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Take 100 colourful and informative pages, mix in a year of anniversaries and events, add a dash of celebrity, fold in a substantial measure of delightful characters and sprinkle with unforgettable experiences – and you have all the ingredients for a recipe to  entice more visitors to Lancashire in 2012.  This week sees the arrival […]

Burnley Hosts Groups Familiarisation Visit 2012 is going to be such an exciting year for Britain with the Olympic Games and the Diamond Jubilee attracting millions of visitors to our shores and giving the whole country the chance to promote our stunning heritage, glorious countryside and amazing attractions to visitors from around the World.  The […]

Amanda Thompson, Managing Director of Pleasure Beach Blackpool has received a very special New Year’s honour from Her Majesty the Queen. Amanda Thompson has been awarded the OBE for her services to tourism in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. Keeping up a long family tradition, Amanda has followed in the footsteps of her father, […]

Take a look at a snapshot of some of our acheivements over the last 12 months. The 2011 Review – Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board View more presentations from Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board. As the year draws to an end it gives us a great opportunity to celebrate the success of visitlancashire.com. Take a […]

VisitEngland Announces Latest Domestic Tourism Figures 19 December 2011: VisitEngland, the national tourist board, today announced domestic tourism figures for January to August this year. The number of overnight holiday trips in England increased year on year by 4 per cent, with holiday spend growing by 12 per cent. Over the three months from June […]

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 on the website. Over the last 12 months visitlancashire.com has received just under 1 million unique visitors, which is a record that we are […]

Interest in celebrating Lancashire Day is on the rise and this year Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) used social media and visitlancashire.com in the week up to the 27th November, to build anticipation and interest amongst fans and followers over what LBTB called ‘Lancashire Week’.  Imagine our delight when ‘Happy Lancashire Day’ was trending […]

The British Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame is looking for nominations for two Awards aimed specifically at the people working in travel aged 35 years or younger. This is your opportunity to nominate the stars of tomorrow. Young Manager of the Year Award The Young Manager of the Year Award is presented to an […]

On Monday 28 November Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s (LBTB’s)  Mike Wilkinson and Tony Openshaw along with other invited guests attended a celebration of Lancashire Day at the Houses of Parliament, organised by MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood Eric Ollerenshaw OBE. Mike Wilkinson arrives at the Houses of Parliament The event was an opportunity to […]

Don’t miss the Biggest Lancashire Day in the County! Nelson will be lighting up for the biggest Lancashire Day in the county on Saturday 26th November. This will be our best Lancashire Day yet – and Nelson is already renowned for being the biggest in the county. It’ll be a day packed with free events […]

Get a taste of Lancashire to celebrate Lancashire Day ENJOY all things Lancashire later this month when Lancaster City Council will be having its own celebration of this special day. This year Lancashire Day falls on Sunday November 27 and the council's Visitor Information Centres in Lancaster and Morecambe are inviting people to pop along […]

BLACKPOOL ZOO TO HOST WORLD RECORD WINE TASTING ATTEMPT A Guiness World Record attempt for the largest simultaneous wine tasting in the world will take place at Blackpool Zoo on Sunday 20th November. Prestigious North West wine supplier Vicomte Bernard de Romanet will team up with parent company WIV Wein International AG in Germany and […]