Greater Manchester tourism watchlist: Spring 2023 update
Updated: April 2023 Greater Manchester has been named as a must-see destination for 2023, with four leading travel publications placing the city-regi...
Updated: April 2023 Greater Manchester has been named as a must-see destination for 2023, with four leading travel publications placing the city-regi...
Greater Manchester has confirmed attendance at The UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), which is set to take place betw...
Global travel authority Lonely Planet has today unveiled its top destinations to visit in 2023, with Manchester making the cut as one of 30 must-visit...
Updated: December 2022 Greater Manchester’s visitor economy is thriving with an array of reasons to make the region top of your list for travel in ...
National Geographic has announced that Manchester will be included in their highly anticipated list as one of the world’s best destinations to visit...
Updated: September 2022 Greater Manchester is bouncing-back with a range of new outdoor experiences, cultural developments, exceptional hotel, restau...
A new campaign encouraging visitors to ‘Escape the Everyday’ with a weekend or mini break to Greater Manchester has launched as part of VisitEngla...
Greater Manchester has announced that it will attend UKREiiF, the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, for the first time when it c...
Therme Manchester, the wellbeing resort, today announced that its huge development at TraffordCity will bring an all-season beach to Great...
GREATER Manchester’s new blueprint for engaging with countries and cities around the world to bring prosperity and tackle global challenges will be ...
Memories of Maxwell Hall, as told by musical legends including Peter Hook and Mike Joyce, is one of six new films that collectively explore Salford’...
After a challenging year for tourism globally in 2020, and a slow start to 2021, Greater Manchester has bounced back with an array of new outdoor ex...
- Sector suffering recruitment challenge as lockdown eases - Intervention from sector leaders encourages jobseekers to consider careers in tourism an...
– Early stages of a project announced to transform the Grade II listed viaduct into an urban park above Castlefield, Manchester – People living c...
Arts organisations from across Manchester have come together to launch a major joint campaign that aims to encourage audiences from all walks of life ...
A new campaign offering “book two nights, get a third night free” at some of Greater Manchester’s leading hotels has launched, in a bid to boost...
Following the UK Government’s new roadmap out of the Covid-19 crisis, tourism bosses pick top things to look forward to in the remainder of 2021 ...
The countdown begins towards a record-breaking event coming to Greater Manchester that promises to be the major football tournament of summer 2022....
The English Core Cities have joined forces to come together in a UK industry first, to support the conference and events industry as it continues to n...
• Tourism bosses pick top new things to look forward to in 2021 • 21 places and events for visitors to add to their travel wish list for the year ...
• Manchester music film highlights plight of people whose livelihoods have been hit by pandemic • Legends join unsung heroes in singing city’s p...
- Half of hospitality and leisure businesses across north of England were trading at a loss of over 60% for 10 weeks out of 16-week survey - Businesse...
A tourism, hospitality and leisure support and recovery plan has been launched to help Greater Manchester’s sector navigate through lockdown before ...
A series of eight short films celebrating Salford’s abundance of beautiful green spaces has been produced by Marketing Manchester on behalf of Salfo...
Tourism businesses across the north of England are experiencing distinctly mixed recovery trajectories as their economies reopen according to the late...
- Greater Manchester’s tourism industry is concerned about the decision to leave the UK as the only country in Europe not to offer tax-free shopping...
Leading travel trade association UKinbound has announced that Manchester has been awarded the bid to host its 2021 Annual Convention....
As towns and cities across the north of England reopen their economies subject to some temporary local restrictions, a contingent of tourism boards ha...
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Destination Management Organisations from across the country have joined together to back a campaign encouraging government to ensure the tourism sect...
With only a week to go before the introduction of 14-day quarantine measures, tourism leaders from the north of England have written to the UK Governm...
- Manchester rises 11 places to 82nd in global ranking - The city is fourth in UK - 35 ICCA approved meetings reported in 2019 Prior to COVID-19’s ...
The information in this update builds on previous newsletters that have all been uploaded to the Marketing Manchester website....
Direct route with Virgin Atlantic will fly three times a week from 26 October News welcomed by business and civic dignitaries as High Commissione...
