Finalists Announced For Hotel & Tourism Awards 2008
The finalists have now been announced in this year’s Black Country Hotel and Tourism awards.
Dozens of staff working in the region’s hotel and tourism industry will soon find out if they have won the top award after being shortlisted in one of the thirteen categories.
Industry experts began judging several weeks ago and have worked their way around the Black Country visiting hotels and attractions in their bid to judge the region’s people, its tourism products and services.
Finalists
Large Hotel of the Year
- Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill
- The Mount Hotel & Conference Centre
- Village Hotel Dudley
Small Hotel of the Year
- Ely House Hotel
- The York Hotel
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Black Country Living Museum
- Dudley Zoological Gardens
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Haden Hill House
- Little Civic Wolverhampton
- Locksmith’s House
Outstanding Customer Service Award
- Anna Trickett, Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre
- Anne Willetts, Haden Hill House
Receptionist of the Year
- Aishia Ali, Novotel Wolverhampton
- Carrie Brookes, Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Dudley
- Donna Parkes, Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Dudley
HouseKeeper of the Year
- Petra Samuels, Village Hotel & Leisure Club, Dudley
- Ann Stokes, Novotel Wolverhampton
Chef of the Year
- Jean Bingham, Wightwick Manor
- Matthew Lee Chong Lui, Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant & Bar
- Greg Strachen, Weston Park Enterprises Limited
- Sharley Thomas, Novotel Wolverhampton
Tomorrow’s Manager
- Elizabeth Zeta Baines, Holiday Inn M6 J7
- Tom Gallimore, Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill
- Hannah Pugh, Novotel Wolverhampton
Business Tourism Award
- Molineux Conference & Banqueting Centre
- The Mount Hotel & Conference Centre
- Weston Park Enterprises Limited
Restaurant Service of the Year
- Tristian Basudev, Novotel Wolverhampton
- Sarah Causer, Patshull Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club
- Kevin Wan Han Chan, Wing Wah Chinese Restaurant & Bar
- Nicole Ng Lay Hong, Novotel Wolverhampton
Tourism Website of the Year
- Dudley Zoological Gardens — www.dudleyzoo.co.uk
- Wolverhampton Arts and Museum Service — www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
- Wolverhampton Civic Halls — www.wolvescivic.co.uk
Festival or Event of the Year
- Dudley Rock & Fossil Festival
- Trick or Treat Halloween Walk
- The Women Chainmakers’ Festival
The Black Country Hotel & Tourism Awards will culminate in a gala dinner and awards ceremony on Friday 11th April at the Park Hall Hotel, Wolverhampton, when all the shortlisted finalists will find out if they are to be named the overall winner in their category and receive a specially commissioned piece of glass to carry off along with the title.
Several of the award winners will automatically go forward to the Regional Tourism Awards with the chance of winning on a regional or even a national level.
The Black Country Hotel & Tourism Awards were launched three years ago by Black Country Tourism to celebrate the diversity and quality of the tourism product in the region and to help raise standards at a local level.
Tickets for the evening are now on sale priced £35 for members and £40 for non members.
Contact the tourism team on 08458 15 15 16 to reserve yours.
