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Lancashire Visitor Guide 2011 – Out Now!

NEW GUIDE TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO LANCASHIRE Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is aiming to increase visitors to Lancashire and Blackpool, with the publication and distribution of the new Lancashire Visitor Guide 2011 which at 100 pages includes more information than ever before. The initial print run of 35,000 will be used to target […]

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Gold Standard Training

UK CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE SPOTLIGHT Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is leading the way in customer service training in the north of England, taking more participants through the new Welcome Host Gold training than any tourist board outside the South East.  With customer service high on tourism agendas and even making it to […]

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Visit Britain on future of Star Ratings

In response to recent media coverage on the future of the star ratings scheme James Berresford, VisitEngland’s Chief Executive, commented: “We are committed to ensuring visitors experience the best quality on offer in this country.  As long as the national Quality Assessment Scheme remains beneficial to the industry, VisitEngland will continue to support it and […]

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Golden Goal for Twelve – Taste Lancashire restaurant

NEW SIGNING: TWELVE AT FLEETWOOD TOWN TWELVE Restaurant & Lounge Bar is the newest signing at Fleetwood Town FC as plans for the new £4m grandstand at Highbury Stadium gather momentum. The award-winning Fylde coast restaurant has been chosen by Fleetwood Town FC to provide the club’s match day hospitality, banqueting and conferencing catering. The […]

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Brockholes First

Brockholes announced the first building of its kind to be awarded BREEAM Outstanding  The New Year arrived with a bang for Brockholes, a new 106 hectare Lancashire Wildlife Trust nature reserve off junction 31 of the M6. Brockholes has been awarded BREEAM Outstanding for its unique floating visitor centre, the first building of its kind […]

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New Higher Level Management Course at Lancaster and Morecambe College

Lancaster and Morecambe College have a higher level management course beginning in February. If you are a manager looking to develop your skills and abilities then read on. CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership Introduction This is 30 hour programme delivered over 10 x 3 hour sessions and is designed for practicing middle […]

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Is there a Lancashire Hotshot in your kitchen ?

NEW YEAR SEARCH FOR HOTSHOTS 2011 Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is looking for this year’s culinary hot shots, to take part in the board’s successful scheme that brings new chef talent to the top table. HotShots is an LBTB initiative, created to give opportunities to emerging young chef talent across the county.  The chefs […]

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Special Bulletin from Visit Britain – Boost to tourism

Special Bulletin from Visit Britain : Prime Minister launches partnership between VisitBritain and travel and tourism industry  As you know, last August the Prime Minister gave a speech in which he stated his Government’s view that tourism was one of the best and fastest ways of generating the jobs the country needed. Earlier today he […]

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Visit England new access online tool

VisitEngland launches new online tool to help the industry provide better information for visitors with access needs. VisitEngland, the national tourist board, today launches a new online tool aimed to help businesses cater better for visitors with access needs.  VisitEngland spearheaded the creation of the Access Statement, a description of a venue’s services and facilities […]

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Bumper Year for Blackpool Zoo

A bumper year of momentous first time births, huge investment and a hat-trick of awards has seen Blackpool Zoo’s visitor numbers hit new record heights. Despite the snow and ice of January, November and December and 42 per cent above average rainfall for the month of August, the award winning attraction beat its previous best […]

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LBTB Highly Commended Award

Highly commended for LBTB’s in house digital team Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) was shortlisted for two awards in the Don’t Panic Social Media Awards and came away with the Highly Commended award for Best In-House Team, at a ceremony last night (Thursday 09 December) at The Hilton Hotel, Deansgate,  Manchester. The event was attended by over 300 social media and  communications professionals from          […]

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Taste Lancashire restaurant up for top award

One of Preston’s most highly respected restaurants has been nominated in the Hi-Life Dining Awards Best Overall Restaurant category. The Walled Garden in Preston will compete with some of the UK and Ireland’s best restaurants for the highly sought after Hi-Life Dining Award.  The Walled Garden will now rely on the 100,000 voting Hi-Life members […]

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