News & Events
We focus on reporting latest news and developments that will be of specific interest to professionals working in or with the UK tourism sector.
Here you can find our most recent news items, as well as view past news stories, and keep up to date with new industry developments.
This section also contains listings of UK industry events and key personnel movements and notices of training, achievements and awards for professionals working in the UK tourism sector.
If you have any news items that you think might be of interest to UK tourism professionals please contact us
Latest Trade News
McEwan is new ABTA chairman
11 Jun 2009
John McEwan, Managing Director of Advantage Travel Centres, has been voted in as the first ABTA Chai...more
Holiday Cottages Group joins Tourism Society
10 Jun 2009
The Holiday Cottages Group is the latest organisation to join The Tourism Society as a corporate mem...more
Tourism Alliance comments on framework response
08 Jun 2009
The Tourism Alliance has published comments on the Government s response to the British Tourism Fram...more
Holiday Inn announced as 2012 partner
02 Jun 2009
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced Holi...more
Wirral launches new marketing campaign
29 May 2009
Wirral Council has announced the launch of a major new marketing campaign called play,eat and stay. ...more
New Hythe campaign
27 May 2009
Hythe Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (HCCT) has begun a campaign with three main objectives; to inc...more
"Good value Britain" says VisitBritain
21 May 2009
VisitBritain is pushing the message across the globe that Britain is a good value destination to vis...more
UK tourism looking bleak
16 May 2009
VisitBritain is predicting "a very real challenge" for the UK s inbound tourism industry as internat...more
Tourism Minister launches new council
01 May 2009
Barbara Follett, Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism, chaired the first meeting of...more
London tourism consultation
30 Apr 2009
The London Development Agency, which has the statutory duty for developing tourism in the capital, h...more
Latest Events
Business Tourism Conference 2009
18 Nov 2009
for all senior members of the Conference and Meetings Industry in Scotland...more
6th ATLAS Business Tourism Meeting
22 Nov 2009
This year s meeting will focus on a broad range of topics that are related to education, research, a...more
Latest Personnel News
Chair of Travel Foundation vacancy
08 Jun 2009
Based in Bristol, The Travel Foundation, the charitable organisation set up by the UK outbound trave...more
Grieve is new CIMTIG chairman
29 May 2009
Gary Grieve has been announced as the new Chairman of The Chartered Institute of Marketing Travel In...more
New appointments in Hythe
23 May 2009
Hythe Chamber of Commerce and Tourism (HCCT) has appointed Jane Dunn, a former Hythe district report...more
Visit London director goes
22 May 2009
David Hornby, Commercial Director for Visit London, has left after six years to "concentrate on new ...more
New Tourism Society membership secretary
18 May 2009
Gregory Yeoman has been appointed as Membership Executive for the Tourism Society. ...more
Promoted chief for VisitBritain
13 May 2009
Sandie Dawe has been promoted to Chief Executive of VisitBritain, moving up from Deputy Chief Execut...more
ABTA drops president title
02 May 2009
ABTA will no longer have a President after members agreed to adopt the alternative title of Chairman...more
New chairman for BHA
28 Apr 2009
Dudley Osborn, proprietor of the Weston Manor Hotel in Oxfordshire, has been elected Chairman of the...more
Nutley joins ETOA
13 Apr 2009
Former Chairman of Reed Travel Exhibitions, Tom Nutley, has joined the ETOA (European Tour Operators...more
Non-executive role at City Cruises
06 Apr 2009
Ex-P&O Cruises Managing Director, Gwyn Hughes, has taken a non-executive position at Thames riverboa...more
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