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Invitation To Tender Food & Drink Strategy Development Project Brief Introduction: Lancashire welcomes just over 63 million visitors each year who contribute £3.67 billion in visitor spend to the local economy and support just over 56,000 jobs. Food and drink is worth around £734 million to Lancashire’s visitor economy accounting for 20% of this tourism […]

At the beginning of November 2015 Marketing Lancashire launched a social media campaign to help raise awareness of Lancashire and to get the county trending on Lancashire Day* 27 November.  Social media users were invited to show their love of Lancashire with photographs of their favourite Lancashire location or activity, in ‘the county where life […]

Today, Tuesday 1 December, the Board of Marketing Lancashire announced that Tony Attard OBE, founder and Group Chief Executive of Lancashire-based Panaz Limited, is the new Chair of Lancashire’s place marketing organisation, Marketing Lancashire.  Ruth Connor, Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire speaking about the new appointment said “Tony Attard has an exceptional track-record as a […]

Marketing Lancashire today launched a social media campaign for the month of November to help raise awareness of Lancashire Day which takes place each year on 27th November*.  Social media users are asked to illustrate their love of Lancashire with photographs of their favourite Lancashire location or activity, in ‘the county where life feels good’ […]

On Thursday 5 November, The Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens Blackpool was a stunning venue for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, supported by headline sponsor University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). As winner of last year’s Lancashire Tourism Award for Cultural Venue, the Winter Gardens was a fitting location for the 600-strong audience to celebrate Lancashire’s tourism excellence and the […]

Following an online public vote hosted by media partner Lancashire Evening Post/Johnston Press, Marketing Lancashire today announced the three finalists in the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2015 category; an award that recognises and rewards individuals who have been nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in Lancashire.  Five local […]

The judging is over and the finalists of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015 #LTA15 have just three weeks to wait before the winners, in 22 hard fought categories, are revealed at Lancashire’s tourism event of the year. This year’s event takes place on Thursday 5 November at Winter Garden’s Empress Ballroom and today Marketing Lancashire announced that […]

  Marketing Lancashire today (Thurs 8 October) announced a shortlist of five finalists for the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2015. The award recognises and applauds individuals nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in Lancashire.  This is the only Lancashire Tourism Awards that is voted for by the public, […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county's destination management organisation, today (Wednesday 30th September) revealed the finalists and headline sponsor The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015. The only tourism-focused awards in Lancashire will take place on Thursday 5 November in the spectacular Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Ruth Connor, Chief Executive […]

Super Slow Way, a major arts commissioning programme established to create a lasting legacy of arts and culture in Pennine Lancashire, announces the launch of its programme for 2015-17. The programme includes a specially commissioned symphony to mark the Bicentennial of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a mass participation project drawing on the traditions of […]

Renowned restaurateur and proud Lancastrian Paul Heathcote MBE, is stepping down from his role as Chairman after three successful years at the helm of Lancashire’s place marketing organisation, Marketing Lancashire.  Marketing Lancashire was created in 2012 with considerable investment from Lancashire County Council, replacing the former Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board and Paul Heathcote was the company’s […]

Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for the county, today released the official visitor and economic impact figures* for Lancashire 2014, which confirm six years of continued growth in the visitor economy and Lancashire’s increasing popularity as a destination for short breaks. The number of nights spent by visitors in the county grew by […]