The Isle of Wight was named Best UK Destination of the Year at an awards ceremony on Wednesday night.
The Group Leisure & Travel Awards, now in it’s 27th year, is organised by Group Leisure & Travel magazine, for organisers of group trips and holidays.
Hosted by America’s Got Talent winner, ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, guests from all corners of the group travel sector came together to celebrate the winners at the DoubleTree by Hilton at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Facing tough competition from destinations such as London, Staffordshire, Wiltshire and York, the Isle of Wight was voted Best UK Destination of the Year by those responsible for planning successful holidays, the group travel organisers.
Amy Summers, Sustainable Travel, Trade and Exhibitions Manager for Visit Isle of Wight, was at the awards ceremony. She says:
“It was an honour to collect the award at the Group Leisure and Travel awards ceremony on behalf of the Isle of Wight. My thanks to everyone who voted for us.
“Over the past year we have refreshed our group guide, added new itineraries, built relationships within the groups industry, and showcased the Island as the place for group travel.
“This award recognises the Island’s commitment to group travel and my congratulations to all businesses on the Island who provide an outstanding service to groups, and a special mention to the exhibition partnership members who support the shared vision in promoting the Island”.
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The Island celebrated other successes as Warner Leisure Hotels, with locations at Bembridge Coast and Norton Grange, was awarded Best Accommodation for Groups. HF Holidays, with a property at Freshwater Bay, was named Best Group Tour Operator.
Will Myles, Managing Director at Visit Isle of Wight, adds:
‘To be nominated for this award is an incredible achievement, but to go on and win as the result of a vote from group travel organisers is a shining testament to businesses and their staff on the Isle of Wight, who prove time and again that the Island really is the best destination.
“Congratulations to Warners Leisure Hotels and HF Holidays on their awards, it shows that the Island really does have the best of the best!
“Thank you to those businesses who make the Island such a popular destination, thank you to those group travel organisers who voted for the Isle of Wight and thank you to Group Leisure and Travel magazine for putting together these awards, celebrating the best in group travel across the UK”.DS
Isle of Wight is full of Tory right wingers who hate visitors. It is these visitors who keep the island afloat, not the octogenarian nimby’s.
Oh my, and it isn’t even April 1st. I might stop laughing in an hour or so.
What a load of ball sh*t
Sandown looks like it’s been blitzed.
Smell of drugs every where.
24/7 365 days a year parking charges and the most expensive
Ferry crossing per mile in the world.
They are having a Giraffe!
As long as they don’t drive through Sandown from the Library!
Isle of Wight is lovely, sure there’s some problems but the people who think it’s the pitts need a reality check.
As a mainlander let me tell you that you’ve no idea what bad is if you think the Island is.
Were the reviewing panel blind? The IOW tourism died about 30 years ago. There’s not one ‘attraction’ you can spend a day in as a family of 4 for less than £80 plus…….Not to mention the thieving ferry companies…At least Dick Turpin wore a mask to Rob people