Awards

Belfast Zoo has received numerous awards in recognition of our work. These include:

UTV's Ultimate Ulster 2011

We recently topped UTV's Ultimate Ulster poll for the best place in Ulster to spend a day with the children. This is the second consecutive year that voters have crowned Belfast Zoo as their champion in this category and presenter Frank Mitchell referred to the zoo as a "great location with great views which guarantees that, no matter how many times you go, you will see something different".

Northern Ireland Tourism Awards 2011

Belfast Zoo won the visitor inspired category at this ceremony, hosted by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. The award recognised the zoo's customer-driven culture which is not only vital to achieving our educational and conservational business objectives, but also key in creating a memorable and unique experience that can't be replicated anywhere else in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Social Media Awards 2011

Belfast Zoo won the Best Use of Social Media by a Tourist Attraction at the first ever Northern Ireland Social Media Awards 2011.

CIM Ireland Marketing Awards 2010

Belfast Zoo won the Best Online Marketing Programme Award 2010 at the the Chartered Institute of Ireland Marketing Awards.

CIPR Presidents' Grand Prix 2009

The Belfast Zoo website won the Best Website or Microsite category at the national Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards, announced in January 2010.

CIPR PRide Awards 2009

The Belfast Zoo website won a gold award at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards 2009 in the Best Website category.

CIPR PRide Awards 2008

We won two silver awards at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards 2008 - one for Best Low Budget PR Campaign and one for Best Publication for our 2008 events booklet.

Chartered Institute of Marketing Awards 2008

Belfast Zoo won the Best Brand Programme category at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Awards 2008.

The award recognised the success of our new brand as well as our brand awareness campaign. We were also highly commended in the Best PR Campaign category.

All-Ireland Marketing Awards 2008

The zoo won the Best Public Relations Campaign category for the success of our Lily the lion campaign.

The judges said: "with only a modest budget, the campaign secured very high coverage and resulted in significant increases in visitor traffic and revenue for the zoo."

Northern Ireland Tourism Awards 2008

We won the Marketing Excellence category at this ceremony, hosted by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

The award recognised our rebranding process and communications campaigns.

Belfast Telegraph NI Business Awards 2008

We were highly commended in the Excellence in Marketing Achievement category.

Lonely Planet

Travel guide Lonely Planet described Belfast Zoo as "one of the most appealing zoos in Britain and Ireland" in January 2008.