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Industry
Durham’s Fine Dining Restaurant Faru Is Named A Michelin Favourite
30 Nov 2023
Durham’s fine dining restaurant Faru has been named as a Michelin favourite. The restaurant, on Silver Street, has made the November list of the Michelin Inspectors’ Favourite New Restaurants, which was published on the Michelin Guide’s website today. Owners Jake and Laura Siddle – former...
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Industry
Methodist Tapestries project
29 Nov 2023
Tell your guests and visitors about the latest Methodist Tapestries Collection Exhibition being held on 9th December between 11am and 4pm at the Chapel of St Mary the Less, St John's College, Durham City. The tapestries project, co-ordinated by Weardale Museum, features local, regional, national...
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Industry
Skills Survey extension
29 Nov 2023
The Destination North East England commissioned Skills Survey has been extended to Thursday 7th December. It is important that businesses across the region take part to help us gain a better understanding of the complex issues and challenges relating to workforce recruitment and retention. The...
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Visit County Durham
Tourism Sentiment report
29 Nov 2023
The Visit County Durham commissioned Tourism Sentiment report for October is now available, providing valuable insights for the county's tourism businesses. The score measures Durham's ability to generate positive word of mouth about our tourism offer through online conversations. This month,...
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Industry
Small Business Saturday
29 Nov 2023
Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support small businesses in their communities. This year, the day itself takes place on 2nd December, but the campaign aims to have a lasting...
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Visit County Durham
Lumiere media and influencer visits shine a light on Durham
22 Nov 2023
Journalists and social media influencers from across the UK and beyond descended on Durham last week as the UK’s light art biennial made its dazzling return. Visit County Durham worked in partnership with Lumiere producer Artichoke to deliver a group media visit and Instameet to showcase the...
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Industry
Bishop Auckland Shines Bright as AGLOW Opens to Visitors
21 Nov 2023
Auckland Castle’s first large-scale Christmas event opens to the public on Wednesday 22nd November, dazzling visitors to the County Durham destination and kicking off the festive season in fabulous style. Open until 31st December 2023 (excluding Christmas Day) AGLOW is one of the largest...
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Industry
Durham city transformed into a giant art gallery
20 Nov 2023
The 2023 edition of the UK’s light biennial Lumiere closed in Durham on Sunday night, having welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to the event over four incredible nights. 120,000 free early evening tickets had been snapped up when released last month. Produced by creative company Artichoke,...
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Industry
Leap year date for 2024 North East England Tourism Awards
17 Nov 2023
The 2024 North East England Tourism Awards (NEETA) will be held on Thursday, February 29th 2024. Next year’s awards will once again be held at Newcastle Civic Centre and will be hosted by former BBC news presenter, Charlie Charlton. Tickets for the prestigious event are now on sale with...
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Industry
DDP Update
15 Nov 2023
A reminder that the latest Destination Development Partnership update is being held online tomorrow 16th November at 8:30am. This month guest speakers from VisitBritain will talk about the launch of their business support industry toolkit, the latest data, and opportunities available to tourism...
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Industry
Tourism Forum
15 Nov 2023
The North Pennines AONB Partnership's 2023 North Pennines Tourism Forum is set for Wednesday 29th November from 9:30am to 2:30pm at Kirkoswald Church Institute, Cumbria. The forum is aimed at tourism businesses in and near to the North Pennines AONB & UNESCO Global Geopark. Tickets are £10pp...
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Industry
How's Business Survey
15 Nov 2023
Please spare 10 minutes of your time to complete our latest How's Business survey. The results are important for us to see what is happening across the visitor economy and to analyse where there are key themes and issues. The results of the survey help form our future activity and to see how we can...
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Industry
Help the Swan
15 Nov 2023
The Bowes Museum needs your help to support the conservation of the iconic Silver Swan. The museum has less than 24 days to raise at least £18,000 to enable the Silver Swan to operate once again in a sustainable way, delighting visitors and inspiring generations of artists, makers, designers and...
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Visit County Durham
A destination for all: Accessibility takes centre stage at tourism conference
15 Nov 2023
Ensuring an excellent welcome for all visitors was the key theme of Visit County Durham’s 2023 Industry Conference.
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Nick Robinson and Ed Balls set to speak at Durham Cathedral Institute this December
15 Nov 2023
Nick Robinson and Ed Balls will be speaking at Durham Cathedral next month in a discussion exploring the future of democracy. People across the North East are invited to book a free ticket, join the debate and get involved by shaping the conversation and submitting a questions to the...
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