Midlands Business News

Visit Birmingham, the city’s leisure tourism programme, has devised the Birmingham Look Book – a go-to resource for journalists designed to raise the profile of Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull with national and international media. The 48-page media briefing pack – which is part of Visit Birmingham’s national ‘See More, Feel More’ marketing campaign [...]

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Telford is set to welcome over 10,000 visitors to its convention heart this summer following an announcement by the UK’s premier mobility and lifestyle exhibition that it is to host its 30th anniversary event in the town.

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West Midland Safari Park has been named the most “Coach Friendly Visitor Attraction of the Year” at the Coach Tourism Awards ceremony held at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on 9th May 2013.

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Business is booming for a Peak District cheese shop thanks to an enterprising new e-shop on the official tourist board’s website.

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Meet Birmingham, the city’s official business tourism programme, has unveiled a new marketing campaign designed to attract more major events to Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull.

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The University of Nottingham’s stunning new eco-friendly hotel has received a tourism and leisure award from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The Orchard Hotel, which opened in November 2012 and is entirely funded by the University, picked up the regional award because of its outstanding contribution to tourism and leisure facilities in the [...]

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With a fascinating selection of Jaguars on display, RAF Cosford’s 75th Anniversary Air Show is offering a big cat line-up that will be seen nowhere else this summer.

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Cadbury World has a programme choc-ful of adventure for visitors to enjoy this May.

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Two of the Heart of England’s best loved tourist attractions are celebrating their 40th birthday in 2013.

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Derbyshire food and drink producers relished the chance to showcase their quality wares to a VIP audience at the Palace of Westminster this week.

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Visit Birmingham has unveiled a new tourism campaign designed to boost the region’s cultural profile, as part of its ongoing strategy to build on the 10 million visitors that come to Birmingham for arts and culture annually.

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Lincoln’s cultural scene is poised to sparkle and create more unique opportunities for aspiring performers thanks to Lincoln BIG’s success in winning a superboost of £77,900. Funding from The Arts Council will allow the Business Improvement Group and its partners to collaborate over an exciting high quality arts festival programme called Lincoln Live, over the [...]

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A delegation from Birmingham has headed east to showcase the region to Asia’s leading airlines and tourism authorities looking for new route opportunities in the UK. The delegation, at the ‘Routes Asia’ conference in Mumbai, has been led by Martyn Lloyd, Birmingham Airport’s Commercial Director and Neil Rami, CEO of Marketing Birmingham, plus aviation specialists [...]

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Visit Birmingham is targeting groups of potential visitors with a national marketing campaign this March, as part of its ongoing strategy to build on its group travel market and the one million coach visitors that come to Birmingham each year.

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Work colleagues, families and organisations are being encouraged to make a special occasion more memorable by boarding one of Lincoln’s hottest new attractions.

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An estimated 19,000 people descended on Birmingham’s Southside district to celebrate Chinese New Year on Sunday 10 February, increasing footfall to local businesses by up to 200%.

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A North Nottinghamshire caravan park which is becoming famous for the off-beat excursions laid on for guests has just announced its 2013 line-up of attractions.

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With history fans and tourists flocking to the recently opened King Richard III exhibition in the city centre, Leicestershire Aero Club is helping to make the exhibition more widely accessible to those travelling from across Britain – and even the continent.

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VisitEngland’s new Facebook app sets out to find the top 101 Things to Do Before You Go Abroad, and Birmingham is steadily climbing the ranks.

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Artists, architects and anyone with a flair for design were today challenged to create an exciting concept for one of Lincoln’s most intriguing historic gateways.

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Lincoln’s exciting Tour Lincoln bus – which proved a big hit with tourists and locals when it was launched last year – is gearing-up for a comeback!

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venuebirmingham – which has already hosted Usain Bolt and the Jamaican Olympic squad, and the World Squash Championships this year – is set to open its doors to a phenomenon which has already gained tens of thousands of followers world-wide. PostSecret is the brainchild of American, Frank Warren, who has created a concept whereby anyone, [...]

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Stunning landscapes in the Peak District are set to feature as the beautiful backdrop for the major new BBC TV drama, The Village, due to be screened in 2013.

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Tourism businesses from across Lincolnshire got the chance to experience for themselves new digital technologies which could transform the industry at a conference in Lincoln on Wednesday (14th November 2012).

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A £3 million share issue launched by Severn Valley Railway six weeks ago has passed the £750,000 mark. Cash raised will fund vital investment in the Midlands heritage line, which follows the River Severn from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth and attracts more than 200,000 visitors every year. Among exciting future projects is the creation of a [...]

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Visit Birmingham’s ‘Meet and Greet’ service has received record bookings from visitors arriving by coach to the city’s Frankfurt Christmas Market, which opens to the public today at 10am (Thursday 15th November).

