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Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards

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**2026 Competition opens for entries on 16th June 2025**

Welcome to the application portal for the Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards, where you can prepare, finalise and submit your entries.

For deadlines, terms of entry, hints and tips, please go to https://www.visitstaffordshire.com/awards

The competition is free to enter, and open to any tourism, hospitality and leisure business located in Staffordshire and/or Stoke-on-Trent.

To get started click the 'My Account' tab and either create a new account or login to your existing account.

You can start an application at any time before the deadline and save it as you go, then come back later to add more details before you submit the final entry. Once your application is submitted you cannot make any more changes to it!

You can enter more than one category, provided your business meets the eligibility criteria.

Submission Dates: 16 June - 01 September 2025
Judging Visits: 01 September - 31 December 2025

Awards Celebration Event: March 2026, Venue TBC

To apply today, select a category below to submit an application:
The 2025-26 competition categories include: NATIONAL AWARDS (Gold winners go forward to the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2026) Cross sector categories, open to all business types: Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award Regenerative Tourism Award International Tourism Award New Tourism Business of the Year - Must be trading for at least 3 months and up to 2 years on 16th June 2025 Unsung Hero Award Business type specific categories: Business Events Venue of the Year Small Serviced Accommodation of the Year - B&Bs, Guest Houses, Inns & Pubs with Rooms, Small Hotels (up to 35 rooms) Large Hotel of the Year - Full Service Hotels (more than 35 rooms) Self Catering Accommodation of the Year - Holiday Lets, Cottages, Barn Conversions, Serviced Apartments, Holiday Boats etc. Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year - Campsites, Caravans, Glampsites, Yurts, Chalets/Lodges, Shepherds' Huts, Camping Pods etc. Experience of the Year - Immersive, participatory experiences (dining experiences excluded) Small Visitor Attraction of the Year - Up to 75,000 visitors p.a. Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - More than 75,000 visitors p.a. Pub of the Year Taste of England Award: Casual Dining Award* Taste of England Award: Restaurant of the Year* Taste of England Award: Tea Room / Coffee Shop of the Year* REGIONAL ONLY AWARDS Rising Star Award Team of the Year Food & Drink Retailer / Farm Shop of the Year

To apply today, select a category below to submit an application:

The 2025-26 competition categories include:

NATIONAL AWARDS (Gold winners go forward to the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2026)

Cross sector categories, open to all business types:

Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award
Regenerative Tourism Award
International Tourism Award
New Tourism Business of the Year - Must be trading for at least 3 months and up to 2 years on 16th June 2025
Unsung Hero Award

Business type specific categories:

Business Events Venue of the Year
Small Serviced Accommodation of the Year - B&Bs, Guest Houses, Inns & Pubs with Rooms, Small Hotels (up to 35 rooms)
Large Hotel of the Year - Full Service Hotels (more than 35 rooms)
Self Catering Accommodation of the Year - Holiday Lets, Cottages, Barn Conversions, Serviced Apartments, Holiday Boats etc.
Camping, Glamping and Holiday Park of the Year - Campsites, Caravans, Glampsites, Yurts, Chalets/Lodges, Shepherds' Huts, Camping Pods etc.
Experience of the Year - Immersive, participatory experiences (dining experiences excluded)
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year - Up to 75,000 visitors p.a.
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year - More than 75,000 visitors p.a.
Pub of the Year
Taste of England Award: Casual Dining Award*
Taste of England Award: Restaurant of the Year*
Taste of England Award: Tea Room / Coffee Shop of the Year*

REGIONAL ONLY AWARDS

* If you want to enter any of the categories listed under Taste of England, click on the category you wish to enter, then first select the group e.g. Taste of England from the initial drop down list. At the bottom of the page select the category you wish to enter from the second drop-down list that appears. One overall winner from these three categories will go forward to the national Taste of England Award.

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