Visit London People’s Choice Awards - shortlist announced
22 October 08
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The 2008 shortlisted finalists for the Visit London People’s Choice Awards were announced today with new names as well as well-known faces and places making the final round.
The Awards, which are being held on Thursday 27 November at the Royal Albert Hall, are a celebration of London’s hospitality and cultural offer. Capital FM’s Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon will be hosting the show, for which tickets are already selling fast.
Media partners the Evening Standard and 95.8 Capital FM will each host the People’s Choice Award categories online and give their readers and listeners the opportunity to have their say on the very best of London, with plenty of great prizes to be won.*
Visit London Chief Executive James Bidwell said:
“The Visit London Awards go from strength to strength each year. This is reflected in the record number of entries received this year and the consistently high standard of the nominations.
“Many congratulations to all of the shortlisted businesses. It is their hard work and dedication to quality that ensures London’s position as the world’s top city destination. I urge Londoners to have their say and vote for their favourite things to see and do in our city.”
Also new to the Visit London People’s Choice Awards in 2008 is the ‘London’s Favourite Londoner’ category which rewards an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to the capital in their chosen field. Finalists for London’s Favourite Londoner are: Paul Merton, Michael Caine OBE, Joanna Lumley OBE, Jamie Oliver MBE, Sir Alan Sugar and Leona Lewis.
To vote for the shortlisted finalists in the 2008 Visit London People’s Choice Awards go to http://www.visitlondon.com/awards. Voting closes 2 November.
The finalists in this year’s 2008 Visit London People’s Choice Awards are:
Evening Standard Best Retailer Award:
Selfridges
John Lewis, Oxford Street
Penny Burdett Knitwear
Hamleys
Fenchurch Shop, Covent Garden
Top Shop, Oxford Street
Evening Standard Best Shopping Destination Award:
Regent Street
Oxford Street
Camden Lock
Carnaby Street
Covent Garden
Seven Dials
Evening Standard Best Market Award:
Camden Market
Borough Market
Spitalfields Market
Portobello Market
Covent Garden
Greenwich Market
95.8 Capital FM Best West End Show Award:
Hairspray
Jersey Boys
Wicked
Avenue Q
Mamma Mia
Lion King
95.8 Capital FM Best Music Venue Award:
Royal Albert Hall
The O2
Koko
Carling Academy Brixton
Wembley Stadium
Jazz Cafe
Toptable Best Restaurant Award:
Babylon at Roof Gardens
The Landau
Rhodes W1
Paternoster Chop house
Village East
Theo Randall at The Intercontinental
Kids Love London Best Family Fun Award sponsored by Ripley’s Believe It or Not!:
Tower of London
London Zoo
London Eye
Science Museum
Madame Tussauds
Natural History Museum
Notes to Editors
* Great prizes to be won by voting in the 2008 Visit London People’s Choice Awards include:
Evening Standard Best Shopping Experience Awards
Win £500 worth of shopping vouchers and a meal for two in top shopping destination Carnaby. With unique independent stores, unusual boutiques and global fashion brands all within Carnaby, this prize is a shopper’s dream-come-true! Finish a hard night’s shop with an overnight stay at Topham’s luxury boutique hotel in Belgravia.
95.8 Capital FM Best Music Venue Award
Win a pair of tickets to the Pussycat Dolls concert at London O2 Arena on 27th January 2009.
Toptable Best Restaurant Award
Win a meal for two for up to a value of £100 in the fabulous British restaurant Roast, situated in the food lover’s homeland of Borough Market.
Kids Love London Award for Best Family Fun
Win a VIP day out for a family of five to London’s biggest new visitor attraction, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! then enjoy lunch at nearby restaurant Planet Hollywood.
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