2009-06-29
Click Liverpool
Culture Capital gave city big tourism boost
The number of UK citizens taking a short break in Liverpool last year leapt by more than a quarter, according to a survey by VisitEngland. The number of overnight stays in the UK was down by five per cent last year, but several big cities - most notably Liverpool - bucked the...
2009-06-29
BBC News
Blackpool visitor numbers plummet
The number of UK residents taking a break in Blackpool last year fell by 26%, research by VisitEngland shows. In 2008, the number of holidaymakers who spent at least one night in the Lancashire seaside resort dropped to...
2009-06-27
Northumberland Gazette
Google the castle
A NORTH Northumberland tourist attraction could get a visit from the Google Street View Trike.
2009-06-26
Online Sun
Hotels going to the dogs
HOTEL group Best Western have seen a 150 per cent boost in bookings since offering services for four-legged guests at some of their UK venues.
2009-06-25
Marketing Magazine
The Guardian to produce supplements and microsites for VisitEngland
LONDON - The Guardian has signed a six-figure deal with VisitEngland to promote trips and activities around the UK.
2009-06-21
Kidderminster Shuttle
Britain attracts Eurozone visitors
PROVISIONAL figures from the International Passenger Survey the key monitor of international tourism to the UK indicate that Britains tourism industry benefited from additional breaks, particularly from the Eurozone, during the Easter period, despite the challenges facing international travel in the...
2009-06-20
Chronicle Live
Vote for the Angel to appear on Google Streetview
ITS one of Tynesides favourite icons and it needs your help. Gatesheads much-loved Angel of the North needs support to win yet another accolade as part of an online public vote.
2009-06-18
Travel Mole
16% fall in overseas trips
New provisional figures from the International Passenger Survey show that Brits took 16% fewer overseas trips in the first four months of the year compared with 2008.
2009-06-16
Daily Mail
First Google Trike landmarks to be chosen by the British public
Leeds Castle, Wembley Stadium and Blackpool Pleasure Beach...just some of the suggestions made to Google about which historic landmarks the company should visit when its Trike - a three-wheeled camera vehicle - arrives next month to try and reach parts of the country the web giant's Street View cars couldn't.
2009-06-15
Virgin Media
10,000 suggestions for Google map
Google has received more than 10,000 suggestions in an online poll about which historic landmarks the company should visit to film for its controversial Street View mapping application.