Five Cumbrian businesses showcased on TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards list
Five of the region's top accommodation providers have been made it on to TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards list.
Rampsbeck Country House Hotel (11th), Gilpin Lodge Hotel and Lake House, (14th) Overwater Hall (17th) and Merewood Country House Hotel (18th) all made it on the independent travel site's prestigious ‘Top 25 UK Hotels' list, while Ambleside's Riverside Hotel made it as third in the ‘World's best B&Bs' category, moving up from its fourth place last year.
The annual list, compiled by the world's largest travel website, TripAdvisor, is based on over 60 million reviews and opinions from travelers around the globe.
Ian Stephens, Managing Director of Cumbria Tourism, said: "TripAdvisor is now a fundamental part of the tourism industry as it is based purely on independent reviews. The fact that five of the top accommodation providers are from our region is testament to our impressive offering - congratulations to the individual businesses involved."
Overall as a region, Cumbrian businesses came second only to Devon which laid claim to the first-place winner and four of the top ten.
For more information please contact Cumbria Tourism's press office on 01539 825075 or email pressoffice@cumbriatourism.org
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2012 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards Highlights:
TOP 25 UK HOTELS
1. Charterhouse Hotel (Torquay, Devon)
2. Hillside Hotel (Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
3. Rudding Park Hotel (Harrogate, Yorkshire)
4. Beechwood Hotel (North Walsham, East Anglia)
5. Crimdon Dene Hotel (Torquay, Devon)
6. Yeoldon House Hotel (Bideford, Devon)
7. The Chambers Park Palace (Leeds, Yorkshire)
8. Shelley's (Lynmouth, Devon)
9. Number Four at Stow (Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire)
10. Bath House Hotel (Chard, Somerset)
11. Rampsbeck Country House Hotel (Watermillock, Cumbria)
12. Cary Court Hotel (Torquay, Devon)
13. The Milestone Hotel (London)
14. Gilpin Hotel & Lake House (Windermere, Cumbria)
15. Hotel 41 (London)
16. Base2Stay Liverpool (Liverpool)
17. Overwater Hall (Bassenthwaite, Cumbria)
18. Merewood Country House Hotel (Windermere, Lake District)
19. Tara Lodge, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
20. The Farmhouse Hotel (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
21. Longueville Manor Hotel (Jersey, Channel Islands)
22. Haymarket Hotel (London)
23. Northcote, (Langho, Lancashire)
24. Dufferin Coachign Inn (County Down, Northern Ireland)
25. Green Bough Hotel (Chester, Cheshire)
WORLD'S BEST B&BS
1. The Twenty One (Brighton, East Sussex, England)
2. The Old Manse (Invermoriston, Scotland)
3. Riverside Hotel (Ambleside, Cumbria, England)
4. Casa Portagioia Bed and Breakfast (Tuscany, Italy)
5. Kenley Hotel (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)
6. The Green House (Sacred Valley, Peru)
7. Byfield House (Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England)
8. One Alloway Retreat (Ayrshire, Scotland)
9. The Manor Coach House (Worcester, Worcestershire, England)
10. Bindon Bottom B&B (West Lulworth, Dorset, England)
