Gary Verity news

Sir Gary Verity has resigned from his role as CEO of Welcome to Yorkshire amid an investigation into his use of expenses. Verity was a ... More

VisitBritain has announced that its flagship annual travel trade event, ExploreGB, is to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 2019. ExploreGB is VisitBritain’s largest travel ... More

Chris Pilling, the former chief executive of the First Direct, has been tasked with overseeing the preparations ahead of Yorkshire hosting the 2019 UCI World ... More

Twenty-seven grassroots cycling facilities will be developed across the UK following Yorkshire’s successful bid to host the 2019 UCI Road World Cycling Championships. As reported ... More

The government has followed through with its commitment to bid for the UCI Road World Championships – and has set aside £24m (US$31.5m, €27.8m) to ... More

An estimated 250,000 people turned out to line the route of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire yesterday – the first day of the new cycle ... More

Yorkshire’s hosting of the Tour de France Grand Départ helped the region set a new record for overseas visits during Q3 2014, with foreign cycling ... More

Trying to convince international tourists to visit more UK cities than just London could backfire if money is siphoned out of existing domestic tourism budgets, ... More

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced £10m of additional funding for tourism in the north of England. Speaking on the eve of the recent ... More

Four Yorkshire art galleries, within 30-minutes drive of each other, will work together to promote the county as the sculpture capital of Europe, in an ... More

Tourism in Yorkshire and Humber is set to benefit from a major funding boost after the regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward, announced that it will ... More