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Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of this year's Visit England Awards for Excellence. Picking up the ... More

Nigel Huddleston, the UK's minister for tourism, will give a keynote speech at the 2021 Tourism Conference which takes place in London on 15 November. ... More

The UK government has announced an independent review to assess the way destination management organisations (DMO) operate across England. The review, led by Nick de ... More

OPINION TOURISM IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD By Ken Robinson CBE, tourism expert. Coronavirus is devastating for the tourism and leisure sectors globally. For now, the ... More

More than one in four (26 per cent) Brits – a total of 13 million – are planning an overnight trip in the UK during the ... More

Four extra Euro 2020 matches will be hosted at Wembley Stadium, after UEFA said it could wait no longer for Brussels to confirm timescales for ... More

The Tourism Sector Deal – a strategic plan developed by a consortium of leading tourism organisations – has been launched to help grow tourism in the ... More

Development of a London/Bristol tourism route, a tour of Britain’s world famous horse-racing courses, travel packages for 18-35 year olds, and an urban food and ... More

Golf Tourism England (GTE), the recently-formed body tasked with attracting more visitor income for English golf courses from tourism, has announced a new strategic partnership ... More

Maria Miller has resigned as culture secretary after a lengthy row over expenses, with the tourism industry expressing its sadness at the departure of a ... More

The UK’s summer heatwave through July and August has had a noticeable effect for hotels and attractions with a sizeable boost in tourism, according to ... More

The government has launched a new funding initiative aimed at boosting cultural tourism in England. The new Cultural Destinations scheme will offer grants between £250,000 ... More

The Aspinall Foundation's wild animal parks – Howletts, near Canterbury and Port Lympne, near Ashford have been awarded a place in the coveted VAQAS scheme ... More

BALPPA is delighted to announce that Livingstone Lodge (Howletts and Port Lympne) have once again been awarded the Beautiful South Tourism Experience of the year ... More

Image: BHA is worried over the visitor numbers to London The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is working with the Mayor's office, London and Partners, Visit ... More

Visit England has produced a new Tourism Factsheet, which brings together all the most important facts and figures relating to domestic overnight, inbound and day ... More

BALPPA is delighted to announce that Livingstone Lodge (Port Lympne) has won the prestigious gold award for the 'Tourism Experience of the year' at the ... More

The eighth Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) will take place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster, London tomorrow (13 October). ... More

Today is the last day (11 August 2011) that delegates wanting to attend the Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) can take advantage of ... More

The full list of speakers for this year's Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC) has been announced. The event will be held at the ... More

Touchstones Rochdale, the award winning arts and heritage centre managed by Link4Life, the Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust, has successfully retained its VAQAS registration for another ... More

Four of the five main tourism agencies of the British Isles have joined forces to promote green tourism and unify the way sustainable tourism initiatives ... More

The Broads Tourism Forum and the Broads Authority have combined to create a new image for the Norfolk Broads under the tagline 'Britain's Magical Waterland'. ... More

Sir David Michels, president of the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has called on the new coalition government to "take tourism seriously". Speaking at the BHA's ... More