Visit London Awards: Winners 2009

Visitor Attraction of the Year

Kindly supported by Visa

• Gold: National Maritime Museum
• Silver: ZSL London Zoo
• Bronze: Imperial War Museum London

Best Tourism Experience

Sponsored by Smiles of London

• Gold: National Maritime Museum for International Year of Astronomy 2009 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
• Silver: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
• Bronze: BBC Tours

Consumer Event of the Year

Sponsored by Cake

• Gold: Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
• Silver: Winter Wonderland
• Bronze: Westminster Council for West End Live

Corporate Event of the Year

Sponsored by Conference & Incentive Travel

• Gold: ExCeL London for The London Summit; Growth, Stability & Jobs
• Silver: The Brewery for Glaston-Brewery
• Bronze: Maybourne Hotel Group for Event Organisers Party at The Berkeley on 6 April 2009

Business Venue of the Year

Sponsored by Confex Group

• Gold: ExCeL London
• Silver: Natural History Museum
• Bronze: Cavendish Conference Venues

Small Hotel/B&B of the Year

Sponsored by SML Marketing & Events

• Gold: Bingham
• Silver: The Colonnade
• Bronze: SACO Holborn/SACO Serviced Apartments

Large Hotel of the Year

Sponsored by OMD

• Gold: Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel
• Silver: InterContinental London Park Lane
• Bronze: The Athenaeum

Budget Accommodation of the Year

Sponsored by visitlondon.com

• Gold: Generator Hostel London
• Silver: Palmers Lodge Boutique Backpackers
• Bronze: Think Apartments Limited

Outstanding Customer Service Award

Sponsored by British Airways

• Gold: The Operations team at The Cavendish Hotel London
• Silver: The Meetings & Events team at Royal College of Physicians
• Bronze: Nicholas Babbs at National Maritime Museum

Sports Tourism Award

Sponsored by BT

• Gold: England and Wales Cricket Board for ICC World Twenty20 England 2009
• Silver: Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium for Emirates Cup 2008
• Bronze: Chelsea Football Club for Chelsea Football Club Stadium Tours & Museum

Sustainable Tourism Award

Sponsored by Heathrow Express

• Gold: Cavendish Conference Venues
• Silver: ExCeL London
• Bronze: The Cavendish Hotel London

Accessible Tourism Award

Sponsored by OpenLondon

• Gold: St Martin-in-the-Fields
• Silver: Greenwich+Docklands Festivals
• Bronze: The British Postal Museum & Archive

Best Gastronomic Experience

Sponsored by London Restaurant Festival

• Gold: Bingham
• Silver: Paternoster Chop House
• Bronze: Vinopolis

Marketing/PR Campaign of the Year

Sponsored by Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R

• Gold: Natural History Museum for Darwin Exhibition
• Silver: Historic Royal Palaces: Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace for Henry 500 - Henry VIII: Dressed to Kill and Henry VIII: Heads and Hearts
• Bronze: Westfield for the launch of Westfield London

Outstanding Achievement Award

Sponsored by BT

• Tony Hadley, lead singer of Spandau Ballet

People's Choice Awards

London Evening Standard's Best Family Fun

• Wicked – The Musical

London Evening Standard's Best London for Free Experience

• Natural History Museum

Kiss 100's Hottest Music Event

• West End Live

Magic 105.4's London Hero

• Emma De Souza, Society of London Theatre