Offshore in Lytham St Annes finalist at Lancashire Business Awards

Offshore in Lytham St Annes reopened earlier this year with more than 500 people turning up to celebrate the multi-million-pound refurbishment.

The pub has been named as a finalist in the new best tourism business category.

It is owned by The Inn Collection Group which also operates the Midland Hotel in Morecambe.

Offshore is a finalist in the best new tourism business category at the Lancashire Business Awards (Image: The Inn Collection Group)

The group’s largest property by number of bedrooms, Offshore boasts 98 in a variety of configurations including double, twin, family and single all equipped with the expected amenities and en-suite bathrooms.

Adapting to the inn style of hospitality synonymous with the group across northern England and Wales, Offshore’s ground floor spaces have transformed into a warm, welcoming, family-friendly pub.

Boasting 250 covers inside, a large outdoor seating terrace compliments this capacity and maximises the venue’s shoreline location.

Five months on from reopening, Offshore has served more than 14,000 meals with the traditional pub favourites fish & chips, pie of the week and house burgers proving particularly popular.

Between this announcement and the awards ceremony, to be held in February 2025,  the finalists will progress through a number of stages including mystery shopping, announced visits and interviews with the independent Lancashire Tourism Award judges.

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Offshore general manager Sarah McIntosh said: “We’re so excited to have been named as a finalist for the 2024 awards, it is a real honour to be recognised and to have made a shortlist with so many brilliant candidates, we’re in excellent company!

“Offshore has been growing steadily since reopening in March and from customer feedback, are delighting our guests.

“Our occupancy rates have been climbing steadily as people discover and praise our new look bedrooms, whilst there is a growing number of people joining us for relaxed drinking and dining.

“We can’t wait to show the judges around and are looking forward to celebrating the best of the county at the awards in February.”

Vikki Harris, Marketing and Partnership Director of Marketing Lancashire said “Today’s finalists have been through a rigorous shortlisting process, mapped against nationally set criteria, and earned a place in the county’s most prestigious tourism and hospitality awards.

The pub also has 98 bedrooms for people to stay in (Image: The Inn Collection Group)

“We wish them luck through the next stages of the competition and look forward to celebrating with them at the awards ceremony early next year.

“Some of the finalists will now be visited by mystery shoppers and some by appointment, but all will have the opportunity to meet with our esteemed panel of judges in November.

“Our judges will consider all the evidence, reports and interviews before selecting the winners of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2024.

“This year’s finalists are leaders in their field and we are thrilled to support them through the next stages of the awards process and to support our judges, who have quite a task on their hands.

“Congratulations to all this year’s finalists, you’ve risen to the challenge.”