The English Riviera Tourism Company (ERTC) and its partners celebrated a prestigious win at the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence winning silver for Visitor Information Provider of the Year. Beating rivals across the country, including London, this national award is the pinnacle of a long run of increasingly high profile awards won by the tourism [...]
View PostTorquay Voted Top Seaside Resort in the UK

Torquay has been voted top seaside resort in the UK in the Travellers’ Choice Awards, announced by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. The first two winners of the prestigious Best Destination in the UK accolade were London and Edinburgh with Torquay in third place as the leading seaside resort and one of only two [...]
View Post awards, devon, english riviera, south devon, torbay, torquay, tourism, trip advisorDEVON TOPS COUNTRY AGAIN IN NATIONAL TOURISM AWARDS

The English Riviera Tourism Company’s Visitor Information Service is one of just 6 Devon tourism businesses to be shortlisted for the prestigious, national VisitEngland Tourism Awards. A stunning 6 of the finalist places in this year’s national VisitEngland awards have been taken by tourism businesses from the Devon – more than any other County – [...]
View Post awards, babbacombe, brixham, devon, english riviera, paignton, south devon, torquayTorquay’s Elmdene Hotel Third Best in UK

Torquay is once again top of the pops in the latest TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice awards for 2014. The Elmdene Hotel has been placed third in the UK, tenth in Europe and 22nd in the world within the Best Small Hotels category. Devon overall is revealed as the UK’s biggest winning county after Greater London, with [...]
View Post awards, devon, english riviera, south devon, torbay, torquay, tourismEnglish Riviera Visitor Information Service a Finalist at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2013/14

The English Riviera Visitor Information Service, managed by the English Riviera Tourism Company (ERTC) has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2013/14. The South West Tourism Excellence Awards are the ‘official’ tourism awards for the region, offering entry to businesses in Somerset, Bath, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol and the [...]
View Post awards, english riviera, torbay, tourism, VisitEngland, Visitor InformationOutstanding Showing for English Riviera at Visit Devon Tourism Awards

The prestigious Visit Devon Tourism Awards was held at the Grand Hotel in Torquay and there was an outstanding showing of English Riviera winners: Tourist Information Service of the Year, English Riviera Tourism Company – Gold Outstanding Services to Tourism, Carolyn Custerson – Special Award Sustainable Tourism Award – Compton Pool Farm, Marldon – Gold [...]
View Post awards, brixham, english riviera, paignton, south devon, torquay, Visit DevonQuadruple Floral Win for the Babbacombe Inn

Local pub and restaurant, the Babbacombe Inn, is celebrating after scooping a host of awards in just five days for its fantastic floral displays. On Saturday 28 September the Babbacombe Inn won the Daily Mirror Best Pub Garden competition and on Thursday 3 October it won yet more awards at the Bay Blooms ceremony at [...]
View Post awards, babbacombe, devon, english riviera, gardens, south devon, torbayEnglish Riviera Tourism Company Celebrates!

The team at the English Riviera Tourism Company (ERTC) won a further two prestigious awards at the 2013 Herald Express, Women of Achievement Awards ceremony at Torquay’s Grand Hotel. The tourism company won the hotly contested Business of the Year category and Chief Executive Carolyn Custerson was also awarded Woman of the Year (jointly). [...]
View Post awards, english riviera, south devon, torquay, tourismEnglish Riviera’s Claire Preece Crowned VisitEngland’s 2013 Tourism Superstar

VisitEngland has announced that Claire Preece has been crowned 2013 Tourism Superstar. Claire is Hospitality Manager at Kents Cavern, the award-winning prehistoric cave attraction in Torquay, Devon. Claire came top in a public vote run by VisitEngland, the national tourist board, working in partnership with the Daily Mirror. The vote was designed to recognise those [...]
View Post awards, destination PR, devon, english riviera, family attraction, south devon, torbay, torquay, tourismEnglish Riviera Success at South West Tourism Awards

English Riviera tourism businesses were celebrating success at the South West Tourism Excellence Awards held at the Eden Project on 8th February. The English Riviera Tourism Company’s Agatha Christie Festival won silver in the Tourism Event of the Year category and The Somerville, Torquay won silver in the Bed & Breakfast and Guest Accommodation of [...]
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