Our Press Releases

Lancashire’s 2012/13 tourism award winners who made it through to the VisitEngland Excellence Awards have only a few more days to wait before they find out whether they have won a prestigious national award.  The winners will be announced at an event to be held at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, Manchester on Monday […]

£4m domestic marketing campaign aims to boost tourism in the UK in 2013 Today, together with Rt Hon. Maria Miller MP, Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport, we launched ‘Great Adventure’ – the pan-UK marketing campaign starring Wallace & Gromit, designed to inspire Britons to take a holiday at home this year. The […]

£2 MILLION PUTS LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL AT CENTRE OF CREATIVE PENNINE LANCASHIRE CORRIDOR The Leeds & Liverpool Canal is set to be the centrepiece of a creative corridor for the arts after its guardian, the Canal & River Trust, was awarded £2 million of funding from Arts Council England’s Creative people and places programme.  […]

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 […]