TMP unveils Mersey tourist awards shortlist
THE Mersey Partnership has revealed its shortlist for the annual TMP Tourism Awards.
The event, which will take place on May 26 at the BT Convention Centre, will honour the best of Merseyside’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions across 15 categories, including Hotel of the Year, Best Small and Large Visitor Attraction and Best Bar.
Eleven of the category winners will then be put forward to represent the city-region at the Enjoy England Excellence Awards later in the year.
A new category entitled ‘Culture and Heritage Experience’ has also been added to replace performance venue of the year and covers museums, theatres, galleries and performance venues as well as specific cultural programmes and events.
TMP’s visitor economy committee chair and Liverpool Football Club managing director, Ian Ayre, said: “The TMP Tourism Awards recognise the hard work and commitment across the visitor economy sector. The large number of entries shortlisted is testament to the exceptional quality of excellence in the venues and attractions across the city-region.”
TMP estimates that Liverpool’s visitor economy generates a spend of around £2.8bn and supports around 41,000 jobs in the area.
The full shortlist for the awards appears below:
Guest Accommodation of the Year
Hatters Liverpool (Liverpool)
Knowsley Hall (Knowsley)
21 Park House (Wirral)
At Peel Hey (Wirral)
Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
BridgeStreet at Liverpool ONE (Liverpool)
Premier Apartments Liverpool (Liverpool)
Herons Well Holiday Cottage (Wirral)
Hotel of the Year
Hilton Liverpool (Liverpool)
Hope Street Hotel (Liverpool)
Novotel Liverpool (Liverpool)
Formby Hall Golf Resort & Spa (Sefton)
Ramada Plaza Southport (Sefton)
Hillbark Hotel & Spa (Wirral)
Leverhulme Hotel & Spa (Wirral)
Small Visitor Attraction
Jungle Parc (Liverpool)
Mersey Tunnel Tours (Liverpool)
The Hardmans’ House (Liverpool)
The Beatles’ Childhood Homes – Mendips & 20 Forthlin Road (Liverpool)
The U-boat Story (Wirral)
Large Visitor Attraction
Albert Dock Liverpool (Liverpool)
Liverpool Football Club (Liverpool)
Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool)
The Beatles Story (Liverpool)
Knowsley Safari Park (Knowsley)
Spaceport (Wirral)
Mersey Ferries (Wirral)
Excellence in Business Tourism
BT Convention Centre (Liverpool)
Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool)
The Foresight Centre (Liverpool)
Knowsley Hall (Knowsley)
Haydock Park (St.Helens)
Taste Liverpool
60 Hope Street (Liverpool)
Lunya (Liverpool)
The London Carriage Works (Liverpool)
The Quarter (Liverpool)
Restaurant Richard Fox at Leverhulme Hotel (Wirral)
Tourism Experience
Mersey Ferries – Manchester Ship Canal Cruise (Liverpool)
Mersey Tunnel Tours (Liverpool)
The John Moores Painting Prize at Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool)
The Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse (Sefton)
Tourism Event
DaDaFest (Liverpool)
Liverpool Biennial (Liverpool)
Paradise in the Park (Liverpool)
Liverpool Food and Drink Festival (Liverpool)
Bed-In at the Bluecoat (Liverpool)
The John Smith’s Grand National (Sefton)
Wirral Food and Drink Festival (Wirral)
Culture and Heritage Experience
FACT (Liverpool)
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres (Liverpool)
Liverpool Philharmonic Programme 2010 (Liverpool)
Picasso: Peace and Freedom – Tate Liverpool (Liverpool)
The Bluecoat (Liverpool)
Bar
Pima Bar at Hilton Liverpool (Liverpool)
MOJO (Liverpool)
Palm Sugar Lounge (Liverpool)
Alma de Cuba (Liverpool)
Gallaghers Pub and Barbers (Wirral)
Oxton Bar and Terrace (Wirral)
The Wro (Wirral)
Tourism Marketing Initiative
Liverpool Coach Welcome at the Anglican Cathedral (Liverpool)
Touched – Liverpool Biennial (Liverpool)
Picasso: Peace and Freedom – Tate Liverpool (Liverpool)
The European Peace Monument – The Beatles Story (Liverpool)
Tourism Retailer
Disney Store (Liverpool)
Everton Two (Liverpool)
World Museum Liverpool Shop (Liverpool)
The Beatles Story (Liverpool)
Utility (Liverpool)
Sustainable Tourism
Arena & Convention Centre Liverpool (Liverpool)
Jungle Parc (Liverpool)
Radisson BLU Hotel Liverpool (Liverpool)
Excellence in Customer Service
Kevin Roberts, Liverpool ONE (Liverpool)
George Sourbutts, Barons Bar Scarisbrick Hotel (Sefton)
Cliff Bowden, Lady Lever Art Gallery (Wirral)
Jackie Burke, Compass Group at Haydock Park Racecourse (St.Helens)
Alison Storah, National Wildflower Centre (Knowsley)
Sue Halliday, Catalyst Science Discovery Centre (Halton)
