Visitengland News
VisitEngland launches new Facebook campaign
Today VisitEngland, the national tourist board, launches a new Facebook App, ‘101 Things To Do Before You Go Abroad’. Designed to inspire the nation to take more holidays in England, the new app will include the best of the very best English experiences.
VisitEngland promotes romantic breaks ahead of Valentines Day
VisitEngland, the national tourist board, today launched a new multi-channel marketing campaign designed to boost domestic tourism in 2013 by highlighting some of England’s most romantic heritage cities. The two-week campaign is the first of six set to launch over the next three months, covering the four key themes of countryside, coast, heritage and culture – in total funded by £1.6million from the government’s Regional Growth Fund, plus additional contributions from businesses and partners in the tourism sector.
VisitEngland celebrates 100 years of musical heritage
Tonight sees the announcement of this year’s BRIT Awards nominees. Since 1977 the awards have celebrated the very best in British music and we wait with baited breath to see this year’s shortlist.
VisitEngland partners with cottages4you for new campaign
VisitEngland, the national tourist board, and leading holiday rental agency cottages4you, part of the Hoseasons Group, have announced an exciting partnership to promote self-catering holidays in England in 2013. VisitEngland research shows that 60 per cent of British people feel more proud to be British and 20 per cent plan to take more breaks in England as a result of the amazing events of 2012.
VisitEngland records spike in domestic travel
VisitEngland has released figures revealing the number of domestic overnight holiday trips taken in England in August rose by 13 per cent compared to 2011, with just under eight million trips taken in the month. The latest results from the Great Britain Tourism Survey also show that holiday spend totalled almost £2 billion during August – an increase of 20 per cent compared to the same period last year.
James Berresford, chief executive, Visit England @ WTM 2012
James Berresford talks to Breaking Travel News at the World Travel Market 2012.
VisitEngland launches new advertising campaign at World Travel Market
Today at World Travel Market in London, VisitEngland announced plans to launch eight marketing campaigns in 2013 to run from January to boost domestic tourism next year. The campaigns will cover the four key themes of countryside, heritage, culture and coastal, and will run in partnership with destinations from all over England as well as national commercial organisations.
VisitEngland plans to grow domestic tourism
VisitEngland’s chairman Viscountess Cobham has revealed the national tourist board’s plans to further grow tourism in England by working more closely with the travel trade. Unveiling a raft of activity aimed at inspiring and educating travel agents to sell more holidays at home, Lady Cobham urged the trade to get behind the tourist board and support domestic tourism.
VisitEngland welcomes announcement of £2m additional funding for domestic Tourism
The additional £2million, to be awarded by Government, will be used by VisitEngland to further stimulate the short break market working in conjunction with the travel trade.
VisitEngland launches accessibility guide alongside Paralympics
On the day of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, VisitEngland has launched a new online guide designed to help destinations attract more visitors with access needs by providing access information on their websites.
VisitEngland launches local marketing campaigns
VisitEngland has announced the start of a new partnership project to deliver local destination marketing and thematic campaigns throughout the country. The three-year project, ‘Growing Tourism Locally’, will generate £365 million in additional tourism spend and has been funded by £19.8 million from the government’s Regional Growth Fund with contributions from VisitEngland and the private sector.
VisitEngland rolls out £41m tourism campaign
VisitEngland is launching a new partnership project which designed to inspire Britons to take more holidays at home. The new campaign aims to create 9,100 jobs, generating £365 million in additional spending over the next three years.