{"id":5720,"date":"2026-04-28T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laballuejardin.com\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T09:15:08","slug":"culture-and-heritage-award-etoiles-du-tourisme-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laballuejardin.com\/en\/blog-en\/culture-and-heritage-award-etoiles-du-tourisme-2026","title":{"rendered":"Culture and Heritage Award \u2013 \u00c9toiles du Tourisme 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday 16 March 2026, the Ch\u00e2teau de la Ballue was honoured and proud to receive the Culture and Heritage Award at the 3rd edition of the Ille-et-Vilaine Tourism Stars. The awards ceremony took place during a splendid event in the new reception venue at Domaines des Ormes, in Dol-de-Bretagne.<\/p>\n<p>Launched two years ago by six leading figures in the department\u2019s economy (Cr\u00e9dit Agricole, Cerfrance Broc\u00e9liande, the Ille-et-Vilaine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the G\u00eetes de France association in Brittany, UMIH 35 and UMIH C\u00f4te d\u2019Emeraude), this initiative aims to recognise tourism stakeholders in the Ille-et-Vilaine region who make a significant contribution to the area\u2019s attractiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the tourism sector, which is particularly well-developed in the department, attracts 26 million visitors a year. Creating an award to recognise innovative and promising projects by local tourism stakeholders was therefore a logical step.<\/p>\n<p>Following the review of 70 applications, Ch\u00e2teau de la Ballue was awarded the Culture and Heritage prize, recognising the twenty-one years of work by its owners towards the preservation and restoration of this historic monument, an emblematic part of Brittany&#8217;s heritage.<\/p>\n<p>This award recognises an establishment that is firmly committed to providing a high-quality service and constantly striving to improve its tourism offering. It celebrates the excellence of the experience offered to visitors \u2013 both in its guest rooms and its \u2018Jardins Remarquables\u2019 \u2013 to a clientele from both France and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Four other projects representative of the richness and diversity of the tourism sector were also recognised: the Young Enterprise Award was presented to the inn \u2018Les filles en bottes\u2019 in Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault, the Life Journey Award went to the Foug\u00e8res Watchmaking Workshop and Museum, the Regional Influence Award went to the company \u201cLes craquelins de Saint-Malo\u201d, and the Favourite Award was presented to the Cherrueix marine train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Monday 16 March 2026, the Ch\u00e2teau de la [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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