Blackpool

Joining a portfolio of 26 existing properties in the UK, the bustling seaside town of Blackpool has officially welcomed its first hotel in the last six years, Hampton by Hilton Blackpool.

Blackpool is on course for one of its best tourism seasons ever, after a huge rise in half-term visitor numbers. Record crowds – up 50% on last year – flocked to Blackpool Zoo during half…

Blackpool has been named the UK’s best-loved beach among UK holidaymakers, according to a new report issued by Post Office Travel Services.  Despite the growing popularity of overseas…

VisitBlackpool has teamed with the Leisure Pass Group to introduce a new credit card-style Blackpool Resort Pass, giving visitors quicker and more convenient access to six featured…

Blackpool is well and truly back this year after visitor numbers were boosted by an estimated 200,000 people last year on the back of a successful summer tourism campaign.   More than…

SuperBreak has stopped selling the Broadway Hotel in Blackpool after the hotel ‘fined’ customers for leaving a bad TripAdvisor review. The tour operator tweeted Travel Counsellor…

Even the most traditional forms of transport can be given a new lease of life thanks to technology, with donkey rides now added to that list. A troupe of donkeys that offer rides on…

Google’s head of travel Nigel Huddleston has been announced as the keynote speaker at UKinbound’s Convention next month. Huddleston will join the UK’s inbound tourism sector at the…

Virgin Trains has submitted a new application to operate train services from London to Blackpool and Shrewsbury after losing an appeal last week. The train operator believes it can…

Britain’s seaside towns have been warned not to destroy their traditions and heritage by trying to offer a city experience. Entrepreneur Norman Wallis, whose consultancy Funporium…

Olympic athletes Beth Tweddle, Greg Rutherford and Luke Campbell are to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations this year. The Team GB trio will switch on the lights at its official event on 31…

The UK resort of Blackpool is seeing a tourism resurgence recently. It's local council has been working with companies like attraction giant Merlin Entertainment to raise its product…

Blackpool is hoping to lead a transformation in the UK’s seaside resorts as it gears up for its 100th illuminations switch-on. Blackpool’s council, alongside VisitBlackpool and attraction…