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Sofitel London Gatwick Celebrates Silver Medal Win From Green Tourism
Sofitel London Gatwick, the airport’s premium hotel, has been awarded a silver medal by the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) for its commitment to green policy and CSR. The Green Tourism Award...
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Entries Open Early For Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2016
The Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards are back for 2016 – and entries are now open. Following the huge success of last year’s sell-out ceremony, the annual awards dinner, which celebrates the...
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Tourists To UK Forecast To Spend Record Levels In 2016
2015 was a record-breaking year to date for inbound tourism numbers and spend to the UK and growth looks set to continue in 2016 according to forecasts from national tourism body VisitBritain. In spite...
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Campaign Promotes Britain As Home Of Amazing Moments To Attract More...
The GREAT Britain ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ campaign formally kicks off this week across four markets, Brazil, France, Germany and the US, with a three month digital and print campaign. It aims to show...
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Deadline Fast Approaching For Entries To The Liverpool City Region Tourism...
There are just a few days left to enter the Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2016. The deadline for entries to the awards which recognise the region’s stand out contributors to the tourism industry...
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British Tourist Authority Sets Out Proposals To Deliver On Priorities For...
The British Tourist Authority (BTA) has set out its priorities and how it will structure to deliver on these, following the good funding settlement for tourism in the Comprehensive Spending Review...
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Celebrating Leaders In English Tourism: VisitEngland Announces Awards For...
VisitEngland, the national tourist board, has announced the finalists for the Awards for Excellence 2016, the most prestigious awards in English Tourism. Working in collaboration with destinations and...
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PM Announces Package Of Support To Boost Tourism Across Flood-Hit North
A package of measures to boost the North of England’s tourism industry and encourage British families to visit the region over the Easter break has been announced by the Prime Minister. The...
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Jobs In Tourism Up 12% In Last Five Years, More Than Twice As Much As Other...
Latest figures out today show that jobs in tourism in the UK have grown more than twice as much as other sectors of the economy in the five years to 2014. From 2009 to 2014, employment in tourism...
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Millions Of Tourists See The Brighter Side Of Flood-Hit Areas
Striking images of Cumbria, Lancashire, Scotland and Yorkshire have been unveiled across Heathrow’s terminals in a bid to promote some of the worst affected areas following recent floods. Offering...
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London Is One Of The Top Three Places To Stay In The World
Hotel solutions provider HRS has compared average hotel room rates worldwide over the last four years (2011–2015) and revealed that despite economic uncertainties during this period, the outlook for...
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Edinburgh To Introduce A Tourism Tax Aimed At Raising Up To £15 Million
Scottish ministers are in discussions regarding a proposed devolution of powers to Edinburgh as part of a proposed £1 billion city deal, including the possibility of Edinburgh setting and collecting a...
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Records Set For Inbound Tourism To The UK In 2015
New figures out today show that 2015 set a new record for inbound tourism to the UK with 35.8 million visits, four per cent up on 2014 and the sixth consecutive year of growth. Comparing growth over...
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Vote Now For The Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards
Visitors who have received exceptional service from a local tourism business are being encouraged to nominate them for a top accolade at this year’s Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards. The People’s...
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No Reservations For Judges As Stanley House Hotel And Spa Scoops Award Hat-Trick
Stanley House Hotel and Spa, Mellor has scooped a hat-trick of awards at the Ribble Valley Stars in Tourism Awards. The awards, run by the Ribble Valley Tourism Association (RVTA), saw Stanley House’s...
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6 Million Brits Planned A UK Trip At Easter Equating To £1.5bn In Spend
VisitEngland’s latest Trip Tracker Survey revealed that 6 million Brits (12% of the adult population) planned an overnight holiday trip in the UK during the Easter break, with 5 million people (10%)...
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Records Broken for Number of International Visits to UK in January
New figures out today show that a new January record has been set for the numbers of international visits to the UK, up 6% on the same month last year. The Office for National Statistics figures show...
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“Visitor” Tax Will Damage Tourism In Scotland, Say Tourism Chiefs
BHA’s Willie Macleod. Scotland’s tourism and hospitality industry has urged the Scottish Labour Party to urgently reconsider its proposals for a tourist tax which is essentially a tax on visitors who...
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Tourism Tax Rears Its Head?
Peter Adams, Editor of CLH News I read recently that May 30th is Tax Freedom Day! Everything we earn from 1st of January to 29th of May goes to the Government in tax. After which we get to keep what we...
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New Figures Show Increase In Domestic Tourism For 2015, With Overnight Trips...
The latest results from the Great Britain Tourism Survey (GBTS) published today reveal strong growth in domestic tourism in 2015 with record-breaking spending and the highest trip numbers since 2012....
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