A glittering awards ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Brighton on Tuesday evening saw the Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop in Hampshire scoop the silver award for Tourism Event of the Year for Wallop Wheels and Wings, at the Beautiful South Awards organised by Tourism South East.
The awards celebrate excellence within the tourism sector, with 75 finalists from tourism and hospitality businesses in South East England gathered for the ceremony.
This is the second consecutive year that the Army Flying Museum has reached the final of the prestigious awards and recognises the hard work the Museum team has undertaken in establishing this event on the national calendar.
Chief Executive of the Army Flying Museum, Lucy Johnson, said: “We are so thrilled to have been given this award, which recognises the hard work that the entire team of staff and volunteers at the Museum has achieved over the last few years. Wallop Wheels & Wings is our flagship event, and we are extremely proud of how it has developed since our inaugural event in 2021. The last year has been a very special one at the Museum with us celebrating 40 year[s], and we continue to go from strength to strength. I am incredibly proud of all the team, and to be presented with the silver award by Tourism South East was the icing on the cake.”
Fran Downton, Chief Executive of Tourism South East, said: “It was a real honour to play host to such truly exceptional businesses, and the strength of the winners is testament to the incredible standards and unwavering quality of the South’s tourism industry.”
The Museum, which also won Silver in the Best Small Attraction Award last year and ‘Best Aviation Museum’ in the Airscene Awards 2023 and 2024, is most certainly getting recognised both locally and nationally, and firmly making its mark on the local tourism sector.
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