been hailed as tourism heroes in north Wales.

The Llangollen Railway, the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay and Go Below Underground Adventures in Eryri were among the big winners at the Go North Wales Tourism Awards.

The annual event organised by North Wales Tourism celebrates the dedication, skill and achievements of the region’s tourism and hospitality industry.

This year the ceremony at Venue Cymru in Llandudno was hosted by ITV Wales journalist Carole Green and the headline sponsor once again was Harlech Foodservice which supplies many of the region’s hotels, guest houses and restaurants.

The popular Llangollen Railway was named Go Attraction of the Year after staging a remarkable comeback.

The heritage railway is now back on track after mounting debts caused by Covid disruptions forced its operating arm into receivership.

It steamed forward thanks to the dedication of the volunteers of the Llangollen Railways Trust who took over the railway’s operation.

Earlier this year the organisation achieved a long-held ambition to open the new £1.25 million station in Corwen, enabling passenger-carrying trains to return to the Denbighshire town first time in four years.

Llangollen Railway Chair Phil Coles said: “It’s been a lot of very hard work over two and a half years with an awful lot of input from visitors and staff.

“Very many people have gone over and above in their dedication to the railway and this award is the icing on the cake for us after going bust in the pandemic.”

Tom Taylor, General Manager, added: “We had to work with the rest of the tourism industry just to survive but we have taken the railway out to Corwen now and we’re already making a big difference to the town there.

“We’re looking towards National Park status now and we need to be a really polished product.

“We need to stabilise, recover and build for the future and the staff have been key to that and this award is for them.”

Honouring the animal magic of Welsh Mountain Zoo with the Go North Wales Service to Tourism Award was particularly timely because the iconic attraction is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.

The zoo opened in 1963 after Robert Jackson, his wife Margaret and their three sons, Tony, Chris and Nick moved from their Cheshire home to Colwyn Bay.

Now recognised as the National Zoo of Wales, it has evolved over the years and became a charity in the 1980s.

It now plays a vital conservation role as part of a global movement to conserve and safeguard species from across the world.

The zoo employs a team of about 40 permanent staff – rising to about 55 staff over the summer months – and has attracted more than eight million visitors since it opened.

Rob Jackson, grandson of the founder, Bob Jackson, said: “It’s down to us really being a family business and the local community have been fantastic in their support during lockdown and in the meantime we just do all the normal things we’ve been doing for 50 years.

“In lockdown the animals still needed looking after and we’ve had brilliant support.

“We’ve a beautiful location and that combined with the family ethos here, the wonderful animals, lovely grounds and the views of Eryri.

“It’s fantastic to have won this award and I’m really pleased for my Uncle Nick who has really known no other job.”

Nick Jackson, who retired last year, said: “I’ve been here 52 years and been raised in the zoo.

“It has been a bit of a shock but in our 60th anniversary year it’s been great to win this award.”

The deepest hotel in the world, 1,375ft below the mountains of Eryri, was a double winner on the night, scooping the gongs for the Go North Wales Experience of the Year and Go Resilience and Innovation Award.

The subterranean bolthole is set deep within a chamber of the abandoned Cwmorthin slate mine, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, and can only be accessed via a steep and challenging route through the old workings.

Called Deep Sleep, it comprises four private twin-bed cabins and a ‘romantic’ grotto room with a double bed, a dining area and loo facilities with simple toilets and sinks.

The hotel, which describes itself as a ‘remote-camp adventure experience’ and is run by the outdoor activity company Go Below Underground Adventures based near Betws y Coed.

The off-grid adventure is the latest creation of Go Below’s founder, Miles Moulding, whose underground adventure company already runs tours including zip lining, crossing a waterfall or boating on a lake, all deep below ground.

He said: “It’s great to win this award. We have excellent and friendly staff and they are the people that really make the difference.

“Our visitors come away talking about how good the experience is and how well looked after they have been and that’s the big thing for any company because they are the interface with the customers.”

Jim Jones, the Chief Executive of North Wales Tourism, said: “We are grateful to Harlech Foodservice and all our other sponsors for stepping up to the plate to support the Go North Wales Tourism Awards.

“Tonight is an opportunity to celebrate the best of best in the tourism and hospitality sector.

