http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk Tourism North East - News Articles en-gb Copyright Tourism North East Tourism North East News Tourism North East 60 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:46:52 GMT http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/12/21/launch-of-a-new-tourism-intelligence-leaflet-a1623 A new leaflet 'Delivering Better Intelligence' has just been produced as an introduction to the English Tourism Intelligence Partnership (ETIP). The Partnership, created by the Partners for England Forum at the beginning of 2008, sets out to provide better evidential support for tourism investment and strategy development across the whole UK tourism industry network. The leaflet is easy to read and digest and explains, clearly and succinctly, exactly what is meant by 'tourism in Latest%20Research Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/5/28/vb-latest-trends-report-and-launch-of-new-research-magazine-arrivals-a1313 The latest trends report on global, inbound and domestic tourism has been released by VisitBritain.  You can view the roundup of the latest statistics on: global tourism travel into the UK and inbound visitor spend (including the 41% increase in tax-back claims  on retail purchases by overseas visitors, supporting the contention that visitors are taking advantage of favourable exchange rates) the performance of the accommodation and attractions sectors British visit Latest%20Research Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/4/6/new-visitengland-research-shows-domestic-and-international-customers-views-on-downturn-and-holidays-a1244 Domestic Customers Want Good Value Holidays, Overseas Ones Not Aware of Exchange Rates New research jointly commissioned by VisitEngland and VisitLondon shows consumers' reactions to the downturn and their views on holidays. The useful and easy to digest research looks at both domestic and overseas customers, who were asked a wide range of questions about their confidence in the current climate and their approach to and aspirations for their holiday plans. A number of interesting trends Latest%20Research Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/2/27/business-travellers-downgrade-from-4-and-5-hotels-a812 Will Quality, Lower Priced Established Pick Up the Trade? A recent report for Amadeus, the global travel industry technology supplier, by the Economist Intelligence Unit indicates that business travel has been affected by the economic crisis. The report showed: 47% of executives surveyed said they will be taking fewer trips in the next twelve months 28% expect to be downgraded from 4- and 5-star hotels 63% of respondents expect their companies to use the economic downturn to extract be Latest%20Research Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/2/27/uk-smes-focus-on-customer-service-to-stay-afloat-a801 Firms Move From Acquiring New Customers To Keeping Existing Ones Loyal A comprehensive survey by Cisco, the global IT and networking firm, of over a thousand UK SMEs have shown that increasingly, smaller UK firms are focussing on their customers to stay viable and healthy. The survey results show: 57% of respondents have introduced new measures in the last 12 months to help build and retain customer relationships, but only 39% say that Britain as a whole is getting better at cust Latest%20Research Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/2/13/tourism-deficit-rises-to-20bn-despite-weak-pound-a776 Visits to UK From Overseas Down by 5% The Office of National Statistics has released figures that show that visits to the UK by overseas residents have dropped despite the weaker pound. Overall visits were down 5% and visits by North Americans dropped by 27% when comparing the last quarter of 2008 with the same period in 2007. The overall trade deficit for 2008 was £20.2 billion compared to £19 billion in 2007. Many tourism organisations and officials have been predicting that UK Latest%20Research Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2009/1/5/lastminute-and-travelsupermarket-reveal-findings-a689 Major Online Travel Retailers Share Their Research Insights Big online retailers travelsupermarket.com and lastminute.com have both revealed findings of their consumer polls and customer buying habits. Lastminute.com has tracked a trend away from luxury towards comfort, with sales of five star holidays decreasing and three stars increasing. It has also increased its offering of all inclusive holidays after measuring a 21% increase in demand last year.  It believes cust Latest%20Research Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2008/12/29/national-statistic-figures-show-drop-in-visitors-a669 6% Drop in Britons Going Abroad and 4% Drop in Visitors to the UK The Office of National Statistics has released the latest October figures for visitor numbers to and from the UK. Broadly summarised they show: For the three months to October there was a 6% drop in Britons going abroad to 16.4 million visits, compared to the previous three months, and the associated spending of these visitors overseas also dropped by 6% to £8.8 billion For the same period there w Latest%20Research Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2008/12/15/deloitte-christmas-retail-survey-shows-consumer-thinking-a652 Predicted 12% Drop in Spending on Eating Out, Drinking and Socialising The Deloitte annual Christmas Retail Survey, now in its 14th year, predicts a 12% drop in consumer spending on eating out, drinking and socialising. The well respected report, which questions 1,000 UK adults and over 350 UK businesses about their retail habits, spending and shopping experiences, drew the following conclusions: 24% said they were spending less this Christmas than last, with 57% saying they were spending Latest%20Research Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2008/11/28/new-research-report-heritage-tourism-how-do-we-maximise-this-market-a644 New Report Looks at How to Maximise the Potential From the Heritage Tourism Market North East England is rich in heritage attractions, pulling a wide range of domestic and overseas visitors with a mixture of historic buildings and monuments but also cultural, spiritual, industrial and geneological heritage.  There are iconic, world class sites like Hadrian's Wall, Durham Cathedral, Bamburgh Castle and Lindisfarne; high profile attractions such as Alnwick Gardens and Beamish Latest%20Research Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT News http://www.tourismnortheast.co.uk/site/business-toolkit/latest-news/2008/11/28/overseas-visitors-to-the-uk-fall-by-11-a641 Sharp Fall in September Compared to 2007 Figures The number of overseas visitors coming to the UK in September was down 11% compared to this time last year. The figures, released by the Office of National Statistics show a sharp decline.  However the picture isn't all black and white: Although the figures for September show an 11% decline compared to 2007, the year-to-date picture is that visit numbers are unchanged for the first nine months of 2008 compared to the first nine of Latest%20Research Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT News