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Three quarters of adults say they are likely to take a break in England in 2010 VisitEngland today exclusively releases new research on holiday booking patterns that reveals almost three quarters of adults (72%) say they are likely* to take a break in England in 2010, making England the holiday destination of choice. Encouragingly, 95% […]

The great English holiday is back with 40% more holidays taken in July The great English summer holiday continued its 2009 renaissance in July, with the number of holiday trips taken by UK residents to England up by an impressive 40%; amounting to almost 2 million more holiday trips and 7.2 million extra nights holiday […]

STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN IN NEW DOUBLE ACT Two of the UK’s most popular television and theatre stars have been cast in new leading roles for Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s (LBTB’s) annual LETS (Lancashire Excellence in Tourism Skills) awards, to be held at Fleetwood Marine Hall on Thursday 12 November. Perfectly suited to […]

A film created to encourage people to take a fresh look at Blackpool has scooped a gold at the prestigious PR Week awards. Commissioned by Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, VisitBlackpool and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), the viral made the headlines and generated over £6m worth of media coverage when it was launched in […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB), chose an internationally diverse cluster of recently accredited restaurants in Rossendale for the launch of Taste Lancashire International, a brand new category in its successful Taste Lancashire Quality accreditation scheme. Taste Lancashire is a quality marque awarded to places to eat which provide a consistently high quality dining experience […]

“HOTPOT” FILM INSPIRES GOLD BLEND STYLE SEQUEL Blackpool tourism chiefs are to launch a Gold Blend style sequel to J’aime La Tour – the award winning hit viral watched by millions of TV and YouTube viewers about a Lancashire lad and a chic French girl who fell in love in a Blackpool which cleverly stood […]

A new guest house has expanded in South Ribble thanks to Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud Finance. Oaklands Guest House is located on Park Lane at Mellor Brook, Samlesbury and has three double en-suite rooms furnished to a high standard. Owner David Alderson said: "Rosebud Finance enabled us to seize a business opportunity to develop our […]

Lights, camera, action! Lancashire producers dish up a series of delicious short films Four of Lancashire’s leading food producers starred in their own three-minute mini-films as part of this year’s Lancashire Producers’ Month.  Previewed yesterday at Bashall Barn, Bashall Eaves – our four leading men (namely, vegetable farmer Peter Ascroft of H & P Ascroft […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board cooks up a tasty treat for Producers’ Month As the nights draw in and the cooler weather begins to take hold, Lancashire looks to warm our hearts with their annual October celebration – Producers’ Month.  Launched during British Food Fortnight, (the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range […]

Congratulations to all Lancashire and Blackpool finalists and winners at England’s Northwest Tourism Awards held at Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Monday 28th September 2009. Commenting after the ceremeony Mike Wilkinson, LBTB Chief Executive said: "Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board is delighted that three of our members have won their category in this year’s England’s Northwest […]

Lancashire Heritage Attractions Network – Thursday 1st October 2009. Following the success of previous Lancashire Heritage Attractions Networking meetings held at Samlesbury Hall,  Rufford Old Hall and Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn. The next meeting of the Lancashire Heritage Network has been arranged to take place on Thursday 1st October, 2009 at Lytham Hall (Heritage Trust for […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) chose the new Oswaldtwistle Mills Business and Conference Centre, as the place to host their AGM and Board meeting on Tuesday 8 September 2009. Situated within the Mills grounds overlooking the fishing lake, the centre features furnished offices up to 10,000 sq ft which can be broken up into […]