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22 Aug 2024
New research indicates the British beauty industry grew by 11 per cent last year – with signs it is shaking off the triple hangovers of ... More
18 May 2022
Hyatt is piloting private gyms in five of its US hotels as part of its Stay Fit Private Fitness programme. The exercise spaces are located ... More
26 Jan 2017
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is going to have a significant impact on Irish tourism, according to new research from the Emerald Isle’s ... More
18 Dec 2015
Plans to turn Edinburgh’s neoclassical Old Royal High School into a luxury hotel have been refused by the city council. Developers Duddingston House Properties and ... More
02 Sep 2015
Hoskins Architects will design a new Rosewood hotel at Edinburgh's former Royal High School, a historic landmark building on Calton Hill in the centre of ... More
24 Jun 2014
A new type of grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has been awarded to the Northern Counties building in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, securing funding ... More
15 Jul 2013
Heritage-based tourism is worth £26.4bn to the UK economy - £5.8bn higher than the previous estimate published in 2010 according to recent research from the ... More
11 Jul 2013
New research conducted by Tourism Economics shows that the attraction industry in the US has grown nearly twice the rate of the rest of the ... More
07 Nov 2012
Growth in the global tourism industry in 2012 will be broadly in line with expectations set at the beginning of the year. Announcing its final ... More
08 Jun 2012
Image: UK tourism was worth £101bn last year The UK tourism sector contributes more to the economy than car manufacturing or mining, according to new ... More
16 Mar 2012
A new report from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has claimed the £2.8bn Air Passenger Duty is currently doing "more harm than good" ... More
02 Mar 2012
A new independent report carried out on behalf of the States of Guernsey has uncovered the "notable economic potential" of the Channel Island's medical tourism ... More
22 Dec 2010
European transport commissioner Siim Kallas has said travel disruption caused by severe wintery conditions across the continent is 'unacceptable'. In a statement, Kallas highlighted the ... More
19 Oct 2010
Two new reports from the British Hospitality Association (BHA) have highlighted the economic importance and potential of the hospitality sector in the UK. One of ... More
01 Sep 2010
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed that around 30,000 new jobs would be created if the government implements a "fairer system" of ... More
26 Jul 2010
National tourism agency VisitBritain has denied claims that a report it commissioned was "unrealistic", after it suggested that visitor spend in the UK would increase ... More
15 Jun 2010
Consumer and industry organisations have called on George Osborne to support the UK's pub industry when the chancellor unveils his emergency budget on 22 June. ... More
16 Mar 2010
Spending by overseas visitors is set to be worth "almost double" to the UK economy in 2020, according to new research released by national tourism ... More
05 Mar 2010
New research commissioned by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has revealed that the heritage tourism industry contributes nearly £21bn towards the UK economy. According to ... More
04 Mar 2009
The pub industry has called on the government to suspend further beer tax increases, after figures show that 2,000 pubs have closed since a significant ... More
27 Feb 2009
More than 75,000 jobs could be lost if the government proceeds with plans to increase taxes on alcohol over the next four years. The forecast ... More
21 Aug 2008
Visit London, the capital's tourism agency, could be forced into making redundancies following a less than anticipated budget increase from the London Development Agency (LDA). ... More
27 Feb 2008
On 6 March, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its research partner Accenture will present its 2008 Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) research on ... More
26 Jul 2007
Oxford Economics has released a report showing that film tourism contributed around £1.8bn to the UK economy last year. According to the independent study, one ... More
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