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| Bed & Breakfast News | Summer 2017
B & B IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
The 25 Boutique B & B, Torquay
This issue’ s‘ B & B in the Spotlight’ is our member“ The 25” boutique B & B in Torquay. The awards are piling up for The 25, with a hat trick of top award wins in the last few days alone.
This stylish English Riviera B & B has scooped not just the TripAdvisor award ranking it in the top ten of worldwide B & Bs; adding to the awards tally, this six-bed property won Silver for‘ B & B of the Year’ at Visit England’ s Tourism Excellence awards last week, and topped that on Monday 30th April by being crowned‘ Unique B & B of the Year’ at the annual AA B & B Awards in London( see p22).
In January, the five star B & B won a prestigious Travellers’ Choice Award from TripAdvisor, placing them in the top five B & Bs in the UK and top ten in the World.‘ The 25 Boutique B & B’ in Torquay was opened just three years ago by its hands-on owners, Andy and Julian Banner-Price, and in that time has won a most impressive number of accolades( see www. the25. uk / awards).
Visit England, the national tourist board, held its annual Awards for Excellence on the 23rd April. Andy and Julian attended their ceremony in Bath, to be presented a Silver award by TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp in the‘ Bed and Breakfast of the Year’ category.