The annual VisitEngland Awards for Excellence are now open for nominations for the category of Travel Content Award, which recognises the important contribution that media and influencers make in championing the huge array of amazing tourism experiences on offer in England.

This year judges are particularly interested to see submissions of features/blogs/vlogs that bring to life the VisitEngland Escape the Everyday campaign ethos, which first launched back in 2020 and aims to encourage people to take domestic day trips and overnight stays once again, embracing new experiences or destinations across the country.

In line with inspiring the nation to travel again, content that highlights the idea of feeling excited (e.g. unmissable events taking place in cities), feeling good (responsible travel experiences), feeling connected (fun and engaging experiences to reignite relationships with friends and family) will be favoured.

The nominations close on 31st March 2022 and shortlisted entries will be put forward to a judging panel in April, with the finalists notified soon afterwards. A Gold, Silver and Bronze winner will be announced at the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence event in June 2022.   

Conditions of Entry:

• The award is open to travel writers, broadcasters, vloggers and bloggers
• We are looking for an article or blog of 500 words or more, or TV, radio or vlog content of more than two minutes, that champions breaks and travel experiences in England. Content can be an England series, a destination feature or a round-up.
• Please email a link to or colour scan of your/your colleague's travel piece to press@visitengland.org
• All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must have been published in the UK between 1 January 2021 and 31 March 2022. If a broadcast entry does not appear under the entrant's name, confirmation should be included from the programme producer that the entrant is entitled to claim the feature as their own work
• Please give your details in the body of the email (name, title, email address and telephone number), along with the publication's details (name, circulation and date of publication)
• Deadline for entries - 17.00; 31 March 2022

VisitEngland Awards for Excellence

England's tourism awards champion the very best of the country's tourism industry, celebrating quality, innovation and best practice. The annual awards cycle begins with a series of local competitions, which feed up to the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. Businesses complete a single application and local winners are automatically put forward to the national judging panel.

The highlight of each awards cycle is the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence event where the finest businesses receive the most coveted accolade in English tourism.

For more information, go to www.visitenglandawards.org

The Travel Content Award is a special award managed by the VisitEngland PR team, in conjunction with the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.

 A full list of core categories for 2021-22 is below:

1.     Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award

2.     B&B and Guest House of the Year

3.     Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year

4.     Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism Award

5.     Experience of the Year

6.     Large Hotel of the Year

7.     Small Hotel of the Year

8.     New Tourism Business Award

9.     Pub of the Year

10.  Resilience & Innovation Award

11.  Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year

12.  Taste of England Award

13.  Unsung Hero Award

14.  Large Visitor Attraction of the Year

15.  Small Visitor Attraction of the Year