Our Press Releases

Report demolishes myths about demise of British seaside tourist industry ·  Seaside tourism directly supports nearly 30,000 jobs in the region. ·  Blackpool has largest concentration of seaside tourist jobs anywhere in Britain ·  Tourism jobs in North West resorts up by nearly 3,000 over the last decade A major new report released today finds […]

Lncashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) has been shortlisted for a much sought after Travolution 2010 Award; in the marketing awards section, Best Use of Social Media category for its current online promotion, blackpoolthemovie.com.  LBTB is the only tourist board amongst 130 finalists; a list which includes top travel brands such as Easyjet, Singaporeair.com, ba.com, […]

Gold standard training Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) leads on and delivers Welcome to Excellence Training, the UK’s most successful customer service training initiative, across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire. The most recent addition to this extensive portfolio is a new one-day course Welcome Host Gold, which had its inaugural session at Number […]

 Lancashire businesses recognised in top food awards A spring water business, an ice cream farm; a brewery; a cookie specialist and a healthy dessert company are the Lancashire businesses short-listed for this year’s prestigious Food Northwest Awards. Twelve of Lancashire’s fine food products are also named as winners in the Fine Food Northwest Awards 2010. […]

The results are in for the people’s choice – Best Tourism Event Award The Lancashire and Blackpool (LBTB) Tourism Awards 2010/11 are just a week away and the public have chosen their Best Tourism Event of the Year – the only finalists to be decided by visitors to Lancashire. Over 20,000 identified visitors to Lancashire […]

Picnic fun at Clitheroe Castle A FEAST of family fun and goodies galore will be on offer at Clitheroe Castle on Spring Bank Holiday Monday, when it hosts the Clitheroe Castle National Family Week Picnic. Thousands of picnickers are expected to converge on the Clitheroe Castle Field for the event, which marks the end of […]

VISITENGLAND RESEARCH SHOWS STAYCATION HERE TO STAY Today, VisitEngland announces findings from the first significant research into the staycation phenomenon by the national tourist board.  Tourism statistics indicate that in 2009, England enjoyed an 18 per cent increase in the number of holiday trips taken with holiday makers spending £1bn more than in the previous […]

Guest Presenter – Really Wild about Lancashire Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) today announced that one of TV’s most popular and busy wildlife presenters, Michaela Strachan, will present the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards, taking place on Wednesday 09 June 2009 at the Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Nr Accrington. Michaela, who now lives in South […]

Lancashire Gold Winner: Blackpool Illuminations, Tourism Event of the Year  Lancashire Silver Winner: The Ashton, B&B, Lancaster Extracts from Visit England release follows : VisitEngland announces Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2010 winners The National Trust has scooped VisitEngland’s Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award for its unswerving role as the bastion of some of England’s most beautiful and outstanding attractions. […]

With the announcement of the General and Local Elections on 6 May, LBTB is now working within the communication restrictions of the pre-election period.  Though work at LBTB continues as normal, we will not be issuing press releases/statements relating to our corporate activity throughout this time. You can find information about the work of LBTB […]

New Tourism Commission calls on industry to shape the debate A new, independent committee with the aim of boosting the region’s visitor economy is calling on tourism businesses and professionals to help shape the agenda for tourism in the Northwest. The new Visitor Economy Commission for England’s Northwest aims to influence and enhance the regional […]

LANCASHIRE AND BLACKPOOL TOURIST BOARD ANNOUNCES 2010/11 TOURISM AWARDS SHORTLIST Today (23 March), Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) announced the shortlist for the Tourism Awards 2010/11, from a record-breaking number of entries. LBTB’s annual Tourism Awards recognise high achieving tourism businesses across 14 categories, including the much coveted Taste Lancashire Award, for quality eating […]