The Inn Collection Group has a contender in the race to be named the best new tourism business in Lancashire after Lytham St Annes' Offshore was named as a finalist in the annual Lancashire Tourism Awards.
The only county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses, the Lancashire Tourism Awards celebrate excellence across a wide range of visitor economy businesses.
Opened in March this year by “After the Flood” and “Coma” actor Jonas Armstrong, Offshore is the product of a nearly two-year, multi-million-pound refurbishment of St Anne’s Lindum and Carton hotels.
Amalgamating both into a single entity, the result is a vibrant new pub with rooms style venue on the Lancashire coast.
The Inn Collection Group’s largest property by number of bedrooms, Offshore boasts 98 in a variety of configurations including double, twin, family and single all equipped with the expected amenities and en-suite bathrooms.
Adapting to the inn style of hospitality synonymous with the group across northern England and Wales, Offshore’s ground floor spaces have transformed into a warm, welcoming, family-friendly pub.
Boasting 250 covers inside, a large outdoor seating terrace compliments this capacity and maximises the venue’s shoreline location.
Five months on from reopening, Offshore has served more than 14,000 meals with the traditional pub favourites Fish & Chips, pie of the week and house burgers proving particularly popular.
Between today’s announcement and the awards ceremony, to be held in February 2025, the finalists will progress through a number of stages including mystery shopping, announced visits and interviews with the independent Lancashire Tourism Award judges.
Reacting to the shortlisting, Offshore general manager Sarah McIntosh said: “We’re so excited to have been named as a finalist for the 2024 awards, it is a real honour to be recognised and to have made a shortlist with so many brilliant candidates, we’re in excellent company!
“Offshore has been growing steadily since reopening in March and from customer feedback, are delighting our guests.
“Our occupancy rates have been climbing steadily as people discover and praise our new look bedrooms, whilst there is a growing number of people joining us for relaxed drinking and dining.
“We can’t wait to show the judges around and are looking forward to celebrating the best of the county at the awards in February.”
Vikki Harris, Marketing and Partnership Director of Marketing Lancashire said “Today’s finalists have been through a rigorous shortlisting process, mapped against nationally set criteria, and earned a place in the county’s most prestigious tourism and hospitality awards.
“We wish them luck through the next stages of the competition and look forward to celebrating with them at the awards ceremony early next year.
“Some of the finalists will now be visited by mystery shoppers and some by appointment, but all will have the opportunity to meet with our esteemed panel of judges in November.
“Our judges will consider all the evidence, reports and interviews before selecting the winners of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2024.
“This year’s finalists are leaders in their field and we are thrilled to support them through the next stages of the awards process and to support our judges, who have quite a task on their hands.
“Congratulations to all this year’s finalists, you’ve risen to the challenge.”
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