Hints & Tips
If you run an excellent tourism business you stand a chance of winning an award, whatever the size or scale. These hints and tips are designed to make the entry process as painless and productive as possible. They also explain the entry requirements and what the judges will be looking for.
- Your business or visitor experience must be located in the relevant area of South West England see more here. If you are located in Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, or Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly should enter those schemes.
- Please read the criteria here or at the start of the entry forms carefully to ensure that you are eligible to enter.
- The judges are looking for evidence of excellence, innovation and quality improvements in the last 2 years. If you entered last year then make it really clear what improvements/additions have been made since your last entry.
- If you have won gold in the same category in the South West for two or more years, we’d advise considering a different category or offering to help us with judging.
Prepare supporting evidence, if desired
In all entries it is possible to include links to websites illustrating your responses or to cloud files containing relevant evidence. In some categories you may also attach a file (eg mystery shop report) but our experience is that the best entry forms and ones that judges prefer are usually those without attachments.
Our recommendation is to focus on giving concise answers on the entry form and making sure you answer the questions If you do this then additional files can simply become a time consuming and unnecessary distraction for both entrants and judges (ie quality is more important than quantity).