As part of English Tourism Week, Cheltenham’s MP, Max Wilkinson, has highlighted the town’s thriving visitor experience by taking part in some of its top tourist activities. The MP visited a range of local venues to better understand and celebrate what makes Cheltenham such a popular destination for visitors and locals alike. English Tourism Week… Continue reading Cheltenham MP Champions Local Tourism during English Tourism Week
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Digital Tourism Conference 2025
Gloucester County Council and the River Severn Partnership invite you to a free informative event to understand the future of digital technology and connectivity.
Free training for Visit Cheltenham Ambassadors
Your chance to become an official Visit Cheltenham Ambassador. If you interact with members of the public in your day-to-day work, either visitors or residents, and are passionate about our Regency town this free training could be for you. Images from the first two training sessions, delivered to customer-facing staff working in local visitor economy… Continue reading Free training for Visit Cheltenham Ambassadors
£30k funding available to boost community pride projects
A pot of funding worth £30,000 is up for grabs to support community pride projects across Cheltenham. The funding is available to support communally owned projects that will build up community pride and enable local groups to improve their neighbourhoods. There are two funding pots: Up to £30,000 will be made available via community pride… Continue reading £30k funding available to boost community pride projects
Apply to become a Cheltenham Climate Changemaker
Applications are now open for a hugely exciting pilot climate action project taking place in Cheltenham. Climate Changemakers are looking for around 10 people to join a peer-led learning journey to create real change in their communities.
Promoting the Cotswolds, Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and the wider area to international buyers
Our regional partners, Cotswolds Tourism and Forest of Dean & Wye Vale association, will be taking part in travel trade events with Visit Britain this week. Holding one-to-one meetings with international buyers, followed by a hosted familiarisation trip for international buyers from the Netherlands and presenting at a destination showcase, highlighting gems in the Cotswolds, and the wider area including Forest of Dean, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury.
VisitBritain forecasts strong recovery in inbound visitor spending in 2023
VisitBritain has published its inbound tourism forecast for 2023 with continued strong recovery predicted in overseas visitor spending. It shows spending by inbound visitors in 2023 is predicted to grow faster than visitor volume, with higher spending also per trip. Its overall forecast is for spending by international visitors in the UK of £29.5 billion… Continue reading VisitBritain forecasts strong recovery in inbound visitor spending in 2023
Flying the flag for the Cotswolds
Cheltenham will be promoted at a specialist travel trade focussed event in Washington DC next week, thanks to our partnership with Cotswolds Tourism and local authorities across the region. Sally Graff and Rebecca Clay, on behalf of Cotswolds Tourism, will attend Destination Britain North America which is organised and coordinated by VisitBritain. This unique travel… Continue reading Flying the flag for the Cotswolds
National Review of Destination Marketing Organisations
Marketing Cheltenham are the official Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for Cheltenham, recognised by Visit England, and leading on the promotion of Cheltenham as a place to visit, live, work, and invest. We champion the town’s visitor economy and businesses locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, through the Visit Cheltenham, Meet in Cheltenham, and We’re Moving to… Continue reading National Review of Destination Marketing Organisations
Visitors encouraged to ‘Escape the Everyday’ as Cheltenham and Gloucester announce new joint marketing campaign
The tourism industry in Cheltenham and Gloucester received a welcome boost this week after the marketing bodies for the two destinations learned they have been successful in their bid for a share of funding from the national tourist board, VisitEngland.
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