Crowdfunding campaign to kick-start restoration of Madeira Terrace hits 73% of its target with just 17 days to go. A recent pledge of £15k by local firm Landsec has helped boost the fund up to over £310k while a groundswell of public support has seen the campaign attract over 1,500 backers, over 90% of which are individual members of the public, rather than organisations.
VisitBrighton’s greeter team will be offering on the spot greets, (instagreets), to mark International Greeter Day on Sunday, September 10, 2017. Greeters are Brighton & Hove residents who volunteer to show groups of up to six visitors around their favourite parts of the city for free.
VisitBritain, the UK’s national tourist board, will host its flagship annual event ExploreGB in Brighton next week. The tourism event will take place at the Brighton Centre from March 2-3, 2017 and is estimated to be worth an additional £1m to the local economy.
The Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) has come to the end of its two-year period with no clear solution for a sustainable future for tourism in Brighton. TAB was established at the beginning of 2014 to guide and advise VisitBrighton (VB) and Brighton & Hove City Council on the development and implementation of a sustainable tourism strategy.
Brighton & Hove has been selected as one of the 27 stop-off locations for a national bus tour to promote Small Business Saturday. The tour bus will travel the length of the country, from John O’Groats to Land’s End, parking up on Ship Street, Brighton, on Monday, November 23, 2015 between 10am – 2pm and offer a raft of information aimed at helping local businesses boost trade, not only on Small Business Saturday itself, December 5, but year-round.
VisitBrighton, Brighton and Hove City Council’s tourism arm, is looking for people with local knowledge and a passion for the city to join its team of on-street volunteers, the City Champions. The role involves welcoming visitors and offering help and advice about what to see and do in the city during their stay.
Over 100 people from sixty local businesses gathered last week to celebrate some of the city’s tourism successes over the past year. THE NETWORKING event, hosted by VisitBrighton, the city’s official marketing tourism arm, was held at the Verano Lounge, Western Road, Brighton. A round-up of the unit’s sales and marketing activity to date was presented […]
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