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VisitBritain has promoted deputy chief executive Sandie Dawe to chief executive with immediate effect.
Dawe replaces Tom Wright who left the tourism body earlier this year to join a charity and takes the reigns from VisitBritain chairman Christopher Rodrigues ...
Posted: 11 May 2009 | 17:41
Don't Panic! Sage advice featured in both Dad's Army and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and now by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in an attempt to diffuse the hysteria rapidly building around swine flu.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 15:52
Nigel Seddon, owner of the Elgin hotel in Blackpool, says the lack of funding for VisitBritain risks ruining the opportunity the weak pound has created for domestic tourism.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 14:37
VisitBritain has said it does not plan to issue specific advice to visitors to the UK on the swine flu pandemic, as yet.
Posted: 28 April 2009 | 11:42
The chancellor has been criticised for ignoring tourism’s potential as a source of economic growth in favour of long-term investments such as green and hi-tech industries.
Posted: 24 April 2009 | 07:30
The UK’s tourism industry is being held back by a Government that ignores its benefits, according to Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association.
Posted: 03 April 2009 | 07:00
VisitEngland, the tourism body for England, has appointed James Berresford as its first chief executive.
Posted: 02 April 2009 | 08:30
The recession presents a huge opportunity for domestic tourism but only if the industry communicates the benefits of holidaying in the UK.
Posted: 30 March 2009 | 08:00
The Liberal Democrats took their campaign calling on the British government to take tourism seriously to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, tying in with British Tourism Week.
Posted: 27 March 2009 | 08:10
The Government's decision to reinstate the role of head of policy at VisitBritain hopefully signals its intention to take tourism more seriously, according to a leading trade body.
Posted: 26 February 2009 | 08:00
While VisitBritain struggles with continual restructuring and shrinking budgets, VisitScotland has unveiled a tourism strategy that could just see Scotland ride out the recession. Or is it just a load of marketing guff? Rosie Birkett reports
Posted: 26 February 2009 | 00:00
VisitBritain has created the new role of head of policy, in a bid to gain more influence with Whitehall decision-makers.
Posted: 20 February 2009 | 15:35
There's a new tourism minister in place - Barbara Follett - and we've offered Caterer readers a chance to grill her on current policy. So read on to find out her responses to questions on major issues: the cut in VisitBritain funds and planning for the Olympics among others (page 20). Before that, we interview the minister in person, plus get the views of shadow tourism incumbent Tobias Ellwood. Could he offer hospitality a better deal?
Posted: 19 February 2009 | 00:00
Hospitality and leisure industry leaders have demanded the removal of responsibility for UK tourism from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Posted: 16 February 2009 | 15:08
The UK's tourism deficit rose to more than £20b in 2008, as the number of foreign tourists visiting the country fell sharply in the last quarter, official figures revealed today.
Posted: 12 February 2009 | 15:49
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Posted: 06 February 2009 | 16:32
Tourism minister Barbara Follett has criticised the hospitality industry for being "fixated" with VisitBritain funding, and insisted that the Government contributes far more to tourism.
Posted: 04 February 2009 | 12:53
The Government’s decision not to allocate additional funding to promote the 2012 Olympic Games has been labelled as “short-sighted and damaging”.
Posted: 28 January 2009 | 13:22
VisitBritain has created the interim role of deputy chief executive and accounting officer as it continues the hunt for a new chief executive.
Posted: 22 January 2009 | 07:00
National tourism agency VisitBritain and leading trade associations have welcomed the government’s controversial decision to approve a third runway at London Heathrow.
Posted: 16 January 2009 | 17:15
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