BEST OF THE SOUTH WEST

Leading tourism businesses celebrated at the Eden Project as over 90 awards were presented at the 2022/23 South West Tourism Excellence Awards.

482 entries were submitted from across the region including Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath, Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Among the Cornish winners, Hendra

The St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa has relaunched its VIP locals’ club - Solid As Rock.

St Moritz Hotel founder and owner, Hugh Ridgway, said: “Whilst we welcome guests and visitors from right across the UK and beyond, our Cornish locals are our utterly valued regulars and we started Solid As Rock ten years ago because we wanted people who live in Cornwall to feel treasured by the hotel.

“It was amazingly popular back then and we now have reworked the concept, with a snazzy modern technology membership system. We’re inviting all of our previous members to join us to update their VIL (very important locals’) card so they can regularly take advantage of the Solid as Rock bespoke invites, benefits, packages and continual discounts in

The campaign is funding low carbon and nature recovery projects in Cornwall’s fight against climate and ecological emergencies.

In place of its annual Gems Charity of The Year initiative – which has raised over £22k for local good causes since 2018 - this year Cornish Gems is committing entirely to the Love Where You Are campaign.

Funds raised will go towards the Cornwall Climate and Nature Fund to support green community projects – such as increasing