Our Press Releases

Marketing Lancashire is pleased to announce that five Lancashire Tourism Award Winners 2012/13 have been named as finalists in the prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence, and go forward to the national finals which will be held at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, on Monday 20 May 2013. Lancashire’s 2013 finalists are: Access for […]

Lancashire is one of the stars of a national campaign highlighting some of England’s rural gems. Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Marketing Organisation for Lancashire, has been working with the national tourism agency Visit England, on a four week media campaign to promote short breaks and days out in rural Lancashire.  The campaign commences this week […]

A Boost to the Local Tourism and Economy Morecambe Bay Partnership has secured half a million pounds for Bay-wide tourism projects from the government’s Coastal Communities Fund.  Susannah Bleakley who co-ordinated the bid said: “This is great news for the Bay area – we hope this will bring an economic boost to the whole area, […]

Did you know that Lancashire with over 60 million annual visitors is the most visited county in the North West, and each year welcomes more visitors to its country, coast and city attractions than The Lake District?  The new Lancashire Visitor Guide is our invitation to experience Lancashire’s great hospitality and to plan your next […]

Simon Entwistle, current holder of Marketing Lancashire’s Lancashire Tourism Awards Special Recognition Award, is one of just ten finalists for the national Visit England Tourism Superstar 2013 award and now needs the public to vote him to victory.   This new tourism accolade, launched in 2012 as part of English Tourism Week, recognises exceptional characters […]

Marketing Lancashire, the organisation created to promote the county as an excellent place to visit, live, work, study and invest in, today announced the appointment of its new non-executive board directors from the private sector, who will play a key role in the strategic direction of Marketing Lancashire and the realisation of the company’s ambitions […]

On Wednesday 30 January The Villa, Wrea Green, will host the first Taste Lancashire Produce Event of 2013 with a menu created by Head Chef, Matthew Johnson who features local producer, Pugh’s Piglets.    Marketing Lancashire’s Taste Lancashire Produce dining events, in partnership with some of the county’s finest restaurants, help demonstrate the abundance of […]

This year Marketing Lancashire, in partnership with Dewlay Cheesemakers,  launched a mini profile-raising campaign called ‘Say Cheese For Lancashire Day’, inviting visitors, members and Lancashire businesses to load ‘smiley’ pictures to Visit Lancashire’s Facebook and Twitter streams.  West End star and Blackpool-Born Jodie Prenger, opening that day at the Blackpool Grand Theatre in One Man, […]

Marketing Lancashire has launched a mobile version of its essential guide to Lancashire, offering visitors access to accommodation providers, attractions, places to eat, special offers and inspiration while on the move. Visitlancashire.com has over 1million unique visitors a year and 25% of these people visit the website on mobile devices.  The new mobile visitlancashire.com will […]

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 […]