DOZENS of tourism businesses are off to the Rheged Centre at Penrith in June to find out if they've won one of the county's leading tourism titles.
The finalists of the Cumbria Tourism Awards have been revealed with the winners revealed on June 11.
This year there's also a new category – Best Tourism Pub.
Ian Stephens, of Cumbria Tourism, said: “This is our chance to reward the best of the best and show our appreciation. It is important for our tourism businesses to enter and to be recognised by their peers.
"Indeed many winners at the Cumbria Tourism Awards go on to win at the national Enjoy England Awards, held by VisitEngland, which judges the best in the country."
Cumbria Tourism Awards 2013 – Finalists
Guest Accommodation of the Year
Augill Castle – Nr Kirby Stephen
Windermere Suites - Windermere
Littlebeck Warren - Distington
Large Hotel
The Castle Green Hotel - Kendal
Trout Hotel - Cockermouth
Inn on the Lake - Glenridding
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Grizedale Forest - Hawkshead
World of Beatrix Potter – Bowness-on-Windermere
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery - Carlisle
Walby Farm Park – Nr Carlisle
Self-Catering Holiday of the Year
Mill House Cottages – Kirkby Lonsdale
Monkhouse Hill – Nr Caldbeck
Hall Hills – Raughton Head, Nr Carlisle
The Sheila Hensman Award for Outstanding Customer Service
Tom Hart - Irton Hall, Holmrook
Darren Love - Inn on the Lake, Glenridding
Fiona Poole - Upper Eden Visitor Centre, Kirkby Stephen
Small Hotel of the Year
Appleby Manor Country House Hotel - Appleby
Rothay Garden Hotel - Grasmere
Cedar Manor Hotel & Restaurant - Windermere
Tourism Event of the Year
Keswick Mountain Festival
Kendal Mountain Festival
Taste Cumbria Food and Drink Festival
Sustainable Tourism Award
Newlands Adventure Centre - Newlands
Grizedale Forest - Hawkshead
Woolpack Inn - Boot
Small Visitor Attraction
Wordsworth House & Garden - Cockermouth
Levens Hall - Kendal
Treetop Trek Ltd Brockhole
Taste Cumbria Award
Drunken Duck Inn - Barngates
The Cottage in the Wood - Whinlatter
George & Dragon - Clifton
Tourism Pub of the Year
The Butchers Arms – Crosby Ravensworth
Kirkstile Inn - Loweswater
Watermill Inn & Brewery - Ings
Tourism Experience Award
Ullswater Steamers - Glenridding
Mountain Goat - Windermere
The Old Laundry Theatre - Bowness
Holiday Park of the Year will be announced on the night.
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