Posts Tagged ‘ Visit England ’

In the thirteen years of Just about Travel, I have never known a time when the media has been full of stories about travel.

The time has come to create a tourism and travel department which incudes the travel advisory service and passport departments from the FCO and the Home Office.

In England they have given thanks to those tourism organisations with Visit England hosting the annual Awards for Excellence

“We’re good to go” is the name of the UK’s certification scheme for tourism organisations

Whilst some of these places have open-air facilities, not all are open due to coronavirus so check if you are planning a visit in the next few weeks.

The idea is to suggest holidays and breaks in keeping with the things that Peppa and her fans like to do.

Britons are taking 21% more (6.4 million) short- breaks in Britain than they did 10 years ago, when comparing 2018 to 2008.

Today, the UK is the seventh most popular tourist destination, the fourth in Europe and is the fifth largest sector in the UK in terms of GDP.

Whilst a lot of us will be flying abroad this Easter, it might be the Easter of the staycation if figures from Visit England’s “Trip Tracker” survey are to be believed.

There is one glaring omission in the Visit England awards: not a single one for customer satisfaction or service.

I am beginning to wonder just what information the Department for Culture etc, (which as readers will know is where the tourism minister hangs his hat) Visit England and Visit Britain do hold.

Next time, Visit England, forget the politicians who did next to nothing to help and concentrate on publicising tourism benefits to us – the visitors.

There are a number of offers and discounts for us to take advantage of during the week. You can find many more on the English Tourism website but here is just a random selection from up and down England.

Visit England says, “The VisitEngland Awards for Excellence are different to other quality standards as they recognise and celebrate excellence across customer service and the quality of the experience.”

As the great Easter getaway begins this afternoon, many more of us are planning on a break within the UK this year compared to last according to Visit England’s Easter Trip Tracker Survey.

Do we need traditional accommodation grading sytstems in an age when TripAdvisor, Feefo or other online review systems provides scores from those who have stayed rather than those who have just inspected?

Although the purpose of this tranche of cash from the Discover England Fund is to persuade overseas visitors to travel across England rather than stay in London, it will have benefits for us as well.

Visit England has announced the first of the successful applicants to receive year one funding from the £40 million Discover England Fund.

Visit England has announced the winners for the Awards for Excellence 2016. In order to have reached this stage, entrants had to win their local area awards as well

VisitEngland has launched awards to recognise accommodation providers that give the warmest welcome.

At the Visit England Awards for Excellence this year, there were fifteen gold award winners.

Last week after regional heats had whittled down the number of entrants form 400, Visit England handed out its Awards for Excellence.

The first inductees have been made into the hall of fame that was launched by Visit England a little while ago.

As many of you will be aware, Visit England has been setting up a hall of fame and asking you to vote on it. Someone you might have heard of called William Shakespeare has been voted England’s ultimate claim to fame. The nation’s bard has won The People’s Choice in England’s Hall of Fame with 50% more votes than any other claim.

There are just another ten days to go if you want to submit entries for Visit England’s Hall of Fame. And so far there have been some tremendous suggestions so Just about Travel thought it would share some with you. Remember you get the chance to vote on which should actually enter the Hall of Fame when the shortlist opens for voting on April 23rd.

Taking dogs on holiday can be fraught with obstacles. There are some guidebooks that point to dog-friendly accommodation but books rapidly date. Congratulations then to Visit England for adding pages to their main website.

The trend for creating highly visible works of art looks set to continue with today’s public opening of Northumberlandia, ‘Goddess of the North’ – the latest of a number of big and bold public works dotted across the English landscape

Literatours, Sci-Fi Adventures, the Kate effect, Horrible Histories and set-jetting (still!) will be among the key travel trends of 2013, according to the national tourist board, VisitEngland