Revealing your 2022 Group Leisure & Travel Awards winners

The annual Group Leisure & Travel Awards dinner and ceremony took place on Wednesday 5th October at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes – hosted by football legend, Kevin Keegan. Thanks to everyone who voted, nominated or entered as part of this year’s initiative. 

Read about the 2022 ceremony

Here are your Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2022 winners…

Best UK Attraction for Children & Families

• Alton Towers
• Cadbury World
• Go Ape
• I’m A Celebrity… Jungle Challenge
• LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort (winner)
• West Midland Safari Park

Best Museum or Gallery

• Aerospace Bristol 
• Bletchley Park
• King Richard III Visitor Centre (winner)
• The Postal Museum
• Science Museum London
• World of James Herriot

Best Historic Attraction or Venue

• Belvoir Castle
• Blenheim Palace (winner)
• Castle Howard
• Hereford Cathedral
• Leeds Castle 
• Windsor Castle

Best Garden Visit

• Eden Project
• The Lost Gardens of Heligan
• RHS Garden Wisley
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (winner)
• The Savill Garden
• Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Best Coach or Tour Operator - UK Tours

• Airedale Tours
• Crusader Holidays
• Dunwood (winner)
• Ellen Smith Coach Tours
• Harry Shaw Group Travel
• InterChoice

Best Ferry or Fixed Link Operator

• Brittany Ferries
• Condor Ferries
• DFDS
• Eurotunnel
• Irish Ferries (winner)
• Wightlink

Best Event for Groups

• BBC Gardeners’ World Live
• BBC Good Food Show
• Harrogate Autumn Flower Show
• Newmarket Nights
• Royal Ascot (winner)
• Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Thank you to our official Awards Partners for 2022

Best Christmas Experience

• Blenheim Palace
• Hampton Court Palace
• Hever Castle (winner)
• Thursford Christmas Spectacular
• Waddesdon Manor
• York Christmas Festival

Best Guided Tour

• Kensington Palace
• The London Dungeon
• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
• UK Parliament
• Royal Albert Hall
• The Royal Mint Experience (winner)

Best Accommodation for Groups

• Best Western Hotels & Resorts
• Brend Hotels
• Daish’s Holidays
• The Manor House Hotel, Okehampton
• Potters Resorts (winner)
• Warner Leisure Hotels

Best Group Dining Experience

• The Floating Grace
• Hard Rock Café
• Mamma Mia! The Party (winner)
• North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Pullman Dining Carriages
• Royal Shakespeare Company
• Warner Leisure Hotels

Best Theatre Production

• Back To The Future The Musical
• Disney’s Frozen The West End Musical
• The Lion King
• Mamma Mia! (winner)
• Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
• Wicked

Best Cruise Line

• Arena River Cruises
• CroisiEurope (winner)
• Emerald Cruises
• Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
• P&O Cruises
• Royal Caribbean International

Best Ticketing Agency

• ATG Tickets
• Delfont Mackintosh
• Group Line (winner)
• Nimax Theatres
• See Tickets
• The Ticket Factory

Best UK Destination

• Bournemouth
• Devon
• London
• Staffordshire
• Wiltshire
• York (winner)

Best International Destination

• Amsterdam
• Ireland (winner)
• Malta
• Paris
• Venice
• Ypres

The Excellence Award 2022

• Alex Dixon, Historic Royal Palaces
• Zoe Poston, Dunwood (winner)
• Pam Wharton, Ellen Smith (Tours) Ltd
• Eric White, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

You can find out more about all of The Excellence Award finalists by clicking here

Best Group Tour Operator

• Airedale Tours
• HF Holidays
• Jet2holidays
• Simply Groups
• Success Tours
• Travel Editions (winner)

Best UK Attraction

• Chester Zoo
• lastminute.com London Eye
• National Memorial Arboretum (winner)
• Tower of London
• Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
• Windsor Castle

Group Travel Organiser of the Year® 2022

• Robert Coleman, The London Cultureseekers Group
• Dave Hartle, Dave’s Trips (winner)
• Irene Moore, Epsom & Ewell U3A
• Jacky Oakley, Camberley & District U3A 

You can find out about each of the GTO of the Year® finalists, including why they love their job and the experiences they arrange for their group, by clicking here.