24th November 2010
Forum Discovers What Makes the Perfect Conference City
Senior buyers and industry figures came together on 16th November to debate the growing importance of the city ‘welcome’ to event organisers looking for the ideal destination for conferences and events. Organised by NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, the forum was the first of a series of events planned as part...
17th November 2010
NewcastleGateshead Celebrates Showcase Success
Over 150 corporate, agency and association event planners came together for Discover NewcastleGateshead yesterday (16.11.10) organised by NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau. Attendees enjoyed networking with over 25 of the destination’s best venues and service providers in the industry, including Newcastle Civic Centre, Rockcliffe Hall, R&B Group and Hilton NewcastleGateshead. In...
11th November 2010
NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival 2010
Christmas is fast approaching and with an array of fantastic events to suit all ages, there’s nowhere better to get into the festive spirit than with a city break to NewcastleGateshead and its annual Winter Festival. NewcastleGateshead is one of the UK’s most popular city-break destinations with its award-winning...
4th November 2010
Region makes its voice heard at tourism chief visit
National tourism chief James Berresford, CEO of Visit England, is today (Thursday 4 November) visiting NewcastleGateshead to meet industry leaders from across North East England. Invited to the area by destination marketing agency NewcastleGateshead Initiative and area tourism partnership Tourism Tyne and Wear, he is attending two events hosted...
28th October 2010
Visitor boost for hotel boom
As construction plans for four major new hotels in NewcastleGateshead proceed, new hotel occupancy figures reveal continued growth in demand. Occupancy in NewcastleGateshead rose this summer, with June, July and August 2010 statistics showing an average of 78% of hotel rooms occupied in the city centre and quayside areas....
19th October 2010
Bureau Bags Marketing Awards
The team tasked with attracting major conferences and business visitors to NewcastleGateshead, has this week been awarded for their innovative approach to marketing the region to conference buyers, at the most prestigious national marketing awards for the meetings industry. NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau picked up gold in the Best Brochure...
14th October 2010
Tourism Award Winners Revealed
The region’s best tourism businesses were honoured this week at the North East England Tourism Awards 2010, with NewcastleGateshead and Tyne and Wear scooping 13 awards. Winners were revealed in 15 categories at the annual awards ceremony, held at Ramside Hall in Durham, which included Gold awards for Colman’s...
24th September 2010
THE TURNER PRIZE GOES TO BALTIC IN 2011
Tate and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art are delighted to announce that The Turner Prize will be presented at BALTIC in 2011. In 2007 the Prize was staged at Tate Liverpool as a curtain-raiser to Liverpool being European Capital of Culture in 2008. Following its success there, it has...
21st September 2010
JUICE FESTIVAL SQUEEZES THE BEST OUT OF OCTOBER HALF-TERM
Juice – NewcastleGateshead’s award-winning festival for children and young people has announced its exciting programme of events for this year’s festival, which starts on Wednesday 20 October and runs until Sunday 31 October 2010. Now in its third year, Juice Festival presents ten days of performances, workshops, events and...
17th September 2010
Survey sheds light on delegate satisfaction
NewcastleGateshead’s legendary welcome has resulted in ‘friendly’ hitting the top spot for words used by conference delegates to describe their visit to NewcastleGateshead; ‘interesting’ and ‘historic’ followed suit with one delegate even using the phrase ‘Creme de North’. The region’s vibrant and diverse conference offer has been a huge...