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Press Release from VisitEngland NEW RESEARCH REVEALS HUGE MARKET FOR ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL Thursday 19th November 2009 – New figures released today by VisitEngland from the UK Tourism Survey show that overnight trips made by, or accompanied by, someone with a health condition or impairment contributed almost £1bn to the English domestic visitor economy in the […]

The official news release circulated today from National Football Museum follows : National Football Museum enters into Manchester partnership The trustees of the National Football Museum today resolved in principle to enter into a partnership with Manchester City Council, which will see the Museum open at the Urbis building in Manchester. This partnership will guarantee […]

WELCOME TO BLACKPOOL ANNIVERSARY Over the summer, 450 staff from two of Blackpool’s best known and popular attractions Pleasure Beach and Sandcastle Waterpark completed the resort’s Welcome to Blackpool training programme; a unique course delivered by Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board in partnership with Blackpool Council which was launched just a year ago (Nov 08). […]

 REWARDING LANCASHIRE’S FINEST at LETS SPECTACULAR Yesterday evening (Thursday 12 November) Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) celebrated Lancashire’s finest with an array of winners and highly commended finalists sharing the spotlight with stars of stage and screen Tupele Dorgu and Paul Nicholas, at this year’s annual LETS (Lancashire Excellence in Tourism Skills) awards, held […]

Three quarters of adults say they are likely to take a break in England in 2010 VisitEngland today exclusively releases new research on holiday booking patterns that reveals almost three quarters of adults (72%) say they are likely* to take a break in England in 2010, making England the holiday destination of choice. Encouragingly, 95% […]

The great English holiday is back with 40% more holidays taken in July The great English summer holiday continued its 2009 renaissance in July, with the number of holiday trips taken by UK residents to England up by an impressive 40%; amounting to almost 2 million more holiday trips and 7.2 million extra nights holiday […]

STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN IN NEW DOUBLE ACT Two of the UK’s most popular television and theatre stars have been cast in new leading roles for Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s (LBTB’s) annual LETS (Lancashire Excellence in Tourism Skills) awards, to be held at Fleetwood Marine Hall on Thursday 12 November. Perfectly suited to […]

A film created to encourage people to take a fresh look at Blackpool has scooped a gold at the prestigious PR Week awards. Commissioned by Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board, VisitBlackpool and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), the viral made the headlines and generated over £6m worth of media coverage when it was launched in […]

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB), chose an internationally diverse cluster of recently accredited restaurants in Rossendale for the launch of Taste Lancashire International, a brand new category in its successful Taste Lancashire Quality accreditation scheme. Taste Lancashire is a quality marque awarded to places to eat which provide a consistently high quality dining experience […]

“HOTPOT” FILM INSPIRES GOLD BLEND STYLE SEQUEL Blackpool tourism chiefs are to launch a Gold Blend style sequel to J’aime La Tour – the award winning hit viral watched by millions of TV and YouTube viewers about a Lancashire lad and a chic French girl who fell in love in a Blackpool which cleverly stood […]

A new guest house has expanded in South Ribble thanks to Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud Finance. Oaklands Guest House is located on Park Lane at Mellor Brook, Samlesbury and has three double en-suite rooms furnished to a high standard. Owner David Alderson said: "Rosebud Finance enabled us to seize a business opportunity to develop our […]

Lights, camera, action! Lancashire producers dish up a series of delicious short films Four of Lancashire’s leading food producers starred in their own three-minute mini-films as part of this year’s Lancashire Producers’ Month.  Previewed yesterday at Bashall Barn, Bashall Eaves – our four leading men (namely, vegetable farmer Peter Ascroft of H & P Ascroft […]