The 2024 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTAs) officially launch today!
The awards celebrate the region’s best, brightest, most successful, and innovative tourism businesses and culminate in a breath taking awards event on the 14th November 2024 at the Bridlington Spa. Now in their 14th year, the REYTAs are being run in partnership with the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2024/2025, and eligible regional winners will automatically be put forward for judging in the national awards.
The awards are launched at an exciting time for the region’s accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) with Visit Hull and East Yorkshire having recently appointing a new Chair, Chris Blacksell DL.
This year the REYTAs feature 16 categories, including one bestowed by Visit Hull & East Yorkshire to honour an individual who has made a significant contribution to tourism in the region, the Remarkable East Yorkshire Passion Award. VHEY welcomes nominations for this category.
REYTAs are open to all tourism businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire, large and small. The awards honour the very best, from major visitor attractions and events to hotels and accommodation providers, restaurants, pubs, cafes, food retailers, and producers. Entry is free and easy to complete and can be done online from today. See the REYTAs webpage for categories, criteria and applications.
Entries must be in by midnight on Friday 19th July 2024, after which a shortlist of finalists will be drawn up. Judging will then take place via independent panels and mystery shopping, ahead of a glittering awards ceremony, which this year takes place at Bridlington Spa on Thursday, November 14th, 2024.
Over the next weeks and months, full details of the program for the awards night will be unveiled as we look forward to once again celebrating the very best of the region.
The full list of categories for the 2024 REYTAs are as follows:
- Remarkable Accessible & Inclusive Tourism Award: Recognises tourism businesses that excel in providing an inclusive customer experience, particularly for those with accessibility requirements.
- Remarkable B&B and Guest House of the Year: Recognises bed and breakfasts, guest houses, inns with rooms or other similar serviced accommodation businesses that provide fabulous service and create great memories for their guests.
- Remarkable Business Events Venue of the Year: Recognises business events venues that demonstrate an excellent understanding of the market, exceed the expectations of their clients and have a strategic plan for future development, with clear goals
- Remarkable Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the year: Recognises holiday parks, sites and villages that provide exceptional guest experiences across static vans, touring pitches, shepherd’s huts and more.
- Remarkable Cuppa award: Recognises excellent cafés, tea rooms, and coffee shops, that offer delicious food, sweet treats, a great cuppa and excellent service.
- Remarkable Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award: Recognises tourism businesses who are truly committed to being sustainable, responsible and ethical in how they operate and interact with customers, the wider community and the environment.
- Remarkable Experience of the Year: Recognises providers of memorable and immersive activities for visitors to participate in, from cooking masterclasses to woodland nature tours
- Remarkable Hotel of the Year: Recognises hotels and serviced accommodation businesses that provide exemplary service, a top-quality food offering and a stay that guests will remember for years to come.
- Remarkable Local Producer Award: Recognises excellent local food producers, providing top quality produce to the local area and beyond.
- Remarkable New Tourism Business Award: Recognises high performing new tourism businesses demonstrating excellent understanding of their market, exceeding the expectations of their customers with clear plans for future development.
Remarkable Pub of the Year: Recognises pubs that make a significant contribution to tourism in their area, with a unique offering, fabulous atmosphere, excellent service and is a destination in it’s own right.
- Remarkable Taste Award: Recognises businesses within the tourism industry that offer outstanding cuisine, innovative service and excellence throughout their entire operation.
- Remarkable Self Catering Accommodation of the Year: Recognises self catering accommodation businesses that provide the highest quality stays and help to create fabulous memories for all their guests, from rural romantic hideaways to family-friendly city breaks.
- Remarkable Tourism Event of the year: The best event or festival in Hull and East Yorkshire, providing a truly memorable experience to visitors to the area.
- Remarkable Visitor Attraction of the Year: Businesses providing truly memorable visitor experiences and demonstrate excellence across every aspect of the business.
- Remarkable East Yorkshire Passion Award: Someone selected by Visit Hull & East Yorkshire who, in their judgement, has made a significant contribution to tourism in our region. Nominations are invited from the local tourism industry.