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White Rose Awards Winners – showcase Leeds and West Yorkshire to the UK meetings market
Story published: Monday, 6 October 2008
Conference Leeds, the super convention bureau for Leeds and West Yorkshire is celebrating after 6 of its conference venues and partners received awards in the coveted “White Rose Awards”. The awards are organised annually by Welcome to Yorkshire in recognition of the high standards of tourist attractions and accommodation in the Yorkshire region.
The winners were announced at a glittering awards ceremony held at Bridlington Spa on 25th September 2008. Winners from the White Rose Awards 2008 will now be put forward as Yorkshire’s nominations for the national Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2009.
Leeds and West Yorkshire winners were:
• The Queens Hotel, Leeds – Business Tourism Award of the Year
• Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa – Hotel of the Year (35 bedrooms and over)
• Harewood House - Visitor Attraction of the Year (50,000 visitors and over)
• Ackroyd House, Holmfirth – Best Newcomer to Tourism
• Rudding Park, Harrogate – Tourism Web Site of the Year
• Wakefield Tourist Information Centre – Tourist Information Service of the Year
Nicola Lockwood, Head of Conference Leeds said:
“It’s fantastic that so many of our venues have achieved this standard of recognition. We are particularly delighted that our venues have achieved the Business Tourism Award and the Hotel of the Year Award as we know that business tourism is worth a staggering £291 million to the region*. Awards like these showcase our venues to the UK and play their part in encouraging meetings and event organisers to host their events in our region.”
Conference Leeds is supported by Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency.
EDITORS NOTES:
Nicola Lockwood is available for interview on
0113 220 6356,
email:
nicola.lockwood@conference-leeds.com
*this amount is taken from the British Conference Venues Survey 2008, an independent annual survey of venues across the UK.
About Conference Leeds
Conference Leeds is the organisation responsible for promoting meetings and events across Leeds and West Yorkshire. The recently restructured Conference Leeds is now a “super convention bureau” representing almost 250 venues across the area, responsible for marketing the West Yorkshire districts of Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale.
Conference Leeds is a Leeds City Council organisation with funding from Yorkshire Forward, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale Councils.
Conference Leeds can offer a free venue finding service for anyone wanting to host an event in Leeds and West Yorkshire and markets the area through a series of initiatives.
About Yorkshire Forward
• Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency behind the economic regeneration of Yorkshire and Humber. It aims to make a positive difference by investing in jobs, improving towns and cities, and in supporting businesses throughout the region.
• Over the past year, Yorkshire Forward has created and safeguarded more than 27,000 new jobs; helped create and attract more than 1,100 new businesses, provided nearly 66,000 learning opportunities and attracted more than £333 million private sector finance - achieving or exceeding all of the targets it was set.
• Yorkshire Forward’s investment across the region is maximised by attracting European Regional Development Funding from the Objective One and Two programmes