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Finalists in Tourism Oscars

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is celebrating news that two of the winners of the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Awards 2010 and England’s Northwest Tourism Awards, have now reached the national Enjoy England Awards for Excellence the ‘tourism Oscars’ which will take place on Friday 15 April at Birmingham University’s Great Hall.  Lancashire’s two […]

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Lancashire HotShots heads to Darwen

Blackburn-born Chef takes over the kitchen Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board’s (LBTB’s) popular Lancashire HotShots initiative is heading to Darwen for an evening to remember at MJs restaurant at the Whitehall Hotel, recently awarded the Taste Lancashire Highest Quality Assured Award. Taking over the kitchen on Thursday March 24th is MJs Sous Chef, 21 year […]

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Lancashire Visitor Guide 2011 – Out Now!

NEW GUIDE TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO LANCASHIRE Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is aiming to increase visitors to Lancashire and Blackpool, with the publication and distribution of the new Lancashire Visitor Guide 2011 which at 100 pages includes more information than ever before. The initial print run of 35,000 will be used to target […]

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Gold Standard Training

UK CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE SPOTLIGHT Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is leading the way in customer service training in the north of England, taking more participants through the new Welcome Host Gold training than any tourist board outside the South East.  With customer service high on tourism agendas and even making it to […]

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Is there a Lancashire Hotshot in your kitchen ?

NEW YEAR SEARCH FOR HOTSHOTS 2011 Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is looking for this year’s culinary hot shots, to take part in the board’s successful scheme that brings new chef talent to the top table. HotShots is an LBTB initiative, created to give opportunities to emerging young chef talent across the county.  The chefs […]

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Bumper Year for Blackpool Zoo

A bumper year of momentous first time births, huge investment and a hat-trick of awards has seen Blackpool Zoo’s visitor numbers hit new record heights. Despite the snow and ice of January, November and December and 42 per cent above average rainfall for the month of August, the award winning attraction beat its previous best […]

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LBTB Highly Commended Award

Highly commended for LBTB’s in house digital team Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) was shortlisted for two awards in the Don’t Panic Social Media Awards and came away with the Highly Commended award for Best In-House Team, at a ceremony last night (Thursday 09 December) at The Hilton Hotel, Deansgate,  Manchester. The event was attended by over 300 social media and  communications professionals from          […]

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Taste Lancashire restaurant up for top award

One of Preston’s most highly respected restaurants has been nominated in the Hi-Life Dining Awards Best Overall Restaurant category. The Walled Garden in Preston will compete with some of the UK and Ireland’s best restaurants for the highly sought after Hi-Life Dining Award.  The Walled Garden will now rely on the 100,000 voting Hi-Life members […]

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Heading for National Marketing Awards

Tourist board finalist in national marketing awards Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is in the running for two marketing awards in the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Marketing Excellence Awards 2010, which will be held at Grosvenor House Hotel, London on Tuesday 15 February, 2011. The awards have attracted exceptional entries from a variety […]

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LBTB shortlisted for social media awards

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) has been shortlisted for two awards in the Don’t Panic social media awards.  The Some Comms Awards 2010 celebrate the best in UK social media communications, recognising the individuals and companies revolutionising the use of online to ‘communicate in cool and innovative ways’. The judging panel, including some of […]

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New Scheme benefits Rural Accommodation

Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB) is looking for more rural accommodation businesses across Lancashire, to benefit from £800,000 Rural Development Programme England (RDPE) funds through the Tourism Connect Scheme, following the success of local entrepreneurs Patrick and Julie Beaume, of the four star, Cartford Inn, Little Eccleston. The project is delivered through the Northwest […]

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Lancashire’s Biggest Win at Northwest Awards

Winners celebrate at England’s Northwest Tourism Awards The tourism industry across the region is celebrating today (Thursday 30th September), after the seventh annual England’s Northwest Tourism Awards took place in Manchester last night. Organised by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), the 2010 England’s Northwest Tourism Awards once again celebrated the best of the region’s […]

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