Are you visitor ready?
Brought to you by VisitEngland and The AA UK, the Visitor Ready entry-level compliance scheme is free and open to all types of hospitality and tourism businesses to help showcase your commitment to operating safely within current industry standards and legislation.
...Businesses can check eligibility, upload evidence, confirm key requirements and finish the application in just 20 minutes.

Sign up today here 👇
https://www.visitorready.com/apply-now

Take a look at our Visitor Welcome Toolkit which will offer you advice and guidance in order to help you to deliver good customer service 👇
https://www.visitcountydurham.org/business-support-toolkits/

Have you thought about becoming a partner with Visit County Durham?
Our Partnership brings benefits through promoting and developing any type or size of business. We offer standard, enhanced and strategic packages, providing you with the opportunity to promote your business effectively.
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Don't just take our word for it, take a look at some of our fantastic reviews here 👇
https://www.visitcountydurham.org/testimonials/

If you would like to know more or sign up, you can contact us here 👇 https://www.visitcountydurham.org/partnership-overview/

As Astro Tourism grows in popularity, Visit County Durham have recognised the need to offer business support to ensure that businesses understand the variety of needs of this market.

We will be hosting FREE business development workshops designed to give you an insight into this area and ...to broaden your knowledge.

The workshops are split into 2 sessions – a half day information sharing session, covering advice about dark skies in our area and why they are so important, why visitors should choose this area, business case studies, marketing tips and how to make your business dark sky friendly.

The second workshop is a guided tour on the night sky hosted by a star gazing specialist. The evening will start with a presentation of what to expect from the night sky and as night falls, a walk to the illuminated High Force Waterfall, to witness the some of the darkest, clearest skies in the country.

Part 1 - Workshop: Monday 16th March 2026 10am-1pm at the Park Head Hotel, Bishop Auckland.

Part 2 - Dark Sky Sites Visit: Wednesday 25th March 2026 6pm-9pm at High Force Hotel.

To book a place or for more information please contact 👇
lucy.wearne@visitcountydurham.org

* Pre-booking is essential.
* Attendance is free of charge.
* It is not compulsory to attend both sessions but it is advised.

Ready for a second day of meetings at IMM London. The event brings together destinations, travel brands and media for two days of pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings with journalists, editors, broadcasters and content creators.
For Visit County Durham, attending TravMedia's International ...Media Marketplace IMM London is a valuable chance to showcase the county’s heritage, landscapes, food and drink and year-round visitor experiences to national and international travel media.

Having your event listed on This is Durham is valuable exposure to thousands of visitors to Durham.

If you have an event or an exhibition that you’d like us to include in our Week Ahead events listing guide you can submit this easily here 👇
https://tinyurl.com/545fznfk

VisitEngland is celebrating the importance of the tourism industry with this year’s English Tourism Week from 13-22 March.

The annual celebration puts tourism centre stage with the public, destinations, businesses and visitor attractions encouraged to get involved.

Read more ...here 👇
https://tinyurl.com/muyaw4av

Destinations, businesses and venues along the Northern Saints routes can utilise the trails in their own marketing activity with The Northern Saints Toolkit.
Containing items including web copy, images, logos and example social media posts, the toolkit supports businesses to benefit from the ...Northern Saints Trails.

Find out more here 👇
https://bit.ly/3B7m69z

Supplier Partner The Fairy Wedmother offers training and development to wedding co-ordinators to increase your skills in enquiry conversion, getting more enquiries, increased and additional revenue along with keeping up with wedding trends.

Find out how how they can support you here ...👇
https://tinyurl.com/bdea85pb