The West Midlands Growth Company brought you the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2023!
Following the successes of previous events, we were delighted to launch our third tourism awards for the 2023-24 cycle. We collectively raised a glass to shine a spotlight on the region’s hard-working tourism champions.
The 2023 awards celebrated the successes of tourism businesses across the region and promoted the strength of the business and leisure tourism offer, its venues, people, experiences and accommodation.
The awards served to highlight the importance of tourism’s contribution to the regional economy, which stood at £13.1bn in 2019. Together with our industry partners, we will seek to grow the economic value of tourism during the next decade, using major events including the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Eligible winners from the West Midlands Tourism Awards will automatically feed into the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2024 for the chance to be recognised as a national winner.
For advice and top tips for completing your application, we are holding a West Midlands Tourism Awards - Applicant Workshop on Wednesday 31 May 2023 at 10am. If you would like to join, please contact Sophie.King@wmgrowth.com.
Upcoming dates:
Awards Launched & Entries Opened - 4th May 2023
Closing Date for Entries - 16th June 2023
Round 1 Judging - 19th June - 25th August 2023
Round 2 Judging (Site Visits) - 4th September - 30th November
Shortlist Announced - TBC
Awards Ceremony Event - TBC
National Ceremony – VisitEngland Awards for Excellence - TBC
Eligible Businesses:
Any relevant tourism and/or hospitality businesses applying to the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2024 must lie within one of the following areas (i.e. pay their business rates to one of the following District or County Councils): Birmingham, Cannock Chase, Coventry, Dudley, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rugby, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Warwick, Wolverhampton.
If your business does not fall into one of these areas, there may be an Awards competition more local to you, which you can search for here.
