A MARCH coach company has picked up a prestigious national award.

Fenn Holidays saw off competition from coach operators from across the UK to win trade magazine Coach Monthly’s Coach Tour Operator of the Year at the Coach Tourism Awards 2013, held in Liverpool.

Peter and Margaret Fenn, directors of Fenn Holidays, collected the award in front of more than 450 tourism industry professionals at the ceremony in Liverpool.

The judges said: “Fenn Holidays is a small business that thinks big. The judges were impressed with the emphasis on quality and excellent customer service and a stated determination to show the future for quality coach operation as well as raising the profile of the coach industry.”

Stuart Render, editor of Coach Monthly magazine, added: “Fenn Holidays were up against the best coach operators in the country so this is therefore a well-deserved and a significant achievement.”