Industry news and press releases

National tourism agency VisitBritain is gearing up to welcome more than 120 international travel buyers for a series of educational visits across Britain, as part of its flagship ‘Showcase Britain 2024’ trade event.

We are currently gathering expressions of interest for our proposed programme.

We are delighted to win Best European Tourism Board at the prestigious India Travel Awards 2023.

VisitEngland has today announced seven new destinations that have gained Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) status.

VisitEngland has today published its Annual Survey of Visits to Visitor Attractions for 2022 showing that while visits overall to attractions across England last year showed recovery, numbers were still significantly down on pre-COVID levels.

VisitEngland has today 27 April announced the finalists who will go forward to compete for the tourism industry’s annual national Awards for Excellence.

VisitEngland’s Tourism Superstar 2024 competition has launched today, Monday 19 February, with the public urged to get involved and cast their vote.

VisitEngland launches new accessibility toolkit for tourism businesses

Our England Director Andrew Stokes, visited North Yorkshire, the City of York and Leeds in October to look at accessibility and sustainability initiatives in the region.

As part of its education and partnership role with British nations and cities, VisitBritain has partnered with pro-social organisation New Intent to create and launch its diversity, equity and inclusion DEI Pathway, supporting the understanding and deeper implementation of DEI across workplaces and in event design.

VisitEngland has today Tuesday 5 September announced the 100 winners of this year’s ROSE Award.

Destination Britain - Middle East & Asia 2024 offers UK international trade-ready businesses the unique opportunity to meet hand-picked buyers from GCC, India, China, South Korea and Japan.