Categories

1. Restaurant website - independent
Open to websites belonging to an independent restaurant business of three units or fewer, wholly owned and operated by its owner.

2. Restaurant website - group
Open to any website belonging to a restaurant group operating at any market level. A group is defined as having four or more units.

3. Hotel website - independent
Open to websites belonging to an independent hotel business of three units or fewer, wholly owned and operated by its owner.

4. Hotel website - group
Open to any website belonging to a hotel group operating at any market level. A group is defined as having four or more units.

5. Foodservice website
Open to websites belonging to any contract caterer, in-house catering operation or events caterer. They may be servicing any sector of the foodservice industry, from business & industry to education, healthcare to insitutional catering.

6. Pub or Bar website
Open to websites belonging to pub and/or bar groups, or individual pubs and bars of any size, and operating at any market level.

7. Equipment Supplier website
Open to websites belonging to suppliers (both manufacturers and distributors) of equipment to hospitality businesses.

8. Food or Drink Supplier website
Open to websites belonging to suppliers of food and drink to hospitality businesses.

9. Services provider website
Open to websites belonging to suppliers of all services other than recruitment consultancy to hospitality businesses.

10. Recruitment website
Open to recruitment consultancies that predominantly serve the UK hospitality industry, or to direct employers that have developed websites to meet their own recruitment requirements.

11. Online Marketing Award
Awarded to online products, services or websites that incorporate an imaginative use of online marketing channels. This could form part of a stand alone campaign or a fully integrated campaign utilising both online and offline marketing channels. This could be through a mix of press advertising, online banner advertising, email campaigns, viral marketing, social media marketing through Facebook & Twitter or any other channels. Judges are looking to see creativity, an imaginative approach and effectiveness.

12. Best use of social media
Awarded to the organisation most effectively using social media to benefit their brand.  This could include social networking using sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, blogging, using YouTube, Flickr and any other method. Entrants should demonstrate what techniques they have deployed together with how it has helped contribute to a brands success.

13. Blog of the Year
The Blog Award is open to UK-based bloggers who work within the industry. They must write about, promote and generate discussion about the hospitality industry in the UK. This category is free to enter.

14. Website of the Year
The winner of the overall Caterersearch.com Website of the Year will be chosen from the shortlisted entries from the other 13 categories and voted for by the 250,000 users and readers of Caterersearch.com, the award judges and the senior editors of Caterer and Hotelkeeper and Caterersearch.com.