English Tourism

BBPA and VistEngland team up for English Tourism Week

10-Oct-2014 By Melodie Michel

VisitEngland and the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) have announced their partnership in advance of English Tourism Week 2015.

VisitEngland Excellence Awards 2014: winners revealed

13-May-2014 By Carina Perkins

1884 Dock Street Kitchen in Hull, Burleigh Court in Leicestershire and The Old Rectory Hotel in Devon were among the winners of the Visit England Excellence Awards 2014.

English Tourism Week 2013: Travelodge calls on MPs to ‘stand up and fight’ for the industry

18-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

With English Tourism Week having kicked off on Saturday (16 March), Travelodge’s chief executive Grant Hearn has written to 106 MPs from the country’s key tourism constituencies to ask them to stand up in the House of Commons and ‘fight for the industry’.

VisitEngland reveals new marketing campaigns ahead of English Tourism Week 2013

07-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

National tourist board VisitEngland yesterday announced plans to launch eight new marketing campaigns next year in its bid to boost domestic tourism, also calling on the hospitality industry to get involved in English Tourism Week 2013.

English Tourism Week 2012 highlights importance of British hospitality

26-Mar-2012 By Luke Nicholls

National tourist board VisitEngland has reported the success of the first ever English Tourism Week, which saw hospitality businesses from across the nation play host to over 400 special events and promotions.

Day Tripper: Restaurants and bars drive 250 million UK day visits

13-Mar-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Going out for meals and drinks has been revealed by VisitEngland to be the second most popular reason for day trips in the UK with 250 million trips in 2011 helping to boost the worth of the day visit economy to £54bn.

BBPA: English Tourism Week 2012 ‘great opportunity’ for pubs

20-Oct-2011 By Luke Nicholls

British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) chief executive Brigid Simmonds has urged brewers and pubs to get Behind English Tourism Week next year.