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27/02/2009

Yorkshire South Tourism has won two prestigious conference industry awards in one week.

On Monday 23rd February it took bronze in the Best UK Convention Bureau category at the Meetings and Incentive Travel Industry Awards, the oldest and most established awards event in the meetings and incentive industry. Then on Wednesday it was named Best UK Destination for the second consecutive year at International Confex, the UK's leading event for event organisers.

The announcement of Best UK Destination came as part of an awards ceremony held during the second day of the exhibition. Yorkshire South, the only destination to win the award in two consecutive years, were commended for their innovation by media judge Paul Colston, editor of Conference News.

Paul commented:

"I have awarded Yorkshire South Best UK Destination for bringing a new dimension to destination show-rounds with their 4D effect and holistic all round view of the region."

The Meetings & Incentive Travel Industry Awards recogniseexcellence in the conference industry, and are decided by votes cast bythe readers of Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine. Votes areaudited and verified by the independent Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Gold and silver awards for Best UK Convention Bureau went to Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and Jersey Conference Bureau respectively, with the judges deciding that Yorkshire South Tourism is the best conference bureau in England.

Richard Jones, CEO of Yorkshire South, commented:

"We are delighted to have won both awards this week. To take bronze in the Best UK Convention Bureau category is fantastic, especially since it means that a great number of our clients voted for us. Then to find out, two days later, that we had also won Best UK destination for the second year running, was amazing."

He added:

"We work very closely with our partners and venues to raise the profile of Yorkshire South as a business tourism destination, so to be recognised by the event buyers for our hard work and the industry makes it all worthwhile. To be recognised by both awards is a great honour and something that we as a destination are very proud of.

Gary Verity, CEO Yorkshire Tourist Board:
 
"Congratulations to Yorkshire South for such a tremendous wins! Once again Yorkshire is leading the way with its excellent business tourism offer. Well done to everyone involved in making the region the success it is."

B&H was appointed in 2006 tostrategise, develop and manage business tourism PR for Yorkshire South Tourism.