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Anticipation builds for reimagined cultural venue
6 Apr 2022
A first glimpse of an exciting new cultural venue for County Durham has been revealed. Durham County Council has released a visualisation of what the former DLI Museum and Gallery […]
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Rural broadband connectivity
30 Mar 2022
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise is collaborating with Building Digital UK, part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, to find out the views and experiences of […]
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Celebrating the industry
30 Mar 2022
Last week the North East tourism family came together to celebrate the region's visitor economy at The North East England Tourism Awards 2022. Very proud that County Durham businesses picked […]
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Welcome back!
30 Mar 2022
Wonderful news for the city and county that the National Trust has acquired Crook Hall & Gardens which can once again add its weight to our growing tourism offer. The […]
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Promoting Durham
30 Mar 2022
Visit County Durham represented the County at VisitBritain's flagship global travel trade event ExploreGB. The event, held virtually, gave us the chance to promote our fantastic tourism products and services […]
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Welcoming our Spanish partners
23 Mar 2022
Representatives from Spain have experienced some of the delights of County Durham this past weekend. Last year, Durham County Council and A Coruña Provincial Council in northwest Spain signed a region-to-region […]
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City of Culture bid continues
23 Mar 2022
Great news for County Durham and the wider North East England as the county moved a step closer to securing UK City of Culture 2025. DCMS announced late last Friday […]
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English Tourism Week 2022
23 Mar 2022
This week is English Tourism Week, an opportunity to celebrate and champion our amazing tourism businesses. This year's theme is "You're Welcome" to send the message that everyone working in […]
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Industry
Tourism partners explore County Durham’s heritage
21 Mar 2022
Representatives from Spain have experienced some of the delights of County Durham this weekend. Following a region-to-region tourism partnership being signed by Durham County Council and A Coruña Provincial Council […]
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County Durham’s UK City of Culture 2025 bid remains on track
21 Mar 2022
County Durham is now a step closer to being named UK City of Culture 2025 and securing the colossal social and economic benefits this would bring. Today, the Department for […]
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Spain's Field Farm opening
16 Mar 2022
Great news that Beamish Museum is holding the opening celebrations for their new 1950s farm this Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th March from 1pm. Spain's Field Farm is part […]
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Hopes for Durham2025
16 Mar 2022
Tree of Hope, created by digital studio Tekja and produced for Lumiere by Artichoke with support from Visit County Durham, has returned as part of County Durham's bid to be UK City […]
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Increase your distribution
16 Mar 2022
Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB) has announced partnerships with Airbnb and Spektrix. This means businesses using TXGB can now opt in to the Airbnb channel, and businesses using the Spektrix ticketing […]
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Vintage rail travel exhibition launches in Durham – ‘Cradle of the Railways’
16 Mar 2022
An exhibition of 40 vintage railway posters celebrating some of the most iconic stops on the London & North Eastern Railway line opens this week at Ushaw Historic House, Chapels […]
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Well done Matthew!
9 Mar 2022
Many congratulations to Matthew Henderson, Product Development Manager at our Strategic Partner Beamish, The Living Museum of the North who recently won Rising Star and Overall Winner awards at the […]
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