The Cornwall Tourism Awards were launched in 2002 to celebrate and draw attention to the tremendous changes in quality that have been happening in Cornwall throughout the tourism industry. Over 2,500 of you voted online for your favourite Cornish places and on the winners were announced at the Gala Awards Evening on Thursday 18th November at the St Mellion Country Club and presented by Mary Nightingale.
And the 2005 Winners were...
Visitor Attraction of the Year
Sponsored by Eden Project
Paradise Park, Hayle
Popular Restaurant/Cafe of the Year
Sponsored by Roddas
Trenance Cottage Tea Rooms and Gardens, Newquay
Tourist Information Centre of the Year
Sponsored by Cornish Association of Tourist Attractions
Falmouth
Hotel of the Year
Sponsored by Chaffis Country Range Food Service
Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Mawgan Porth
Restaurant of the Year
Sponsored by Newquay Fruit Sales
Barclay House Restaurant, East Looe
Guest House/B&B of the Year
Sponsored by Dobles Quality Foods
Wisteria Lodge, St Austell
Pub of the Year
Sponsored by Scott Burridge Chick
The Pandora Inn, Restronguet
Leisure Pursuit of the Year
Sponsored by Brewer & Bunney
Cornwall Classic Car Hire, Bodmin
Tourism Website of the Year
Sponsored by actnow
Trethem Mill Touring Park, St Just in Roseland
Sustainable Tourism Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Cornish Linen
Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Mawgan Porth
Tourism Marketing Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Winter Rule
Eden Project, St Austell
Cornish Distinctiveness Champion of the Year
Sponsored by St Austell Brewery
Lobb's Farm Shop, Heligan, near St Austell
Winner of Winners
Sponsored by Cornish Coffee Company
Bedruthan Steps Hotel, Mawgan Porth
Outstanding Services to Tourism
Sponsored by Stephens and Scown
Andrew Risely, Managing Director of DataBasics Hospitality Systems