Marketing Manchester and NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organisation, today signed a first-ever official city-to-...
Manchester is now riding a second cultural wave, following the first that hit back in 2015 when the city welcomed two major cultural developments - th...
Manchester Airport today announced a landmark deal to connect the North with Shanghai, China’s biggest city and one of the world’s most important ...
The Manchester at MIPIM Partnership held their launch event for 2020 last night (Wednesday, 25 September), revealing the theme Everything is Connected...
Tourism and hospitality professionals from across the region will come together next month for the fourth annual Greater Manchester Tourism Conference...
Marketing Manchester has launched a new strategy, focused on growing the city’s existing business tourism value of £862 million by 40%, adding an a...
With its iconic architecture and network of canals, the city of Manchester, England, will host Canadian swimmers prior to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwe...
Marketing Manchester and the Manchester-India Partnership are set to make the most of this weekend’s ICC Cricket World Cup activity, with four days ...
Neil Bell’s Peterloo Visitor Film is available free for use by media and can be downloaded here; or via YouTube for embed and link here....
The Spanish edition of prestigious travel bible Conde Nast Traveller magazine awarded Manchester the title of ‘Best International Destination’ at ...
Manchester’s first entry at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019, inspired by the themes of adaptability and resilience, has been awarded Silver....
March is typically one of our busiest months, where we work to deliver some key projects before the end of the financial year in addition to planning ...
2019 will mark the start of a three-year cultural transformation for Greater Manchester, with a host of major projects leading up to the opening of ma...
Marketing Manchester, part of the Growth Company, have announced an ambitious and innovative plan to change perceptions of the city-region by exhibiti...
Marketing Manchester, part of the Growth Company, has won silver at The International Travel Awards in the category of Best City Campaign for Come Tog...
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Public Ballot closed on 29 August concluding the ticket ballot phase for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup....
Bids from four Greater Manchester districts to host the Rugby League World Cup in 2021 have all passed the first stage....
Marketing Manchester has been shortlisted in two categories at the inaugural International Travel and Tourism Awards....
Marketing Manchester is proud to be part of the Bee in the City trail with its 1....
Salford City Council has been named Overall DL100 Winner 2018 (Digital Leaders) and Digital Council of the Year at the prestigious DL100 awards ceremo...
500,000 people across the North set to benefit International Trade Secretary says service will boost Northern Powerhouse Flights start 5th Nove...
Hoteliers invited for a webinar: trivago Industry Insights for NWE Düsseldorf, March 2018....
Marketing Manchester will welcome 50 global travel influencers this week for the second instalment of the #workerbeeweekender....
Manchester will change its name to Womanchester to mark International Women’s Day (March 8) and remind the world that it is the birthplace of innova...
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Marketing Manchester partner with VisitBritain and BBC StoryWorks on project to create and distribute Manchester content for the USA market Two m...
The Conservative Party returns to Manchester this Sunday for its Annual Conference, an event that is estimated to generate £30m for the local economy...
Tourism and hospitality professionals from across the region will come together next month for the second annual Greater Manchester Tourism Conference...
Marketing Manchester is celebrating the success of the Worker Bee Weekender, an ambitious initiative which brought over 75 social media influencers fr...
Marketing Manchester hosts a packed weekend of media activities to show the world that Manchester’s buzzing Marketing Manchester is hosting a group...
Greater Manchester Internationalisation Strategy sets out three year framework for action Leaders from across the public and private sector have joine...
Securing a direct flight between Manchester and one of India’s major cities such as Mumbai or Delhi would further strengthen developing economic tie...
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Tourism venues and organisations from across the North West were invited to attend a special workshop today aimed at creating greater awareness of how...
City tourism bosses have reacted with delight to the news that Manchester has been named one of the top cities in the world for travellers according t...
Annual visitor attractions data for the 2014 calendar year – supplied through STEAM* and released by Marketing Manchester – suggests ongoing growt...
Annual hotel occupancy data for the 2015 calendar year – supplied by STR Global Ltd and released on 25 January 2016 by Marketing Manchester – show...