Visit London honours Tony Hadley at glitzy awards bash: pictures

Lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, picked up an Outstanding Achievement Award at the BT Visit London Awards at Westfield London last night.

Visit London honours Tony Hadley at glitzy awards bash: pictures
Visit London honours Tony Hadley at glitzy awards bash: pictures

Around 700 guests turned out to celebrate the sixth annual awards ceremony, which recognises the best of the capital's tourism industry.

The Natural History Museum, Excel London, Bingham and the National Maritime Museum each walked away with two Gold Awards.

Magic 105.4 presenter Neil Fox hosted the event with support from Justin Wilkes and Neev from Kiss 100.

Guests were kept entertained with performances from the likes of drag artist Jonny Woo, Marawa from Le Clique and Nathan Watson.

"Tourism is a hugely important part of London's economy and I would like to thank all the organisations that work so hard to make London such an incredible city," said Visit London interim CEO Sally Chatterjee.

Agency SML Events & Marketing produced the event, while Gallowglass provided security.

The full list of BT Visit London Awards 2009 winners:

People's Choice Awards

Evening Standard's Best Family Fun Award
Wicked the Musical
 
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's Hero
Emma De Souza
 
Industry Awards

Accessible Tourism Award
Gold - St Martin-in-the-Fields
Silver - Greenwich+Docklands Festivals
Bronze - The British Postal Museum & Archive
 
Sustainable Tourism Award
Gold - Cavendish Conference Venues
Silver - Excel London
Bronze - Cavendish Hotel
 
Business Venue of the Year
Gold - Excel London
Silver - Natural History Museum
Bronze - Cavendish Conference Venues

Corporate Event of the Year
Gold - Excel London - The London Summit: Growth, Stability & Jobs
Silver - The Brewery - Glaston-Brewery
Bronze - Maybourne Hotel Group - Event Organisers Party at the Berkeley

Consumer Event of the Year
Gold - Greenwich+Docklands Festival - Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
Silver - Winter Wonderland
Bronze - Westminster City Council - West End Live
 
Sports Tourism Award
Gold - England and Wales Cricket Board - ICC World Twenty20 England 2009
Silver - Arsenal Football Club / Emirates Stadium - Emirates Cup 2008
Bronze - Chelsea Football Club - Chelsea Football Club Stadium Tours and Museum
 
Marketing/PR 北京赛车pk10 of the Year
Gold - Natural History Museum - Darwin Exhibition
Silver - Historic Royal Palaces: Tower of London
Bronze - Westfield - Launch of Westfield London

Best Gastronomic Experience
Gold - Bingham
Silver - Paternoster Chop House
Bronze - Vinopolis
 
Outstanding Customer Service Award
Gold -The Cavendish Hotel - Operations Team
Silver -Royal College of Physicians - Meetings and Events team
Bronze - National Maritime Museum - Nicholas Babbs

Budget Accommodation of the Year
Gold - Generator Hostel London
Silver - Palmers Lodge Boutique Backpackers
Bronze - Think Apartments Limited

Large Hotel of the Year
Gold - Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel
Silver - InterContinental London Park Lane
Bronze - The Athenaeum

Small Hotel/B&B of the Year
Gold - Bingham
Silver - The Colonnade
Bronze - SACO Holborn/SACO Serviced Apartments
 
Visitor Attraction of the Year
Gold -National Maritime Museum
Silver - ZSL London Zoo
Bronze - Imperial War Museum London
 
Best Tourism Experience
Gold - National Maritime Museum
Silver - Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
Bronze - BBC Tours

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