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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 […]

Industry

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 […]

Industry

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 […]

Industry

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 […]

Visit County Durham

Product Knowledge Day

26 Feb 2024

Our Product Knowledge Day is taking place next month at Redworth Hall Hotel. It's a great opportunity for partners to hear updates and future plans from Locomotion, The Auckland Project […]

Industry

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 […]

Industry

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 […]

Industry

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 […]

Industry

Help Amy become England’s Tourism Superstar and vote today!

26 Feb 2024

Amy Whitfield, owner of Triple A Food Tours is in the running to be named England’s Tourism Superstar 2024, but she needs your vote! Voting is now open for the […]

Industry

The Story to open this summer

16 Feb 2024

A brand-new visitor attraction telling the tale of County Durham’s heritage will open this summer. Durham County Council has confirmed that The Story, based at Mount Oswald in Durham City, […]

Industry

Fire and Ice

16 Feb 2024

Durham's spectacular Fire and Ice festival is set to return this half term – and visitors to the city can expect to be dazzled by a ‘star-studded’ line-up. Organised by […]

Industry

Hotel Room Occupancy report

14 Feb 2024

Hotel Room Occupancy in England for December 2023 was up on December 2022, and also up on 2019 for the first time since the pandemic. Great news to see North […]

Industry

Raby Castle vacancies

14 Feb 2024

Ahead of the opening of its new visitor experience this spring, Raby Castle is advertising for several new job vacancies. A key area of the restoration project is the recreation of […]

Industry

Food and Drink mentoring

14 Feb 2024

Food and Drink North East is delivering a fully funded programme for food, drink and hospitality providers in County Durham that will focus on improving productivity, and will combine a […]

Industry

The Auckland Project's campaign for Henry VIII’s Lost Tapestry reaches huge £1 million milestone

9 Feb 2024

A campaign by Bishop Auckland regeneration charity, The Auckland Project, to save a national treasure has hit a huge £1million milestone, bringing the charity one step closer to acquiring the […]