Best Tourism & Leisure Site for Visit Winchester

24th February 2010

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New Mind's site for Visit Winchester, www.visitwinchester.co.uk, has won the Hantsweb Award in the Best Tourism and Leisure Website category.

Open to any organisation based in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight, the Hantsweb Awards are a unique and prestigious event, celebrating excellence and innovation in website design, accessibility and web services.   

Visit Winchester was one of 155 sites nominated in the Best Tourism and Leisure Website category.  The judging panel selected the site based on its ability to demonstrate best practice, accessibility, ease of use, relevance and great design. 

Ellen Simpson, Tourism Marketing and Development Manager at Winchester City Council comments, "We were delighted to receive this considerable accolade at the point where the Visit Winchester rebrand is ready to launch to a wider market base. We’ve been overwhelmed by positive feedback about the new website’s functionality and ease of use and are extremely grateful to New Mind for the work they put in with us to revolutionise our web presence.  The whole project took just six months which is an achievement in itself. Like all destinations, we want to encourage more people to visit, stay longer and return more often.  A sleek web presence is the essential key to this and it’s great to hear we have got it right."

The winners were announced at the 7th Hantsweb Award Ceremony on the 23rd February at the Intech Planetarium, Winchester.