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Robbie Williams to Switch on Blackpool Illuminations visitBlackpool, Real Radio and Smooth Radio, today unveiled superstar Robbie Williams as the celebrity who will turn on the 2010 Illuminations. Robbie will drop into the resort on Friday 3 September to flick the switch as part of a star-studded celebrity weekend to launch this year’s world-famous Blackpool […]

Nickelodeon land to open at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, is delighted to announce the launch of Nickelodeon Land, which will open at Britain’s favourite tourist attraction in April 2011. Nickelodeon Land represents an investment of £10.3m. This collaboration between Pleasure Beach, Blackpool and Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brands for kids, will see a 6 […]

Tourism chiefs champion blockbuster Peter Pan Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB), in association with Bay Tourism and The Dukes, hosted a special first night for over 100 tourism industry colleagues at The Dukes’ walkabout production of Peter Pan, in Lancaster’s Williamson Park, on Monday 5 July 2010. Industry guests travelled from across the county […]

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. […]