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Yorebridge House Hotel Strikes Gold as Best Small Hotel in the UK at the 2016 Visit England Awards

Yorebridge House Hotel, owned by Dave and Charlotte Reilly, is in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, have had an outstanding year, winning awards galore, as well as recently gaining 3 AA Rosettes. And they have now been awardedGoldas theBest Small Hotel in the UK, in the much coveted Visit England Awards for Excellence, the most prestigious awards in English Tourism, and they were up against the very best small hotels across the UK, and exacting standards and rigorous criteria had to be met.

The Gold Award is the highest Award for Excellence in Tourism in England which VisitEngland can bestow. Yorebridge House was presented with their Gold Award by, Suzanne Chilvers - Head of Springboard North and Joss Croft - Director of Marketing, VisitBritain at the glittering Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday 8 March at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

Commenting on the Award, Sally Balcombe, CEO of VisitBritain and VisitEngland said "We received hundreds of applications of an exceptionally high quality making the competition for a Gold Award extremely tough. It is therefore a tremendous achievement for Yorebridge House to win a Gold Award, the highest accolade for Excellence in Tourism which VisitEngland can bestow. They have raised the bar for excellence for others to aspire to and I warmly congratulate them on their exemplary contribution to tourism in this country."

Dave said "It still hasn't sunk in! We can't quite believe that we have won Gold in this prestigious award, against some incredible hotels across the whole of the UK. It means so very much to us to be recognised in this way.

"We all work very hard as a great team, and always want to give our visitors the very best of everything when they stay with us.

"We feel that if people choose to go away, they hope to have a very special time, and we want them to go away feeling that is what Yorebridge House has done for them."

Yorebridge House, set in the heart of Wensleydale, in the picturesque village of Bainbridge, was created by Dave and Charlotte, by converting the historic Grade II listed Old School and Headmaster's House, dating back to 1850.

Having had no previous experience in the Hospitality world, and the premises never having had a history for hospitality or food, Dave and Charlotte opened their doors in 2008, having transformed it into an award winning 11 bedroom, 5 star highly commended Restaurant with Rooms, and the only Restaurant with Rooms in Yorkshire to have been awarded 3 AA Rosettes in 2014, which they have retained, where its elegant and stylish interiors offer a warm intimate atmosphere.

Each of the luxurious bedrooms have been inspired by Dave and Charlotte's travels, with room names that reflect their journey and which evoke very personal memories for them and for their visitors to enjoy. All suggest romance and exotic journeys recreated by Charlotte, who is also a sought after interior designer. All the furniture and fittings have been sourced from around the world, giving it a very unique, subtle and elegant opulence, all blended with warmth and generous hospitality.

www.yorebridgehouse.co.uk

ENDS.

Additional Information

Yorebridge House Awards

• Visit England Awards for Excellence 2016 - Winner GOLD Small Hotel of the Year

• Visit England Awards for Excellence 2015 - Winner SILVER Taste of England Award

• White Rose awards 2015 - Winner Small Hotel of the Year

• White Rose awards 2015 - Finalist Yorkshire Restaurant of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2014 - Winner Yorkshire Restaurant of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2014 - Finalist Restaurant with Rooms of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2013 - Winner Restaurant with Rooms of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2013 - Finalist Yorkshire Restaurant of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2012 - Finalist Small Hotel of the Year

• White Rose Awards 2012 - Finalist Yorkshire Restaurant of the Year

• Flavours of Herriot Country Awards 2015 - Finalist Best Restaurant of the Year

• Flavours of Herriot Country Awards 2014 - Winner Best Restaurant of the Year

• Mills & Boon, The Romantics Awards 2015 - Winners of ‘The Most Romantic Venue in the UK'

• AA Awards 2016 -3 AA Rosettes

• AA Awards 2015 -3 AA Rosettes

• AA Awards 2014 -3 AA Rosettes (Only Restaurant with Rooms in Yorkshire to achieve this in 2014)

• AA Awards 2015 - Finalist UK Wine Awards

• AA Awards 2016- Notable Wine List Award

• AA Awards 2015- Notable Wine List Award

• AA Awards 2016/2015/2014/2013 (4 Consecutive Years) - Winner Inspectors Choice Award for Restaurant with Rooms

• AA Awards 2016/2015/2014/2013/2012/2011 (6 Consecutive Years) - Winner 5 Gold Stars for Restaurant with Rooms

• AA Awards 2016/2015/2014/2013/2012/2011 (6 Consecutive Years) - Awarded UK Breakfast award

• TripAdvisors Travellers Choice Awards 2016 - Best for Luxury - Recognising the finest hotels across the Globe
  TripAdvisors Travellers Choice Awards 2015 - Best for Luxury - Recognising the finest hotels across the Globe

• TripAdvisors Travellers Choice Awards 2016 - Best for Romance - Recognising the finest hotels across the Globe