“The sheer volume and quality of entries this year has underlined why north Wales is a truly world class destination.

“I would like to congratulate all the winners but I would also like to stress that all the nominees are playing a vital role in championing what we have to offer visitors from home and abroad. They do an exceptional job in putting north Wales on the map.

“The priority now is to try to get back up to where we were in 2019 and to increase the spend of the visitors who come here by raising the quality of what we are doing.”

David Cattrall, the Managing Director of Harlech Foodservice, said: “We are delighted to once again be the headline sponsor of this wonderful awards ceremony and it’s very much a vote of confidence in the tourism and hospitality sector which has endured such a difficult time in recent years.

“This is our opportunity to give something back and celebrate the achievements of our core customers.

“That’s also why we have launched our new Trust Our Prices campaign with over 300 popular lines having their prices cut and frozen until January 1.

“The fundamental reasons why north Wales is such an attractive place to visit are still there and will continue to be in demand in future.

“We have amazing scenery and world class facilities so I am sure the sector will go from strength to strength.

“That means that the tourism and hospitality sector can play a big role in leading the economic recovery in north Wales.”

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Go North Wales Tourism Awards 2023

The Go North Wales Tourism awards give us the chance to celebrate North Wales’ best tourism and hospitality businesses and the valuable contribution they make to the growing visitor economy.

If you are involved in the region’s tourism industry, then these awards are for you!

This year’s categories are:

• Large Hotel of the Year (50+ rooms)
• Go Small Hotel of the Year (50 rooms or less)
• Go B&B, Inn and Guest House of the Year
• Go Self Catering of the Year
• Go Glamping, Camping, Caravanning and Holiday Park of the Year
• Go Attraction of the Year
• Go Experience of the Year
• Go Best Event of the Year Award
• Go Eating Out Experience Award
• Go Tourism Supplier of the Year Award
• Go Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award
• Go Pet Friendly Award
• Go Young Person in Tourism & Hospitality Award
• New Tourism Business of the Year Award
• Go Marketing & Media Recognition Award
• Go Cruise North Wales Award – Best Group Tour
• Go Skills Enhancement in Tourism & Hospitality Award
• Go Resilience and Innovation Award
• Go North Wales Service to Tourism Award

The closing date for entries is Monday 9 October 2023.

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Go North Wales Tourism Awards Tickets

The seventh Go North Wales Tourism Awards are taking place on Thursday 23rd November at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.

The purpose of the awards is to celebrate and recognise excellence in the region’s hospitality and tourism sectors. The awards will showcase and celebrate the achievements, hard work and dedication of those working in the industry.

If you are involved in our region’s tourism industry then these awards are for you!

The Go North Wales Tourism Awards will be held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno on Thursday 23rd November 2023. There will be a dinner and award presentations followed by an evening of entertainment and dancing.

Dress code for the evening will be black tie.

The celebrations start with a drinks reception immediately followed by dinner. The awards will then be presented and the evening will finish with dancing.

Event tickets are available at a cost of £65 (plus VAT) per person. If you wish to purchase a table please email [email protected] .

To book by phone call 01492 539058 and ask for Eirlys or book online .

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Ambassador Wales one of the winners at the Go North Wales Tourism Awards

Ambassador Wales and Denbighshire County Council were named as one of the winners in this year’s Go North Wales Tourism Awards held at Venue Cymru in Llandudno.

The Tourism Ambassador Scheme run by the council snapped up the Go Skills Award for its hard work helping to provide people with online training about the special qualities of Denbighshire. Denbighshire was the first to launch an online course of this kind in Wales, and the free and accessible training has helped make sure there are now nearly 350 Ambassadors across the County.

These Ambassadors are provided with a comprehensive course that includes 12 modules, helping them become experts on their County, deepening their knowledge of their local area.

The scheme has now been adopted by many other councils and organisations in Wales and has seen massive success with over 2,600 people having enrolled onto at least one of the courses.

Councillor Win Mullen-James, Lead Member for Local Development and Planning said:

“The hard work by the people in this team deserves to be awarded. This innovative scheme was the first of its kind in Wales and has grown from strength to strength since its launch. It is a free and brilliant way for people to learn about our county and deserves to be recognised.”