Nominations Revealed For The Wrexham Tourism Awards 2017

Nominations for this year’s Wrexham Tourism Awards have been revealed – with local businesses set to battle it out for the accolade of best restaurant, best large event and the Wrexham Town Centre customer services award.

Over 60 local businesses put themselves forward for this year’s awards ceremony and a shortlist consisting of 14 categories has been drawn up.

Now in its third year the awards ‘celebrate and showcase the achievements’ of Wrexham’s tourism industry – including the best visitor attraction, best restaurant / cafe and the rising star award.

Organised by Wrexham’s Destination Management Partnership, this year’s glittering award ceremony will take place at a gala dinner at Chirk Castle on March 23rd.

The evening will also officially see Wrexham launch its Year of Legends tourism celebrations, including events such as DragonFest and a marketing campaign backed by Visit Wales to promote legendary reasons to visit the region this year.

Speaking about this year’s Wrexham Tourism Awards, Joe Bickerton, Destination Manager at Wrexham Council said: “As much as we can shout about how our County Borough is a great place to visit for leisure and business – we rely heavily on the service and welcome that our businesses provide,

“From the greeting in the cab from the station through to the goodbye when checking out of a local hotel – we want visitors to remember Wrexham for the right reasons and fortunately that is what’s continually happening.”

Wrexham County Borough is coming off the back of another bumper growth in local tourism, with an 11% growth measured in 2015 and over £111million being spent in the sector which supports nearly 1,700 local jobs.

The 2017 Awards Shortlist can be found below – with the winners of each category unveiled on March 23rd.

2017 Awards Shortlist
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Best Large Accommodation Provider
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The Mulberry Inn
The Ramada Plaza
The Holt Lodge Hotel
Rossett Hall Hotel
The Premier Inn Wrexham Town Centre
The Premier Inn (Wrexham North)
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Best Small Accommodation Provider
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The Buck House Hotel
Willington Lodge
Worthenbury Manor B&B
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Best Self-Catering Provider
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Chirk Bunkhouse
The Plassey Holiday Park
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Best Visitor Attraction

The Boathouse Chirk (TNR Coaching)
Techniquest Glyndwr
Erddig
Chirk Castle
Wrexham Town Trails
Bangor on Dee Racecourse
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Best Restaurant
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The Lemon Tree, Wrexham
Rafters at Holt Lodge
The Hand Llanarmon
The Royal Oak, Bangor on Dee
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Best Cafe / Tea Room
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King Street Coffee
Emz Cakes, Wrexham
Caffi Cwtch (Nightingale House)
La Baguette, Wrexham
The Diner, Queensway
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Best Pub / Brewery
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The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon
The Fat Boar, Wrexham
The Tyn Y Capel, Minera
The Buck House, Bangor on Dee
The Alyn, Rossett
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Award for Sourcing Local Produce
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Worthenbury Manor B&B
The Lemon Tree, Wrexham
The Boathouse, Chirk
La Baguette, Wrexham
Lewis Farm Shop, Eyton
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Award for best use of Social Media
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Techniquest Glyndwr
King Street Coffee
Premier Inn Wrexham
The Ramada Plaza Wrexham
The Lemon Tree, Wrexham
Bangor on Dee Racecourse
Erddig
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Tourism Rising Star Award
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Emily Jones (Emz Cakes, Wrexham)
Peta Hearn (Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Visitor Centre)
Lynn McLaughlin (Rossett Hall Hotel)
Wendy Edward & Louise Owen (Tyn Y Capel, Minera)
Amelia Davies (Royal Oak, Bangor on Dee)
Becca Peirce (The Alyn, Rossett)
Sasha Jennings (Holt Lodge Hotel)
Harriet Cade (Erddig)
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Wrexham Town Centre Customer Service Award
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The Bank Bistro & Wine Bar
Apollo Taxi’s
King Street Coffee
The Fat Boar, Wrexham
M E Evans Butchers
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Best Large Event
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Wales Comic Con
Underneath the Arches
Stereophonics & Catfish & the Bottlemen
FOCUS Wales
Wrexham Food & Drink Festival
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Erddig)
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Best Small Event
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The Bridge End Inn Beer Festival
Up Hill Down Dale Trail Running
Techniquest Glyndwr (Engineering fun days)
Wrexham Street Festival
Victorian Christmas Market
Little Mountain Country Music (Tyn Y Capel)
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Outstanding Achievement Award

All will be revealed on the night!