An Oakham hotel has been awarded the 2024 Travelers' Choice Award for hotel accommodation by TripAdvisor, placing it in the top 10% of all listings on the site. 

The Wisteria Hotel in Oakham has been recognised by TripAdvisor for providing excellent customer service, hospitality and commitment to great visitor experience. 

The independent hotel, which is owned and operated by Kristy Carey and Chris Newsham, has won this coveted award based on genuine feedback by guests on TripAdvisor, maintaining their spot as best rated hotel in Rutland and in the top 10% of all listings of TripAdvisor globally. 

The location of this hotel provides both the perfect central location in Oakham and a cosy get away. (Photo: Grace Kennington)

Speaking about the award, owner Kristy said: "We are absolutely delighted to win this award again in 2024, as we celebrate our 6th anniversary this year of owning The Wisteria Hotel and we would like to thank our amazing team who work tirelessly to look after our guests. 

"It has been a rollercoaster few years battling all challenges hospitality businesses face. Our mission is and remains always to take care of people, starting with our team, who then in turn take care of our fantastic guests. No matter the occasion, our aim is for customers to arrive as our guests, and leave as our friends, and we are thrilled that this shows in the wonderful guest feedback we have received." 

Chief Growth Officer at TripAdvisor, John Boris said: "Congratulations to the Wisteria Hotel on its recognition in Trip Advisor's Travelers' Choice Awards for 2024. 

"Travelers' Choice honours businesses that consistently demonstrate a commitment to hospitality excellence. This means you have made such a memorable impact on your visitors that many of them took the time to go online and leave a great review about their experience." 

Since purchasing the hotel in 2018, The Wisteria has gone from strength to strength, being recognised locally and online as a phenomenal business and lovely hotel to attend. The hotel has 25 bedrooms, an onsite restaurant and bar open to hotel guests and the public, a pop-up beer garden, spaces for functions and weddings and is available for a wide variety of special occasions.