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Lancashire has revealed details of its first ever presence at the UK’s biggest and most influential property investment conference, MIPIM UK, which opens at London’s Olympia on October 19th.   The county-wide consortium, led by the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) with partners including Lancashire County Council, the Eric Wright Group, Carillion PLC, Marketing Lancashire and […]

  The latest figures show growth in visitor numbers and spend for the 7th year running. SUMMARY   Overall, visitor numbers are up 1.7% YOY to 64.38 million Of these, 56.30 million are day visitors (up 2%) and 8.08 million are staying visitors (up 0.1%) Staying visitors generated 24.985 million visitor nights. The average length of […]

Lancaster is one of twelve cities in England that has been awarded a share of £250,000 to develop an innovative new augmented reality project to bring its heritage to life and increase its appeal with younger audiences. The project is one of a number of projects to receive funding from the £40m Discover England Fund, […]

                     Dear Colleague. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced on Tuesday 11th October that Newcastle & Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North in summer 2018.  Our congratulations go to Newcastle & Gateshead and we look forward to helping celebrate the North’s collective talent and playing a role in the […]

WHEN THE RED ROSE… rises from the waves, to mark a historic journey through the Red Rose county On Wednesday 19 October, the second in a new series of pop-up artworks by environmental artist Steve Messam, rises from the waves of the Leeds & Liverpool canal at Eanam Wharf in Blackburn. Steve Messam’s When the […]

Marketing Lancashire is delighted to announce an esteemed list of tourism colleagues now in the running for Lancashire Tourism Superstar 2016, the only award in the Lancashire Tourism Awards to be nominated and decided by the public. The public can now vote for the candidate they feel most deserving of the title Lancashire Tourism Superstar […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, today (Wednesday 28 September) revealed the finalists of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2016. The event now in its 13th year and the only pan-Lancashire tourism-focused awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 10 November at Blackburn Cathedral, the Cathedral of Lancashire. Ruth Connor, Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire […]

New pop-up artworks to amaze and delight visitors to the Red Rose County   Look towards the sky, down a city alleyway, by the water and in unexpected corners, for artist Steve Messam’s new series of pop-up artworks; each inspired by the symbolic red rose of Lancashire and the lively cultural buzz generated by four of […]

Following a call for artist submissions, Marketing Lancashire has appointed renowned environmental artist Steve Messam, to create four new works that will link four key cultural events taking place across Lancashire this autumn.  This commission is part of a wider cultural tourism project funded by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Funded Grants for the Arts […]

Marketing Lancashire is scouring the county for Lancashire’s Tourism Superstar 2016.  The award for Tourism Superstar is one of 19 awards that will be presented at this year’s ceremony being held at Blackburn Cathedral, the Cathedral of Lancashire on Thursday 10 November.  This particular award recognises those who make a special contribution to tourism and […]

Today at 11am, the Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) announced the four successful finalists in the bid to host the Great Exhibition of the North, which includes Blackpool, Lancashire. Earlier this month key partners Blackpool Council, Marketing Lancashire and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) submitted a joint bid to host the Great Exhibition […]

Delicious event bursting with business opportunities    Lancashire’s first ever ‘Taste Exchange’ has been declared a resounding success, described as the ‘best food and drink show I have ever attended’ by several of its exhibitors.  Organised by Marketing Lancashire, and held at Barton Grange Hotel, the open event connected makers and producers of Lancashire’s finest […]