2019 Travel & Tourism Awards

www.lux-review.com Page 33 locations helps to set them apart from its competitors and marks it out as the best possible option for guests who are seeking a really creative experience which cannot be found elsewhere. “As part of our focus on creating exceptional tours that will resonate with our guests, as well as visiting many well-known sites, Arts & Crafts Tours also includes visits to private homes, galleries and museums. Our focus is always on the Arts and Crafts Movement and the art and architecture and social issues relevant to the 19th and mid-20th centuries. This means that though most of our tours are offered in Great Britain, we also offer tours to other countries in Europe, Scandinavia and America.” Looking to the future, Elaine foresees even greater success for this dedicated specialist tour company, as she is proud to conclude. “As we look towards enhancing our success, currently we are working on a new website “Quality is achieved not only by ensuring that the guests are offered the very highest standard of accommodation but also in transportation.” personal, and the insights into sites visited is informative, captivating, enthralling and particularly unique.” Quality is achieved not only by ensuring that guests are offered the very highest standard of accommodation and transportation, but also by providing them with extraordinary destinations and fascinating insights into some of the greatest influences and individuals in the Arts and Crafts Movement, as Elaine is eager to highlight. “As our guests’ satisfaction is of the highest importance, each of the sites is personally visited by our staff and associates. We also visit each of the hotels and restaurants before any tour, and as such we are able to assure that every destination and hotel is up to our exacting standards. Our guides are among the most knowledgeable in their subject, and as our tours vary from year to year, we continue to include new guides. “Detailed tour notes written by our staff and consultants are provided in advance of each tour, giving historical background to towns, cities and buildings to be visited, with specific reference to architects and designers and their relevance to the Arts and Crafts Movement.” Such a personalised service is of particular importance in today’s growing tour market, with increasing numbers of customers demanding exciting, unique tours which larger companies often do not deliver. Elaine explained how her firm’s commitment to showcasing undiscovered, lesser-known Company: Arts & Crafts Tours Name: Elaine Hirschl Ellis Address: 110 Riverside Drive, Suite 15E, New York, NY 10024 Telephone Number: 212 362 0761 917 442 6884 (44) 0795 774 5207 Email address: [email protected] Web Address: www.artsandcraftstours.com Sign up for the Mailing list and look forward to linking with more of the sites we visit as well as reaching out to other organizations, such as museums and educational institutions, who share with us a commitment to offer their members unique experiences and opportunities. “Ultimately, even though each of our programs remain limited to twelve guests, we are delighted when there is more interest and we can then plan a repeat of that tour for later in the year or the following year for these guests. “Since we began we have adhered to the philosophy of William Morris, after John Ruskin, the leading philosopher of the Movement who once said ‘have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.’ This being said, looking ahead, creating continued interest in our tours and showcasing the wonders of the Arts and Crafts Movement will remain our core focus at Arts & Crafts Tours.” Arts & Crafts Tours Photo Credit: Arts & Crafts Tours: Cecil Woolf, Leonard and Virginia Woolf's nephew, first Private Press and Private Libraries tour meeting. Photo Credit: Arts & Crafts Tour: Two fall tours in Marchmont House