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Blackpool has unveiled a dazzling multi-million pounds programme of marketing, events and new attractions to celebrate the start of a new tourism season. The highlights were revealed to an audience of hoteliers and other tourism businesses by VisitBlackpool and resort partners at the annual season launch in the new £30m Conference & Exhibition Centre in […]

Lancaster University Conferences and Events+ has been awarded with the ECOsmart Platinum Accreditation. The ECOsmart scheme by Greengage recognises eco-friendly hotels and conference venues where facilities and services meet high standards of sustainability. ECOsmart examines sustainability practice and process in seven key areas; energy and water conservation, waste management, recycling and plastics, rooms, consumables and […]

Morecambe Business Improvement District (BID) and Lancaster and Morecambe College (LMC) are collaborating with Dave Guest (ex-BBC North West reporter) to produce a series of videos aimed a different industry sectors in the local area to highlight issues around employability and what benefits working in these industries offer. In the first video ‘Hospitality Matters’ Dave […]

Blackpool is preparing to welcome 350 youth football teams and over 10,000 attendees during Easter and May Day bank holiday weekends as they return for Blackpool Cup tournaments. Blackpool Council and VisitBlackpool will once again host the events in partnership with Euro-Sportring, Europe’s largest international youth football tournament organiser. The tournaments will bring a major […]

Leading the way promoting Lancashire as a must-visit food destination, the team at La Locanda in Gisburn were beyond thrilled to achieve not one, but THREE honours in one week! La Locanda’s first WIN for the ‘Hospitality Business’ award at the Ribble Valley Business Awards 2023, held last week at the Mytton Fold Hotel. Star […]

A beauty and wellbeing brand pioneer enthralled an audience of businesspeople from across the North West at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). Liz Earle MBE delivered a captivating talk on her journey from journalist to business leader, her work on normalising discussions about the menopause, and the keys to building a successful team – as […]

A sustainability symposium hosted by The Forest of Bowland AONB at Clitheroe’s Holmes Mill, and presented by Caz Graham of BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme, saw every seat taken – with attendees keen to learn more about sustainability and inclusivity. Hetty Byrne, Forest of Bowland AONB Sustainable Tourism Officer, explains: “The event was free […]

Mental health charity Lancashire Mind is issuing a last call for the opportunity to feel ‘on top of the world’ with an exhilarating skydive experience. People have until April 13 to sign up via the Lancashire Mind website. The charity has secured 50 places at Black Knights Skydive Centre in Lancaster on the 13 or […]

Chorley Council has supported its tenant, global supply chain and logistics company – TVS Supply Chain Solutions, a global supply chain and logistics company by granting permission for them to install 1,890 solar panels at their headquarters in Chorley covering over 3,000 square metres.  Councillor Alistair Bradley, Leader of Chorley Council said, “Its great to see […]

Its annual review event ‘Driving change and building value,’ held during English Tourism Week and just over a year since the lifting of COVID-related travel restrictions, is also shining the spotlight on tourism’s importance to the economy. It comes as VisitBritain’s latest inbound tourism forecast shows continued strong recovery in overseas visitor spending. It estimates £29.5 billion will be spent by […]

Nelson Town Council have announced an exciting line-up of events to celebrate the King’s Coronation on Saturday 6th May 2023 including a spectacular procession, live music, a big screen showing the Coronation live, competitions, entertainment for all the family and much more. The town will be completely transformed, with local residents and those further afield […]

English Tourism Week is in full swing in one of Lancashire’s tourism hot spots, and to mark the occasion, the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Stuart Hirst has been visiting some of the wonderful places on offer in the district. On his whistle-stop tour of this beautiful area, the owners of Ribble Valley Retreat were […]