Coach Operator Awards

Coach Operator of the Year (Small Fleets, fewer than 15 vehicles)

• Carol Peters Coach Travel, Ramsgate, Kent
• Grahams Coaches Ltd, Colchester, Essex

Coach Operator of the Year (Medium Fleets, 16-50 vehicles)

• Anthony's Travel, Runcorn, Cheshire
• Cozy Tours, Letchworth, Hertfordshire
• Excelsior Coaches, Bournemouth, Dorset
• Golden Boy Coaches of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
• Marshall's Coaches, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Maynes Coaches of Buckie, Moray

Coach Operator of the Year (Large Fleets, over 50 vehicles)

• Bowen Coaches, Tamworth, Staffordshire
• Johnsons Coach and Bus Travel, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire
• Shearings, Wigan, Lancashire

Belmont International UK Coach Operator of the Year

There is no short-list for this award, which will be presented on 7 April. The overall winner will be selected from the winners of the small, medium and large fleet operators.

Industry Support Solution of the Year

Designed to recognise and reward excellence and high standards in the delivery of essential support services to coach operators.

• David Allen Chartered Accountants, Carlisle, Cumbria
• Distinctive Systems, York
• Gauntlet Risk Management, Leeds
• Door2Tour.com, Larkfield, Kent

Coach of the Year Award

Operators were asked to nominate the best vehicles from the passenger perspective.

• Setra 416GTHD (Evobus (UK) Limited
• Neoplan Tourliner (Neoman UK, Swindon)
• Volvo/Plaxton BR9 Elite (Plaxton Limited, Scarborough)

Awards for Organisations in Coach Tourism

Most Coach Friendly Local Authority

Operators were asked to nominate authorities that had made extra effort to deliver outstanding facilities for coaches and their passengers

• Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
• Cheshire West and Chester Council
• Medway Council
• Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Most Coach Friendly Historic Attraction

Historic attractions who have gone 'that extra mile' to accommodate, attract, and welcome coaches, their drivers and their passengers

• Black Country Museum Dudley, West Midlands
• Chatsworth Derbyshire
• Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
• Warwick Castle, Warwick

Most Coach Friendly Tourist Attraction

Tourist attractions that have gone 'that extra mile' to accommodate, attract, and welcome coaches, their drivers and their passengers

• Eden Project, Cornwall
• Drayton Manor
• Gretna Green Blacksmith's Shop
• Royal Yacht Britannia
• West Midland Safari Park

Most Coach Friendly Shopping Attraction

Shopping attractions that have gone 'that extra mile' to accommodate, attract, and welcome coaches, their drivers and their passengers

• Bicester Shopping Village
• Boundary Mill Stores, Colne, Lancashire
• Bury Market, Greater Manchester
• Oswaldtwistle Mills Shopping Village Lancashire
• The Trafford Centre

Best Service Supplier

Providers of services such as meals, hotels, admission tickets or sea crossings who have made outstanding efforts to accommodate, attract, and welcome coaches, their drivers and their passengers

Hotels and Catering

• Blundsden House Hotel, Swindon
• Road Chef
• Rezidor – Park Inns
• Warner Leisure Hotels.

Sea Crossing/Water Transport

• Eurotunnel
• P&O Ferries
• Stena Line
• Wightlink

Theatre & Venue Ticketing

• Encore Ticketing, London
• Group Line, London
• Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Tour Wholesaling

• Action Tours, Shifnal, Shropshire
• Albatross Tours, Larkfield, Kent
• Great Days, Altrincham, Cheshire

Coach Marketing Award

This will go to the company judged to have made the best and most creative use of a range of marketing tools to grow their business and increase consumer awareness.

• Nation Expects, National Express
• Stylish Coach Hire, Go South Coast
• Putting the Coach into Brighton & Hove, Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company
• Megabus, Stagecoach Group [subject to confirmation]

Awards for People in the Industry

Coach Driver of the Year Award

• Mike Fitzgerald, Anthony's Travel, Runcorn, Cheshire
• Les Edwards, Cozy Tours, Letchworth, Herts
• Nigel Isom, Cozy Tours, Letchworth, Herts
• Ken Jones, Anthony's Travel, Runcorn, Cheshire
• Colin Morton, Golden Boy Coaches, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
• Scott Ritchie, Mayne's Coaches, Buckie, Moray

Unsung Heroes

This award is designed to recognise and reward the hard work, loyalty and devotion to duty of one or more individuals who perform junior or middle management roles in the industry. There is no short-list for this award, and the winner(s) will be presented on 7 April

Services to the Industry

This prize will be award to somebody in the world of coach tourism who has devoted a lifetime to the industry, and delivered exceptional service in the provision and/or delivery of coach services There is no short-list for this award; the winner will be announced on 7 April.