Remember the days when often a city’s tourist centre had a few dusty leaflets, outdated maps on the walls and staff that looked bored rigid by the entire experience?
How a tourism board made its visitor centre look and feel like an Apple Store
January 30, 2012 By 16 Comments
VisitBritain asks public to invite friends and family in latest campaign
January 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
VisitBritain is providing the public with tools on Facebook and other media to help promote the destination to friends and relatives.
Expedia wins social media test, but VisitBritain gets 1,000 reactions every Facebook message
October 11, 2011 By 3 Comments
A great social media monitoring snapshot from Experian Hitwise shows how the top travel brands are engaged in social media.
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Tripbod relaunches platform, becomes experience marketplace
October 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
Tripbod has redeveloped its platform ahead of its relaunch today as an experience market place.
VisitEngland websites saga rumbles on
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Eviivo to carry on pricing and availability service to tourist boards and other businesses affected by VisitEngland’s decision to end ‘financial and operational support’ for EnglandNet platform
Forget London riots, VisitBritain has dream team of bloggers to showcase best of UK
August 8, 2011 By 5 Comments
Authorities in London are having a bit of a problem over the past few days with riots and looting in some of the capital’s less-touristy areas.
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Reality bites part 2 – Economy forces closure of tourism board web services
August 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
Tough times for distribution of local tourist-related products in the UK with confirmation that a system to share details of services on consumer-focused websites is being axed.
VisitBritain and Google unite for best Streetview promotion
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Interesting collaboration between a tourism board and Google, with VisitBritain working with Google to produce a competition to find the best street in the UK.
VisitBritain relaunches TV channel ahead of Royal Wedding and Olympics
February 2, 2011 By
With a Royal Wedding in the UK around the corner and the London Olympics just 18 months away, VisitBritain is turning its attention to video content to entice visitors.
UK government wants to axe hotel star ratings, web systems better
January 24, 2011 By 20 Comments
UK tourist authorities are to withdraw their support for the long-standing hotel star rating system, claiming user reviews are a better indicator of quality.
