Welcome to the entry pages for the Visit Herefordshire Tourism Awards 2026, where you can prepare, finalise and submit your application.

It’s an exciting time for Herefordshire’s tourism industry. While we are a small County, we are home to an outstanding range of businesses delivering exceptional visitor experiences, accommodation, and food and drink across every corner of the region. Herefordshire County BID is delighted to launch the Visit Herefordshire Tourism Awards 2026, celebrating the very best our County has to offer. The awards ceremony, taking place in February 2027, will recognise excellence across the sector and bring together tourism businesses from across Herefordshire.

The Visit Herefordshire Tourism Awards is one of the County’s largest business celebration events, recognising and rewarding the strength and success of our visitor economy.

In partnership with the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, winners of national categories from Herefordshire will be put forward to the national awards, with the opportunity to be shortlisted and potentially win at a national level.

The awards are open to all tourism and hospitality businesses based in Herefordshire.

Entry is completely free.

If your business or experience is located outside Herefordshire, you can find details of other regional schemes on the VisitEngland Awards website.

The categories available to enter are:
(Please click on the category you are interested in to register, log-in and submit your application)

• Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award (National category)
• B&B and Guest House of the Year (National category)
• Business Events Venue of the Year (National category)
• Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year (National category)
• Regenerative Tourism Award (National category)
• Experience of the Year (National category)
• Hotel of the Year (National category)
• New Tourism Business of the Year (National category)
• Pub of the Year (National category)
• Self Catering Accommodation of the Year (National category)
• Taste of England Award (National category)
• Unsung Hero Award (National category)
• Visitor Attraction of the Year (National category)
• Retailer of the Year   (Visit Herefordshire only category)
• Wedding Venue of the Year  (Visit Herefordshire only category)
• Herefordshire Producer of the Year (Visit Herefordshire only category)

For more information on the awards click here