22nd August 2013
Juice Festival inspires young people in NewcastleGateshead
Regarded as one of the best festivals for children in the UK, Juice – NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people, returns this October half term (Friday 25 October – Sunday 03 November 2013), promising ten days of performance, art, theatre, music and Halloween activities. Created by NewcastleGateshead Initiative,...
20th August 2013
EAT! your way through NewcastleGateshead
A highlight of the annual EAT! NewcastleGateshead food festival, teams of cake makers will descend on Sage Gateshead on Monday 26 August to create a 100m2 edible map of NewcastleGateshead as part of EAT! festival event, Cake City. Amateur and professional cake makers have been busy making well known...
16th August 2013
Bloggers event makes Sage choice
Traverse Events have today announced that they will be bringing their Travel Bloggers Conference to Sage Gateshead on the banks of the River Tyne in NewcastleGateshead, 21-23 February 2014. Michael Ball from Traverse said: “Sage Gateshead is the ideal venue for Traverse 14 because it provides a unique, creative...
12th August 2013
City-breakers boost business to buck economic trend
A packed calendar of festivals and events last year, including Olympic Football at St James’ Park, has cemented NewcastleGateshead’s reputation as a city-break destination of choice, with new figures showing 14% more people stayed overnight in 2012. Estimated using the Scarborough Tourism Economic Activity Model (STEAM), the figures released...
12th August 2013
Festival of adventures in food and drink at EAT! NewcastleGateshead
Festival of adventures in food and drink at EAT! NewcastleGateshead Named as one of most refreshing and innovative food festivals in the UK, EAT! NewcastleGateshead (www.eatnewcastlegateshead.com) celebrates its seventh year in 2013 with another programme of eclectic foodie events in NewcastleGateshead from Saturday 24 August – Sunday 8 September....
5th July 2013
NewcastleGateshead benefits from a splash of colour
NewcastleGateshead is set to welcome delegates from 33 countries next week as the Association Internationale de la Couleur (AIC) host their 12th International Colour Conference – Bringing Colour to Life – at Sage Gateshead. The event, which is worth an estimated £1.1m to the local economy will take place...
5th July 2013
Entries open for North East England Tourism Awards
As the Lindisfarne Gospels return to their spiritual home this week, and settle into a three month long exhibition in Durham University’s Palace Green Library, tourism businesses are being urged to consider what outstanding experiences they offer visitors as applications for the North East England Tourism Awards 2013 open....
17th May 2013
New digi platform puts NewcastleGateshead on the map
NewcastleGateshead Initiative, one of the UKs most successful destination marketing organisation’s has once again placed itself at the forefront of visitor information provision in the digital era, with the launch of a Twitter powered online map called ‘Geordieland’ (www.geordielandmap.com). ‘Geordieland’ plots Twitter content from venues, attractions, shops, bars, restaurants...
28th March 2013
North East’s tourism stars shine on in Excellence Awards
Kielder Water and Forest Park, WWT Washington Wetlands Centre, Rockliffe Hall and Blackfriars Restaurant are among the tourism businesses that have been shortlisted for VisitEngland’s prestigious Awards for Excellence 2013, the highest accolade in English tourism. In January, all four North East businesses won gold at the North East...
18th March 2013
Bureau brings more business boosting conferences to NewcastleGateshead
With English Tourism Week 2013 in full swing, NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau are looking ahead to a packed calendar after bringing more high-profile conferences to the ‘twin-cities’ in 2013, helping to boost the visitor economy by an estimated £6.7m. After celebrating a decade of success bringing 37,000 delegates to more...