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On Thursday 5 November, The Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens Blackpool was a stunning venue for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, supported by headline sponsor University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). As winner of last year’s Lancashire Tourism Award for Cultural Venue, the Winter Gardens was a fitting location for the 600-strong audience to celebrate Lancashire’s tourism excellence and the […]

Following an online public vote hosted by media partner Lancashire Evening Post/Johnston Press, Marketing Lancashire today announced the three finalists in the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2015 category; an award that recognises and rewards individuals who have been nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in Lancashire.  Five local […]

The judging is over and the finalists of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015 #LTA15 have just three weeks to wait before the winners, in 22 hard fought categories, are revealed at Lancashire’s tourism event of the year. This year’s event takes place on Thursday 5 November at Winter Garden’s Empress Ballroom and today Marketing Lancashire announced that […]

  Marketing Lancashire today (Thurs 8 October) announced a shortlist of five finalists for the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2015. The award recognises and applauds individuals nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in Lancashire.  This is the only Lancashire Tourism Awards that is voted for by the public, […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county's destination management organisation, today (Wednesday 30th September) revealed the finalists and headline sponsor The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015. The only tourism-focused awards in Lancashire will take place on Thursday 5 November in the spectacular Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. Ruth Connor, Chief Executive […]

Super Slow Way, a major arts commissioning programme established to create a lasting legacy of arts and culture in Pennine Lancashire, announces the launch of its programme for 2015-17. The programme includes a specially commissioned symphony to mark the Bicentennial of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a mass participation project drawing on the traditions of […]

Renowned restaurateur and proud Lancastrian Paul Heathcote MBE, is stepping down from his role as Chairman after three successful years at the helm of Lancashire’s place marketing organisation, Marketing Lancashire.  Marketing Lancashire was created in 2012 with considerable investment from Lancashire County Council, replacing the former Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board and Paul Heathcote was the company’s […]

Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for the county, today released the official visitor and economic impact figures* for Lancashire 2014, which confirm six years of continued growth in the visitor economy and Lancashire’s increasing popularity as a destination for short breaks. The number of nights spent by visitors in the county grew by […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, today began the search for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Award winners and announced that the county’s annual celebration of Lancashire’s £3.7billion visitor economy will be held in the magnificent Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens on Thursday 5 November 2015.  A drinks reception, sponsored by Visit Blackpool, will […]

Afternoon picnics in the park, paddling in the sea, watching outdoor theatre, ice creams from the farm shop, festivals and funfairs, cycle rides in the countryside with friends, the smell of BBQs wafting through the air, camping outside and waking up to the dawn chorus – life really does feel good in the summer! And […]

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Chaired by Edwin Booth (below), has appointed two leading agencies to deliver an initial 12-month media and communications campaign. The agencies are tasked with developing and communicating a compelling Lancashire economic narrative – ‘the Lancashire story’ – by delivering a strategic campaign to reach target audiences, working alongside Marketing Lancashire.  […]