Ken Robinson news

Sir Nick Varney has been revealed as the headline speaker at this year's VAC. Taking place on 5 October at the QEII Centre in London, ... 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

Hotels in Israel with ground floor rooms have been given permission to reopen for business – but only for domestic tourism. Seen as the first ... More

The Tourism Society scheduled an emergency meeting on 15 April to discuss breaking news relating to lockdown timings. The move comes following statements by president ... 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

Tourism expert Ken Robinson has urged attractions bosses to review government guidelines on counter terrorism following this week’s bombing of Manchester Arena. Robinson, said it ... More

Taking place between 4-5 May, the TEA conference will bring together industry professionals, academics, attractions operators and owners to discuss a number of topics surrounding ... More

Aspiring young British costume and set designers have been encouraged by film and theatre director Sam Mendes to submit their own designs for his hit ... More

The Annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC 2013) event for all types of attractions in the UK is being held today (10 October) at ... More

Brigid Simmonds OBE - chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) - has been appointed to succeed Ken Robinson as Tourism Alliance ... More

Tourism Alliance has announced the launch of its new Tourism for Growth strategy, which aims to provide an assessment of the government's plans for the ... More

England and Wales' May Day bank holiday could be moved to another time of year as part of the government's new strategy to increase tourism. ... More

Think London, Visit London and Study London are to be brought together in a new single promotion agency for the capital launched by mayor Boris ... More

Leisure sector organisations have issued a mixed response to the chancellor's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) published yesterday (20 October). George Osborne announced a 25 per ... More

The leisure industry has embraced Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to place tourism "at the heart of plans to ensure the UK's economic recovery". In ... More

Shadow chancellor George Osborne has outlined a number of plans designed to support the UK tourism industry if the Conservative Party wins the next General ... More

A new campaign launched by Prime Minister Gordon Brown - Backing Young Britain - has called on the hospitality and tourism industries to offer more ... More

The third National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC2006) took place yesterday (11 October) at the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in London. The annual event is ... More

Sir Neil Cossons, chair of English Heritage, opened the third annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC2006)in London this morning, saying that Britain’s visitor attractions ... More

A workshop meeting of 50 top tourism officials was held last week to discuss ways in which the industry can maximise the opportunities the London ... More

Stonehenge and the London Eye are among six attractions which could feature on the back of UK coinage. Images of the attractions – which also include ... More

Plans to introduce images of UK attractions on official coinage are a step closer to reality. Delegates at this week’s Visitor Attraction Conference (VAC) were ... More

Both students and locals are benefiting from new fitness facilities following an investment of £10m at Dublin City University (DCU). Two new facilities have opened ... More