The inaugural English Riviera Tourism Awards took place on 3rd October 2019 in Torquay and we were absolutely thrilled to have come away with both 'Gold Holiday Park of the Year' and 'Silver Dog-Friendly Business of the Year'!

Launched as part of the English Riviera BID Company’s plans to encourage excellence across the area, the awards celebrate the diverse range of outstanding businesses in our local area.

74 entries were received for the first year of the new English Riviera Tourism Awards, with 46 selected as finalists. With so many fantastic businesses on the beautiful English Riviera, we are absolutely thrilled to have been named as a finalist and to have won the Gold is a fantastic achievement.

Other winners included our friends at Reach Outdoors who took home the Gold 'Active, Sporting and Learning Experience'. Torbay Airshow was named ‘Tourism Event and Festival of the Year’ and Kent’s Cavern was awarded the prestigious ‘Winner of Winners’ after receiving 3 Golds including Visitor Attraction of the Year. Click here for the full results

Carolyn Custerson, Chief Executive of the English Riviera BID Company said: “Last night was all about celebrating local excellence and we certainly did that, the atmosphere and comradeship in the room has been just fantastic. The English Riviera is certainly a world class seaside resort.”

A huge well done and thank you to our brilliant team and Congratulations to all the winners and finalist!