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We’re getting ready for this year’s Lancashire Day celebrations, and we hope you are too. On Monday 27th November, all Lancastrians will be celebrating Lancashire Day and Marketing Lancashire can’t wait to join in. Each year we dedicate our social media channels to celebrating the culture, lifestyle and achievements of the county in the hopes […]

Marketing Lancashire and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have today (Thursday 19th November) announced the shortlist for the Hospitality and Tourism Student of the Year award which will form part of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023 (LTA23) to be held on February 6th 2024. Four students from three of Lancashire’s leading colleges will be considered for the award. […]

Today, Marketing Lancashire, organisers of Lancashire’s county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses, announced another raft of finalists in what have turned out to be three of this year’s most popular categories of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023. The annual awards recognise the success and achievements of Lancashire’s tourism and hospitality businesses in a wide […]

Today, Marketing Lancashire, organisers of Lancashire’s county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses, announced the first of the finalists in this year’s Lancashire Tourism Awards 2023 competition. The annual awards recognise the success and achievements of Lancashire’s tourism and hospitality businesses in a wide range of categories from New Business to Event of the Year, […]

Cakes, ice cream, gins, cheese, honey and more, all made locally in Lancashire were on offer in the Taste Lancashire Market at the National Festival of Making last weekend; as part of Marketing Lancashire’s established food and drink campaign to champion and highlight the county’s world class food and drink. The weekend of Saturday 15th […]

The Lancashire Tourism Awards – the only county-wide awards for tourism and hospitality businesses Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation (DMO), has now opened applications for this year’s competition to find the very best tourism and hospitality businesses in Lancashire; supported once again by Headline Sponsor, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Louise McArdle, Head […]

Following news from Lancashire County Council of their strategic decision to reposition Marketing Lancashire, the county’s Destination Management Organisation (DMO),  Rachel McQueen has announced that she will step down as Chief Executive of the company. A statement from Rachel McQueen follows: “As the county moves forward with a shared vision, defined within the Lancashire 2050 […]

VisitEngland has today (27 April) announced the finalists who will go forward to compete for the tourism industry’s annual national Awards for Excellence. The 48 finalists, announced following a rigorous judging process by handpicked tourism industry experts, now go on to compete in 16 core categories at the national awards, with the Caravan and Motorhome Club […]

Michael Conlon, Executive Chairman of Lancashire based Conlon Construction, has been named as the Lancashire Ambassador group inaugural Chair. Conlon Construction started out as Conlon Brothers in 1961 and has been an integral part of developments across Lancashire and the North West since its inception. The company has a strong reputation for delivering construction projects […]

The stars of Lancashire tourism and hospitality shone brightly last night (Tuesday 7 February 2023) at the Lancashire Tourism Awards, held at the new Blackpool Conference and Exhibition Centre, supported by Headline Sponsor University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and Destination Sponsor Visit Blackpool. Lancashire comedian Steve Royle was Guest Presenter and kept the audience entertained […]

Lancashire pubs dominate the top 10 in the prestigious Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2023, awarded last night (23 January) in Suffolk*, with Parkers Arms in Newton-In-Bowland, taking the much-prized number 1 top spot. Parkers Arms was voted number 1 UK Gastropub by pub industry peers, with the Freemasons at Wiswell winning 3rd place and […]

Rachel McQueen, Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire comments on the announcement regarding the news of £50m funding of Eden Project Morecambe from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund announced today 18/01/2023 “From the very beginning of this journey, the first visit to Cornwall to meet the team at Eden, Marketing Lancashire has believed in, championed and […]