Two holiday businesses in South East Cornwall have won top national awards. Having been selected as finalists for the 2016 VisitEngland tourism excellence awards, the businesses went on to win gold accolades. Treworgey Cottages, at Duloe, won in the selfcatering holiday provider of the year category, while Railholiday, based at St Germans, triumphed in the sustainable tourism section. Railholiday provides holidays in converted railway carriages. The awards were presented at a ceremony in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Sally Balcombe, of VisitEngland, said: ‘We received hundreds of applications of an exceptionally high quality, making the competition for a gold award extremely tough.’