• TripAdvisors Travellers Choice Awards 2015 - Best for Romance - Recognising the finest hotels across the Globe

• Tripadvisor 2015/2014/2013/2012/2011 (5 Consecutive years) - Certificate of Excellence

• TripAdvisor 2012 - Named ‘The Most Romantic Hotel In The UK'

• TripAdvisor 2011 - Named ‘The Most Romantic Hotel In The UK'

• The Times Travel Supplement - listed in the top 5 as being the only Yorkshire hotel listed as having ‘Britain's Sexiest Hotel Rooms'

• Deliciously Yorkshire awards 2013 - Winner Best Use of Local Produce

• Yorkshire Life Awards 2013 - Winner Small but special accommodation

In the last year Yorebridge House have had 'The Dales' (ITV) crew and presenters stay for a number of weeks during filming, and also the BBC when they recently filmed Wuthering Heights in the dales. Charlotte has recently been appointed by a high profile regional glossy magazine to provide a regular Interior Design column.

The BBC has stayed with us when filming 'Escape to the Country' and 'Top Gear'.

Eurosport also filmed on site during the Tour de France campaign.

We have a number of high profile companies that book into Yorebridge House for weekends such as Aston Martin, Bang and Olufsen and Barclays Bank plc.

Barclays Bank:

David & Charlotte were approached to be the face of Barclays plc for their community walls project, starting in January 2015. This project aims to showcase Barclays' engagement in the local community. David and Charlotte are being featured as the business success story in all the branches in The Dales, Darlington, Durham and Teesside areas.

For further information, to arrange a Review visit, or for images

Please contact

Irene Myers

Irene Myers & Associates

Tel 01642 312226

M 07946 415624

Twitter: @irenemyerspr

E:irenemyerspr@outlook.com

Or

Dave Reilly

Yorebridge House

Bainbridge

North Yorkshire

DL8 3EE

Twitter: @yorebridgehouse

T:01969 652060

F:01969 650258

W:www.yorebridgehouse.co.uk

E:enquiries@yorebridgehouse.com

Information about Visit England

Visit England Information

For more information or to arrange interviews, please contact: Jenia Jeroh, Corporate Communications Manager on T: 020 7578 1482|M: 07583 103881|E:jenia.jeroh@visitengland.org|W: www.visitengland.com/biz

Notes to editor:

About VisitEngland

• VisitEngland's focus is on the development and delivery of the new Discover England fund for product development to ensure that bookable regional product is being sold in international markets. This activity will also benefit the domestic industry by building engagement and partnerships between and across regions and developing product that will be attractive to both domestic and international markets.

• Our work is underpinned by robust research and customer insights. You can access the latest in-depth market intelligence and statistics onwww.visitengland.org/insight-statistics

• Tourism in England is worth £106 billion, and supports 2.6 million jobs.

For corporate information see www.visitengland.org and for consumer information see www.visitengland.com.

About the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016

• The VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016 celebrate the best of English tourism. They promote healthy industry competition and high standards, helping to ensure England's place as a world-class destination.www.visitenglandawards.org.

• the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence are firmly established as representing the highest accolade in English tourism

• The categories for the 2016 awards include: Access for All Tourism Award, Bed & Breakfast Award, Business Tourism Award, Dog Friendly Business of the Year, Holiday Park / Holiday Village of the Year, Large Hotel of the Year, Large Visitor Attraction of the Year, Self-Catering Holiday Provider of the Year, Small Hotel of the Year, Small Visitor Attraction of the Year, Sustainable Tourism Award, Taste of England Award, Tourism Event of the Year, Tourism Experience of the Year, Tourism Pub of the Year, Visitor Information Provider of the Year.

• In addition to the 16 categories are the additional Awards of Tourism Superstar and Outstanding Contribution to Tourism. The Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award will be announced on the night. Previous winners of this award have included The Great English Pub, Michael Eavis CBE, HM The Queen, the Harry Potter films, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Sir Paul McCartney, Liverpool, The National Trust, The English Garden, 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Makers, The Travel Agent and last year The Chefs of England.

About English Tourism Week 

English Tourism Week is led by the national tourist board, VisitEngland, and is an industry-wide initiative designed to shine a light on the importance of tourism in England. The industry as whole is worth £106billion to the UK economy and supports 2.6 million jobs. Hundreds of tourism organisations and businesses will be putting on events to celebrate English Tourism Week this year. For more information about English Tourism Week which takes place between 5 - 13 March 2016, see www.englishtourismweek.co.uk

About Tourism Superstar

The initiative provides destination management organisations with the opportunity to participate for free in a national campaign which guarantees national media coverage. The campaign champions careers in tourism (for people of all ages) and promotes quality, customer service and excellence within England's tourism industry. It importantly acknowledges that the industry is a people-facing, people-focused industry. For more information and to cast a vote, visit https://www.visitengland.com/biz/about-us/campaigns-and-opportunities/english-tourism-week/visitengland-tourism-superstar