By William Coleman
There is a new level of buzz at the Fife holiday park. Staff and management are extremely happy with the results from the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards nominations. They have been nominated in 4 different categories by the tourism scheme, as voted for by the public.
The Elie Holiday park, just outside the seaside resort of Elie, could bring a whole new level of attention its site. One win would be great but if they win all 4 of their nominated categories, there are 17 categories in total, they will have a whole new prestige for the holiday park. There were more than 35,000 votes cast in these nomination. Like most things in life, if the locals like is then so will you.
This is the second year of the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards which highlights businesses who have contributed to Scotland’s tourism industry. The verdicts will be revealed in a glamorous award ceremony on 29 October which will be hosted at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel.
The first round of the contest was held in the summer where the public were invited to vote for their favourite Scottish Holiday Experience. Great news for the Elie site to be nominated in 23% of the categories.
The 4 categories that the Abbeyford Leisure owned site have been nominated for are; Best Holiday Park, Best Campsite, Best Self-Catering Accommodation and Best Visitor Attraction. Not a bad list to nominations at all. It is an extremely impressive feat to be nominated in such strong categories.
Located on Shell Bay, Elie Holiday Park provides luxury holiday homes to rent and buy, lodges with hot tubs, plus pitches for campers, touring caravans and motorhomes. The park has been under the ownership of Abbeyford Leisure for over 30 years. The parks is visited by thousands of holidaymakers for the UK and abroad. Locals also get free entry at the site.
There have been recent investments into the park which have introduced extra luxury holiday homes and the opening of new cafe which has been shortlisted for an architectural award earlier this year.
Abbeyford Leisure chairman David J Evans said everyone at the company was thrilled to learn of Elie’s landslide of votes in the Scottish Outdoor and Leisure Awards:
“What makes us especially proud is that the public were putting their ticks against those tourism businesses which had provided them with the most amazing experiences,” he said.
“We know that for most people it’s not just the quality of the facilities provided, but also the standards of service they receive which matter most. That’s why we owe a really big thank-you to our staff team at Elie who always go the extra mile to make guests feel welcome and to provide first-class hospitality,” added Mr Evans.
The park is certainly working flat out provide the very best they can to make their site an award winning location. With such a wide variety of sites and locations to visit in Scotland this is a clear stand out for me.
