'Welcome to Yorkshire' (the regional tourist agency for Yorkshire) hold an Annual Awards competition
called the ‘White Rose Awards’. This is the largest awards competition for tourism
anywhere in the UK.
The Awards recognise a
wide range of achievements in tourism over 17 different categories, such as best
large and small hotels, best pubs, best restaurants, best camping and caravan
sites and best cultural events.
The judging panel draws
up a shortlist for each of the categories. This is followed by 6 weeks of
mystery shopping undertaken by specialist research companies before the judging
panel make their final decision, which will be announced at an awards ceremony later
in the year.
The Awards include a
category for Outstanding Customer Service and we can announce that the finalists
in this category for 2016 are:
- Bettys Café Tea Rooms, Harrogate
- Forest Holidays, Cropton
- The 36 Bus, Harrogate
- The Grand Hotel and Spa, York
- Yorebridge House, Bainbridge
- Tong Garden Centre, Bradford
The Customer Service
Blog would like to congratulate all of the finalists for their outstanding customer
service, and wish them the best of luck in the competition. We will let you
know the overall winner when the Awards are announced in the Autumn.