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03 December 2012. VisitEngland today released figures revealing that the number of domestic overnight holiday trips taken in England in August rose by 13 per cent compared to 2011, with just under 8 million trips taken in the month.  The latest results from the Great Britain Tourism Survey also show that holiday spend totalled almost […]

Lancashire Day (today) saw the launch of a new visitor guide celebrating the history and riches of the county town of Lancaster.   The new book, ‘Discovering historic Lancaster; a visitor’s guide’ was launched on Tuesday, November 27 at The Storey building in Lancaster.   Written by heritage expert Colum Giles who has recently retired […]

PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE On 27 November 2012, Marketing Lancashire raises a proud toast to this year’s Lancashire Tourism Award winners as part of our Lancashire Day celebrations.  In the weeks following the awards, new Chief Executive, Ruth Connor has managed to visit quite a few of them, to learn more about their business and what’s […]

The Awards The Lancashire Tourism Awards took place on Thursday 13 September at the Guild Hall in Preston, as part of the city’s Guild Year celebrations.  Following his own successful Vintage Weekend, held in Preston’s stunning Avenham Park, design guru Wayne Hemingway MBE was back in the city and delighted to present awards to Lancashire’s […]

Marketing Lancashire today launched a social media campaign to help raise awareness of Lancashire Day, 27 November.  On this date in 1295, the first elected representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I and helped form what later became known as “The Model Parliament,” England’s first legally elected legislature.  This historic date […]

It’s full steam ahead for East Lancashire Railway’s (ELR’s) 88 volunteers who have all successfully completed Welcome Host training, part of the nationally recognised Welcome to Excellence customer service training programme, delivered by Marketing Lancashire. Welcome Host is one of the country’s most successful customer service training initiatives and helps delegates acquire new customer service […]

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO FINANCE LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH THROUGH FUNDING CIRCLE – First local authority in the UK to use Funding Circle’s revolutionary technology   – Pilot scheme to become potential blueprint for small business lending in the public sector – £100,000 investment with potential for multi-million pound commitment over five years Lancashire County Council […]

Nelson town centre is gearing up for its next big event – a celebration of Lancashire Day AND the Nelson Christmas lights switch-on! Both events will take place on Saturday 24th November, starting at 11am. Councillor Paul White, who represents tourism in Pendle, said: “Nelson’s event is officially the largest Lancashire Day celebrations in the […]

The first ever Preston Guild marathon event takes place this Sunday October 28th. The day will see over 4000 runners compete in a junior mini-marathon, a half marathon and a full marathon. The event is the third run in the four part Guild Race Series. All races begin and finish from Preston Flag Market in […]

 New Strategy Unveiled to Drive Domestic Business Through the Trade 11 October 2012:  VisitEngland’s Chairman Penelope Viscountess Cobham, announced today in a speech at the ABTA Travel Convention the national tourist board’s plans to further grow tourism in England by working more closely with the travel trade.   Unveiling a raft of activity aimed at inspiring […]

New Strategy Unveiled to Drive Domestic Business Through the Trade VisitEngland’s Chairman Penelope Viscountess Cobham, announced today in a speech at the ABTA Travel Convention the national tourist board’s plans to further grow tourism in England by working more closely with the travel trade.   Unveiling a raft of activity aimed at inspiring and educating travel […]

Lewis Gallagher, commis chef at Stanley House Hotel’s Grill on the Hill, Mellor has been named as one of the top young chefs in Britain at the National Young Chef of the Year competition. 21 year old Lewis was announced as one of two runners-up at the event, which took place at The Restaurant Show, […]