Awards

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

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.