The East of England Tourism Awards are now open for entries for tourism businesses operating across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.

You can choose to nominate a business or enter your own, and there are 15 exciting category awards up for grabs:

• Unsung Hero Award
• B&B and Guest House of the Year
• Camping, Glamping, Holiday Park and Self Catering Accommodation of the Year
• Customer Excellence Award
• Ethical, Responsible & Sustainable Tourism Award
• Experience of the Year
• Large Hotel of the Year
• Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Marketing Campaign of the Year
• New Tourism Business of the Year
• Pub of the Year
• Resilience and Innovation Award
• Small Hotel of the Year
• Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
• Taste of East of England Award

In association with Visit East of England, the awards have a range of sponsors, including Hoseasons.

The deadline for entries is midnight on 3 October, with winners being announced on 15 January 2022. Finalists will be invited to a black-tie event at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire on 24 February.

To enter, you simply need to provide details of your business and a statement which outlines why you should win the award.

Want to be in with a better chance of winning?

To boost entrant’s chances of securing an award, there is due to be an online workshop on ‘How to Produce an Award-Winning Entry’ on Monday 20th September. Guests include entry expert Suzy Pettican from Reflection PR Awards and 2020 winner of the Norfolk and Suffolk Tourism Awards, Greg Munford of Richardson’s Leisure. Both will discuss their top tips and how winning an award has benefitted their businesses.

If you’re interested, you can book tickets for the workshop now.

So, if you’re a tourism business based in Ely, what are you waiting for? Sign up to the East of England Tourism Awards now.