Our Press Releases
Lemon Zest specialist food PR agency appointed
Marketing Lancashire, has appointed specialist food and drink PR agency Lemon Zest PR, to help promote the region’s remarkable food and drink on a national and international level. The appointment of Lemon Zest forms part of a wider Lancashire Visitor Economy Strategy, which sets out a vision to establish Lancashire as a world class visitor […]
Spotlight on Lancashire’s Heritage City
The new Lancashire Visitor Economy Strategy 2015 -2020, developed by Marketing Lancashire and following considerable consultation with stakeholders, identifies the city of Lancaster as one of the best opportunities for visitor economy growth in the county. The city’s heritage assets, cultural offering and geographical location provide the essential ingredients for Lancaster to become a key […]
Winning smiles for English Tourism Week
Marketing Lancashire’s finale to English Tourism Week (5-13 March) was the official presentation of the VIP prize to the winner of the #LancashireDay photography challenge. The presentation took place at Ribby Hall Village with the winner David Fort and his family on Saturday 12 March. English Tourism Week is organised by VisitEngland and is a […]
Silver, Bronze and Highly Commended for Lancashire at the national awards
The winners of the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2016 were revealed at its 27th annual ceremony held last night at Winter Gardens Blackpool. Celebrating excellence across the industry, the prestigious ceremony – held for the first time this year during English Tourism Week – announced 16 winners including Best Tourism Experience, Best Visitor Attraction and […]
The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant to showcase new Community Label at BOBNorth
The Best of Britannia (BOB) team is delighted to announce that British fashion designer Patrick Grant and popular judge from BBC Two’s The Great British Sewing Bee, will be showcasing his new Community range to the public for the first time at BOBNorth (12-13 March) in Preston. Commenting on this announcement Patrick Grant said: "I […]
Preston potter to officially open BOB North event
After a hugely successful debut event in 2015, Best of Britannia (BOB) heads back to Preston, Lancashire with a bigger and better BOB North (11-13 March 2016), promoting the best of British Manufacturers from across the North of England and beyond. Best of Britannia is supported by Creative Lancashire, Marketing Lancashire, Preston City Council and […]
Virgin Trains supports Marketing Lancashire
Virgin Trains supports Marketing Lancashire with their campaign to boost tourism in the county where life feels good. Virgin Trains is supporting Marketing Lancashire’s ‘Lancashire is Great’ campaign in an effort to promote tourism in the county. Virgin Trains, who operates passenger services on both the East Coast and West Coast is offering an exclusive […]
Northern Powerhouse Tourism Reception
On Tuesday 09 February, Politicians and Business Influencers attended a House of Commons reception celebrating the on-going success of the £20M Northern Tourism Growth Fund (NTGF). The event was hosted by VisitEngland Chair Lady Cobham CBE, on behalf of 38 Northern England Destinations and their business partners. Invited guests heard from Minister for Tourism the […]
Lancashire Leaders in English Tourism
Marketing Lancashire is celebrating the announcement that four Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015 winners have beaten strong competition from across the country and will now represent Lancashire, as finalists, in the prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence 2016 which will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Tuesday 8 March, during English Tourism Week (5-13 […]
Government announces new package of support to boost tourism
A package of measures to boost the North of England’s tourism industry and encourage British families to visit the region over the Easter break has been announced by the Prime Minister today. The announcement comes ahead of a visit to Cumbria and Lancashire, where the PM will witness first-hand how government investment is already helping […]
Tender For Cultural Tourism Project Co-ordination Services
Overview: Marketing Lancashire is the destination management organisation for Lancashire; our activities in marketing and communications, commercial membership and place marketing are all designed to grow the visitor economy and develop the profile of Lancashire as the first choice destination to visit, live, study, work and invest in. It is Marketing Lancashire’s ambition to make […]
Best of Britannia Expo Back up North
CHAMPIONING NORTHERN-BASED BRITISH BRANDS WITH AN OFFER FOR FLOOD-AFFECTED BUSINESSES After a hugely successful debut event in 2015, Best of Britannia (BOB) heads back to Lancashire with a bigger and better BOB North (12-13 March), promoting the best of British Manufacturers from across the North West, North East and Yorkshire. BOB North will showcase the […]