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Lancashire’s shining stars have been announced at a glittering celebration of Lancashire’s £4.25 billion visitor economy at the Lancashire Tourism Awards. More than 400 people descended on new Preston venue, Imperial Banqueting, to find out the winners of 22 categories at the prestigious annual event, supported by headline sponsor University of Central Lancashire. Blackpool-born star […]

VisitEngland has today announced the latest successful applicants to receive funding from the three year £40 million Discover England Fund for tourism product development. The 11 successful bids receive funding of up to £250,000 in the third year of the Fund. From promoting food, music and heritage to literature, horse-racing and the coast, the projects […]

Tourism businesses across the county have until Tuesday 31 July to submit their applications for this year’s Lancashire Tourism Awards, following the official launch of applications on Monday 11 June.  Each year Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation, delivers the only county-wide celebration of Lancashire tourism and presents awards in a wide range of […]

Marketing Lancashire is proud to announce three of its partners have received prestigious honours at the Visit England Awards for Excellence 2018, the tourism industry’s most celebrated annual awards. It was a silver hat-trick for the county with The Cartford Inn (Little Eccleston) in the Tourism Pub of the Year category, Browsholme Hall (Clitheroe) in the Sustainable Tourism category […]

A marquee packed full of leading producers from across Lancashire will be flying the flag for the best food and drink from the county at The National Festival of Making in Blackburn on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th May, from 11am – 5.30pm. Head with your shopping basket to the TasteLancashire food and drink marquee, […]

Today, Tony Attard OBE, Chair of the Board of Marketing Lancashire, announced the appointment of Rachel McQueen, as new Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire. “Following an extensive search and interviews with a number of very strong applicants, I’m delighted to confirm the appointment of Rachel McQueen as the new Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire” he […]

Lancashire producers served up a slice of success at this year’s Fine Food Show North. Marketing Lancashire introduced six producers to the prestigious event as part of the Taste Lancashire campaign to fly the flag for the county’s food and drink. Culinary snails from the Forest of Bowland, exotic drinks made from fruit and flowers […]

Local food isn’t all Chorley cakes and black pudding.  And this Chinese New Year you can experience some of the best cuisine from the Orient as well as food from around the globe. Lancashire’s diverse culinary mapis inspired by chefs and cooks inventing a fusion of the global tastes of home with ingredients from Lancashire. We’re a […]

Ruth Connor, Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire is to leave the organisation in February to take on the new role of Executive Director of Strategic Marketing for the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Ruth was appointed the very first Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire in 2012 and over the last five years has led the […]

Marketing Lancashire, the county’s destination management organisation (DMO), has had a record year with visitor numbers, web visits, membership and events at an all-time high. With more growth planned for 2018 they have recruited Vikki Harris, to join the team as Marketing and Partnerships Director starting at the end of January. Vikki worked most recently […]

The county shone brilliantly around the world and celebrated proudly on Lancashire Day 2017, with figures released by Marketing Lancashire, the organisation charged with promoting the county on a national and international stage, showing a reach of 74 million for #LancashireDay*, beating last year’s record of 60 million. Marketing Lancashire led with a campaign, which […]

The four chefs, all raised in Lancashire, created an eight-course menu inspired by the produce, history and provenance of Lancashire. Courses featured great Lancashire ingredients like black pudding, Morecambe Bay cockles, grouse, Goosnargh duck and ended with Lancashire Eccles cakes with Truffle & Black currant. Chef Oli Martin from Hipping Hall said, “Lancashire’s really got […]