Entries have opened for a regional business awards which celebrates the hospitality, tourism and leisure sectors.
The 2024 West Midlands Tourism Awards recognise high achievement across 14 different categories including pubs, camping and sustainable tourism (scroll down for the full list).
The awards highlight the importance of tourism's contribution to the West Midlands' economy, with estimates suggesting spending by visitors to this region pre-covid reached £13.1 billion annually.
That figure is expected to be boosted following last summer's Commonwealth Games and Coventry's year in the spotlight as UK City of Culture.
Now in their fourth cycle, these awards are supported by the West Midlands Tourism and Hospitality Advisory Board and the West Midlands Growth Company.
The advisory board's chairman Andrew Lovett said: "Awards help to raise standards. They show us what best looks like and inspire us to do better.
"That's good for visitors, delegates, clients and customers and it's good for business. Together, let's celebrate the people and businesses, which make the West Midlands such a welcoming place."
The gold and silver winners of each category are automatically shortlisted for VisitEngland's National Awards for Excellence.
The awards are free to enter and the deadline is June 16. The ceremony will take place early next year but the date and venue are yet to be announced.
The 2024 categories are below and click through here to see who triumphed in this year's awards:
- Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
- Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award
- New Tourism Business Award
- Business Events Venue of the Year
- Camping, Glamping, Holiday Park of the Year
- Experience of the Year
- Large Hotel of the Year
- Small Serviced Accommodation Provider of the Year
- Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year
- Pub of the Year
- Taste of the West Midlands
- Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
- Tourism Event/Festival of the Year