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An innovate scheme in Shropshire, based on ‘green’ and sustainable principles, is being highlighted as a guide to where locals and visitors will find the very best value-for-money in the Shropshire Hills. Members of the initiative tend to be ‘cottage industries’, where overheads are low, and where personal service and quality are valued more highly [...]

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Cutting-edge technology including micro-chipped posters, video postcard kiosks and 3D holographic imaging can be tried out at the Transforming Tourism conference next week. The event at The Showroom in Lincoln on 14th November will include an interactive playground, thanks to Lincolnshire County Council’s onlincolnshire project, to demonstrate how digital technology can help enhance the tourist [...]

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Burslem-based film maker Chris Stone is putting Stoke-on-Trent on the map in a global way through film with the aid of the Princes Charities.

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An event by Destination Staffordshire has given attractions in the county the opportunity to learn how to boost their business by attracting groups of tourists from across the UK.

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Amateur photographers from across Lincolnshire are being urged to share pictures taken on their smartphones in a bid to compile a collection of images that define the county as a top UK tourist destination. The smartphone social snaps competition is being launched in the run up to the first Transforming Tourism conference, which will take [...]

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Good news has brightened economic prospects in the Peak District and Derbyshire – where tourism generated a massive £1.7 billion in 2011.

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A scheme aimed at preserving landscapes, lifestyles and livelihoods in the remote and picturesque Shropshire Hills is slowly expanding in a way that could make it the model for other areas of the United Kingdom to follow. Fuelled by the recession, and the need for smaller and more remote communities to now work together and [...]

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An innovate scheme in Shropshire, aimed at helping to preserve a centuries-old way of life, has resulted in the production of a new directory mapping-out where locals and visitors alike can ‘go, buy, eat, and stay’ at countryside businesses committed to becoming more sustainable. The Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme champions the “buy local” mantra [...]

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Engineer extraordinaire Guy Martin will be promoting his forthcoming TV series, How Britain Worked, at Severn Valley Railway this Thursday (September 20). Following the success of The Boat That Guy Built, the six part series on Channel 4 follows the 30- year-old lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer as he helps teams of dedicated volunteers restore [...]

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Olympic medallist Helen Richardson is to join forces with Nottingham school children to officially launch national Purple Flag Week.

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Celebrations are underway in the Peak District following news that the official tourist board can now forge ahead with marketing campaigns worth £600,000 over the next three years.

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The Peak District’s place in the super league of UK tourism destinations has been confirmed with the news that it has been voted among the top three favourite British holiday locations in a prestigious national awards scheme.

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Journalists serving markets across the globe – including Germany, China, Japan, Canada and the USA – have been busy discovering why the Peak District is such a superstar in the high-profile world of film and television.

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Forest Pines Hotel & Golf Resort in Lincolnshire is delighted to announce the appointment of Amy Nicoll as director of sales.

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Brides planning to step into the shoes of Elizabeth Bennet as they marry their own modern-day Mr. Darcy have the perfect excuse to tie the knot in the Peak District in 2013. For next year heralds the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s evergreen novel Pride and Prejudice, which has both historic and [...]

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Film buffs are being reminded that they can enjoy classic movies such as Casablanca and contemporary blockbusters like War Horse in stunning locations across Derbyshire as the seal is set on an exciting and economically promising new venture. Official tourist board Visit Peak District & Derbyshire and Derbyshire County Council have signed up to a [...]

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Reproductions of rare examples of the Elizabethan equivalent of modern-day text messages – many of them said to be written by Mary Queen of Scots – have come to light in a new window at what is thought to be England’s oldest residential hotel. Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, Chairman of VisitEngland, unveiled ‘Inscriptions on Glass’, a [...]

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Stand together, shout loudly and support the official tourist board’s ongoing quest to promote the Peak District as a world-class destination.

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Visitors and local people alike are welcome to sample a true taste of the very best of the Peak District at the official tourist board’s forthcoming annual conference in Buxton.

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Popular television presenter and chef Simon Rimmer will be helping to showcase some of the Peak District’s premier food to tempt delegates to attend the official tourist board’s forthcoming annual conference in Buxton.

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Visitors and locals alike now have an even greater opportunity to have fun and get fit in the Peak District, thanks to a new campaign launched to mark the first-ever English Tourism Week.

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A talented Midland employee has scooped Silver at the prestigious South West Tourism Awards for Outstanding Customer Service.

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Groups Welcome! That’s the message from tourism bosses and attractions in north east Derbyshire, who have joined forces to show group tour and visit organisers the huge range of opportunities the area – and the wider Peak District – have to offer.

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X-Factor contestant and Chesterfield singer Chelsea Redfern and pupils from a Bakewell school are helping the Peak District hit the high notes in a new film showcasing the special magic of holidaying in the area to a global audience.

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