This year features 70 finalists competing across 15 categories
Chris Blacksell, chair of Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), opening last year’s REYTAs.(Image: Visit Hull and East Yorkshire)
A host of the region’s top tourism businesses and organisations have made the final of this year’s Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTAs). Organisers Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) received a record breaking response to the programme which celebrates attractions, hotels, hospitality businesses, events, experiences and independent producers.
Now the 16th edition of the awards, this year features 70 finalists competing across 15 categories. They will come together at Bridlington Spa on November 18, alongside hundreds of people from the region’s visitor economy.
Chris Blacksell, chair of VHEY – the accredited Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council – said: “This has been a record-breaking year for the REYTAs and the response from businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire has been incredible. Not only have we received more entries than ever before, we’ve also seen a record number of businesses entering for the first time and more new tourism businesses getting involved.
“That is hugely encouraging and demonstrates the confidence, ambition and entrepreneurial spirit that exists across our visitor economy. Now we have a really strong shortlist which showcases the quality and diversity of what Hull and East Yorkshire has to offer.
“I’d like to congratulate every one of our finalists. Getting to this point from such a strong field is a real achievement and we’re looking forward to celebrating with them at Bridlington Spa in November.”
This year’s ceremony will be hosted by Bridlington-born TV and radio star Jack Marriner-Brown, who appeared in The Traitors and is a BBC Morning Live presenter and radio host on BBC Radio Humberside. A mix of previous REYTAs winners and finalists and awards newcomers make up the shortlist.
Councillor Nick Coultish, portfolio holder for culture, leisure and tourism at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “To have a record number of entries this year, alongside more first-time entrants and new tourism businesses entering than ever before, is absolutely fantastic. Congratulations to everyone who has made the shortlist. Reaching this stage against such strong competition is something to celebrate in itself, and I’m really looking forward to hearing more about our finalists and recognising the contribution they make to our region.”
The REYTAs is headline sponsored by Fred Marketing. The full list of finalists:
Remarkable Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award , sponsored by HPSS
- Freedom Festival Arts Trust, Hull
- Broadgate Farm Cottages, Walkington
- Hull Truck Theatre
- Hull Adventure
Remarkable Business Events Venue of the Year, sponsored by Bridlington Spa
- Doubletree by Hilton Hull
- C4DI, Hull
- The Manor Rooms, South Cave
Remarkable Regenerative Tourism Award, sponsored by Acklams
- Wold Escapes, Driffield
- Dumble Farm, Arram
- Bridlington Animal Park
- Broadgate Farm Cottages, Walkington
- Spurn Discovery Centre & Nature Reserve
Remarkable New Tourism Business of the Year
- Blok & Vine, Beverley
- Beverley Bites
- Ocean Explorer Bridlington
- The New Clarence, Hull
- Middle Child Theatre on Humber Street, Hull
Remarkable Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year
- Dacre Lakeside Park, Brandesburton
- Wold Escapes, Driffield
- Raywell Hall Country Lodge Park, Cottingham
- Butt Farm Caravan, Camping & Glamping Site, Beverley
- Longbeach Leisure Park, Hornsea
Remarkable Large Hotel of the Year
- Cave Castle Hotel, South Cave
- Doubletree by Hilton Hull
Remarkable Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year
- Bumblebee Escapes, Driffield
- Northfield Lodge, Huggate
- Cherry Tree Cottage, Flamborough
- Broadgate Farm Cottages, Walkington
Remarkable Small Serviced Accommodation of the Year
- Salt on the Harbour, Bridlington
- Tickton Grange
- The Briarcroft | Wayth Hotels, Goole
Remarkable Cuppa Award
- The Stables Kitchen, Skirlaugh
- Gemini Chocolate, Beverley
- Field House Coffee Barn, Tibthorpe
- Patisserie House, Hull
- Drewton’s Farm Shop, South Cave
Remarkable Pub of the Year, sponsored by Lyon PR
- The White Hart, Hull
- Jeromes Pavilion Bar and Grill, Bridlington
- Garbutts, Hull
- Old English Gentleman, Hull
- Ferguson Fawsitt, Walkington
Remarkable Taste of East Yorkshire Award
- Drewton’s Farm Shop, South Cave
- Junk Bar, Beverley
- Roku Asia, Beverley
- Boathouse at North Landing, Flamborough
- Salt on the Harbour, Bridlington
Remarkable Local Producer Award, sponsored by East Yorkshire Local Food Network
- The Egg Shed Farm Shop, Atwick
- Nichols Pickles & Preserves, Howden
- Rowley Produce, Cottingham
- East Coast Shellfish, Flamborough
- Patisserie House, Hull
Remarkable Experience of the Year
- ‘What Was Here?’ app, Hull and East Yorkshire
- Walking & Tasting Tours in Beverley, Beverley Bites
- Capybara Experience, Bridlington animal park
- Silver Stacking Rings, Tori Foster Jewellery, Pocklington
- Goat Yoga, Ings Park Alpacas, Brough
Remarkable Visitor Attraction of the Year, sponsored by Lloyd Dowson
- William’s Den, North Cave
- Bridlington Animal Park
- Woldies, Wintringham
- Little Astronauts, Hull
- Sledmere House and Gardens
Remarkable Tourism Event of the Year, sponsored by Hull Trains
- Freedom Festival, Hull
- H2O Heroes at The Deep, Hull
- Paws in the Pasture at Tickton Farm
- Bridlington Ice Trail
- The Big Malarkey Festival, Hull Libraries
- Pride in Hull
- Beverley Pride
- Humber Street Sesh, Hull
- Blue Light Weekend, Withernsea
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