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Europe’s largest collection of historic rail vehicles assembled at Locomotion
15 Mar 2024
Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham is to undertake the museum’s biggest ever rail shunt to create Europe’s largest undercover display of historic rail vehicles. Managed by specialist teams from Locomotion […]
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Hotel Occupancy
13 Mar 2024
Hotel Room Occupancy in England for January 2024 continues to show growth for North East England. Overall, room occupancy was 1% up on January 2022, and on a par with […]
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A66 Project approval
13 Mar 2024
On 7 March 2024, the Secretary of State for Transport approved the Development Consent Order for the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project. This means National Highways now has permission to dual […]
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Durham Cathedral calls on people to help create Peace Doves for its upcoming summer installation
13 Mar 2024
Over 15,000 paper doves created by visitors with messages of peace will be suspended in Durham Cathedral this summer. Peace Doves, a mass-participation artwork by Peter Walker, is set to […]
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Chester-le-EATS Festival set to Expand
12 Mar 2024
Organisers of a hugely successful food, drink and music festival have announced plans to expand its footprint in 2024 – and are now asking traders who wish to be part […]
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North East England’s Tourism Industry Looks to the Future as First Destination 2034 Conference is Announced
11 Mar 2024
A landmark Destination North East England Conference is coming to The Glasshouse International Centre for Music on Monday 18th March, featuring panellists from Tripadvisor, Digital Tourism Think Tank and the […]
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Week-long celebration of England’s tourism industry fast approaching
11 Mar 2024
English Tourism Week, the annual week dedicated to celebrating England’s tourism industry, is fast approaching with businesses, destinations and visitor attractions encouraged to get involved. Taking place from 15-to-24 March, […]
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Durham Cricket aim to bring professional women’s Cricket to the region
7 Mar 2024
Durham Cricket have today announced their intention to bring professional women’s Cricket to the region. Women’s Cricket is undergoing a restructure, with the ECB set to assign 8 counties with […]
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TV Series Vera and author behind the books among winners at the 2024 North East England Tourism Awards
1 Mar 2024
The popular TV drama Vera and author Ann Cleeves, who wrote the book series, were awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Tourism award at last night’s (THURS) ceremony. They were among […]
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Tourism Awards
28 Feb 2024
Taking place tomorrow night at Newcastle Civic Centre, The North East England Tourism Awards will celebrate the region's businesses and people that make our visitor economy so special. Good luck […]
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Modernised Assessment Scheme
28 Feb 2024
Calling all County Durham tourism businesses, VisitEngland and the AA have launched their modernised Quality Assessment schemes, including a new Visitor Ready scheme. Visitor Ready empowers you to showcase your […]
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ETW Toolkit
26 Feb 2024
English Tourism Week takes place 15-24th March and the campaign toolkit is now available for you to download. Designed to kickstart the summer season, the annual campaign gives businesses and […]
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Destination 2034
26 Feb 2024
On Monday 18th March from 9:30am, Destination North East England will be taking over Gateshead's iconic Glasshouse ICM for its first Destination 2034 Conference, as industry trailblazers, business leaders and […]
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Three more celebrity chefs confirmed for Bishop Auckland Food Festival
26 Feb 2024
A BBC Saturday Kitchen presenter, an award-winning chef and a food content creator with millions of TikTok views will headline the Sunday cookery demonstration slots at this year’s Bishop Auckland […]
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Return of the Vikings!
26 Feb 2024
A Viking village, complete with cookhouse, cottages and a working blacksmith’s forge, is being recreated as part of a spectacular live outdoor theatre production in County Durham. Taking place every […]
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