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Preston Market is to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the most important date in the Chinese calendar with vibrant colours and a Chinese dragon parade. On the Chinese calendar, this is the year of the horse. The horse is one of the animals within the 12 year cycle of the Chinese calendar. This Friday the […]

VisitEngland and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have produced a new guide for tourism businesses on welcoming customers with assistance dogs. Take the lead highlights the important role performed by assistance dogs, it outlines the legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and how tourism businesses can boost business by attracting more visits […]

Northcote, Michelin starred restaurant in Lancashire is primed and ready for an epicurean 10 day adventure during the annual Food and Wine festival, ‘Obsession’ which starts today (Monday 20th January, 2014).  In its fourteenth year the festival returns for gastronomy enthusiasts to enjoy ten signature menus created by eleven of Europe’s and the UK’s top […]

Burnley Council has received £33,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War. The project, entitled ‘Little Children Weak’*, will take place between 2014 – 2018 and include a range of commemorative activities in Burnley and Padiham. From June, over 4,000 small wooden crosses will be laid in […]

 Over 13 Million people shared in the VisitLancashire ‘Say Cheese For Lancashire Day’ social media campaign, organised by Marketing Lancashire in partnership with visitor attractions Dewlay Cheese Shop  and  Bashall Barn Visitor Food Centre. The campaign, to celebrate all things Lancastrian and to promote Lancashire Day*, invited visitors to share photographs or ‘selfies’ of themselves […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s Destination Management Organisation, has a new member on the team, former semi-pro Nottingham RFC and Fylde RFC rugby player, Nicholas King. Nick, 38, originally of Nuneaton in the Midlands joins Marketing Lancashire as Head of Business Development and brings his experience both on the field and with digital marketing agencies and […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s Destination Management Organisation, is pleased to bring back retail guru Kate Hardcastle for a second series of FREE inspirational workshops in 2014; it’s a New Year gift for any business keen to develop their customer relations, increase sales and enhance profile. ‘The retail work shop was truly inspirational and beneficial.’       […]

Take a look at a snapshot of some of our acheivements over the last 12 months. MORE in 2013 from Marketing Lancashire As the year draws to an end it gives us a great opportunity to celebrate the success of visitlancashire.com. Take a look at the top 10 most viewed places to stay/eat/visit on the […]

The east pedestrian and cycleway bridge at the Crook O' Lune will reopen tomorrow (Friday 20 December) after a restoration costing around £1m was completed by Lancashire County Council. Extensive work on the listed structure began in March to replace the timber deck, repoint masonry and repaint ironwork after an inspection had unearthed problems with […]

As the year draws to an end it gives us a great opportunity to celebrate the success of visitlancashire.com and take a look at the top 10 most viewed places to stay/eat/visit etc on the website. Over the last 12 months visitlancashire.com has received over 1.4 million visitors and 4 million page views, which is a record […]

Marketing Lancashire is helping to change the face of tourism by providing customers with access to visitor information through technology; next year, for the first time, Marketing Lancashire, the county’s Destination Management Organisation (DMO), will offer an iPad version of the Welcome to Lancashire 2014 visitor guide. The guide will provide greater interaction and virtual […]

A new report by the national tourist board, VisitEngland entitled ‘Domestic Leisure Tourism Trends for the Next Decade’, outlining key trends due to significantly affect the future growth of domestic tourism was launched today at VisitEngland’s Visitor Economy Conference in London.  Covering a wide range of demographic, economic, technological and consumer trends, the report, highlights […]