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| Hay Festival wins business honour | Hay Festival wins business honour |
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| One of Wales' largest cultural events has won an award for exporting its literary product. | One of Wales' largest cultural events has won an award for exporting its literary product. |
| The Hay Festival is one of 11 Welsh winners of The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2009. | The Hay Festival is one of 11 Welsh winners of The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2009. |
| The firm behind the festival, which takes place annually in Hay-on-Wye in Powys, has added Kenya and Lebanon to its list of locations for events. | The firm behind the festival, which takes place annually in Hay-on-Wye in Powys, has added Kenya and Lebanon to its list of locations for events. |
| Its award in the international trade category follows a doubling of overseas earnings to £2m over three years. | Its award in the international trade category follows a doubling of overseas earnings to £2m over three years. |
| Director Peter Florence said new festivals would also be held at Nairobi in Kenya and Beirut in Lebanon. | Director Peter Florence said new festivals would also be held at Nairobi in Kenya and Beirut in Lebanon. |
| Mr Florence said: "We're thrilled and proud because we have been working in Latin America and Europe for a few years now. | Mr Florence said: "We're thrilled and proud because we have been working in Latin America and Europe for a few years now. |
| "It's thrilling that even in these hard times, the currency we deal in of stories and ideas has a great international market." | "It's thrilling that even in these hard times, the currency we deal in of stories and ideas has a great international market." |
| He said it was wonderful that a tiny company from rural Wales could become an international player. | He said it was wonderful that a tiny company from rural Wales could become an international player. |
| The Hay Festival, which was dreamt up around a kitchen table in 1987, is now a multi-million pound operation. | The Hay Festival, which was dreamt up around a kitchen table in 1987, is now a multi-million pound operation. |
| The festival has attracted huge names from around the world, including former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. | The festival has attracted huge names from around the world, including former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. |
| The Queen's Award for Enterprise also recognised other companies from around Wales - including Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Gwynedd and Flintshire - for their work. | The Queen's Award for Enterprise also recognised other companies from around Wales - including Swansea, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Gwynedd and Flintshire - for their work. |
| Llanelli-based Daniels Fans, which manufactures industrial fans, won an award for international trade for the second time in five years. | Llanelli-based Daniels Fans, which manufactures industrial fans, won an award for international trade for the second time in five years. |
| Some 90% of the firm's fans are exported to Australia, America and Europe. | Some 90% of the firm's fans are exported to Australia, America and Europe. |
| And Beverley Pold, who works for the Chwarae Teg/Fair Play charity in Cardiff, won an award for her work in promoting enterprise in Wales since 1984, particularly among women. | And Beverley Pold, who works for the Chwarae Teg/Fair Play charity in Cardiff, won an award for her work in promoting enterprise in Wales since 1984, particularly among women. |
| The number of Welsh companies to win an award was double the previous year. | The number of Welsh companies to win an award was double the previous year. |