Two Isle of Wight tourism businesses received awards from Family Traveller magazine this week at a ceremony in London hosted by TV personality, Alice Beer.
There was good news and bad as the Island saw the highest every number of first timers over the summer, but the overall; number of visitors dropped due to Bestival leaving the Island and that awful wet weather.
Visit Isle of Wight have knocked Visit Cornwall off the top spot in the social media league table after their social media activity is recognised as one of the best in the country. Well done to them all!
After five years in the job, David Thornton has decided it's time to move on from his role as the head of Visit Isle of Wight. We hope his replacement is just as dynamic.
Although traditional coach visitor and scheduled tours have declined across the UK in recent years, private hire trips, organised by groups and companies are increasing and have a higher spend per head.
The popular festival was saved in 2017 following an 11th hour injection of support from Visit Isle of Wight. Find out what's planned for this year on the brand new Website.
Countryfile Magazine contributing editor and one of the judges, Mark Rowe, said the Isle of Wight has moved with the times and deserves its recognition in this national competition. Well done to everyone involved in tourism on the Island.
There could be an influx of visitors to the Isle of Wight on Sunday as passengers from the boutique cruise liner, The Astor, will be offered to opportunity to come onto the Island for a few hours.
Get to hear the first published interview with the new Managing Director of Visit Isle of Wight - learn more about his background and the plans for 2019.