Thank you to everyone who attended the 2018 Northumberland Tourism Annual Conference at Matfen Hall.

We hope you all found the day helpful and informative, with some important industry updates from subject experts.

North Pennines AONB Partnership are running a ‘Star Tips for Profits’ workshop at the North Pennines Observatory on 19th March, 6-9pm.
This is a great opportunity for tourism businesses to visit the Observatory, find out about how it all works and benefit from a workshop led by journalist and stargazer Richard Darn.

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Pip Bowhay from Kenton, a small village near Exeter in Devon, is a passionate charity fund-raiser and a determined, inspirational lady. For Pancreatic Cancer Research she walked the 479 miles of the Santiago de Compostela back in 2015 and shaved her hair off in 2016; she has organised abseils down the local church tower, held frock swaps and compiled a cookbook – all to raise money for a variety of good causes.

QiT are pleased to announce and launch, three new modernised great value quality assessment schemes that reflect the dynamic developments happening in accommodation. The schemes start at an entry level with the Safe, Clean and Legal™ scheme, moving on to a full Quality Star Rating Assessment, and for properties that offer their guests the WOW factor by being unusual or having special facilities,  a new “Unique” Accommodation Accolade. 

Lanercost Tea Room - a perfect day out, situated next to a 12th century Priory and Hadrian’s Wall. Open daily all year round with fabulous homemade food, ‘Bark & Brew’, our dedicated dog friendly seating area, Gift Shop and Hadrian’s Wall Visitor Information Centre.

Northumberland has been voted the best UK destination by readers of the Wanderlust travel magazine and sees us pip the likes of Cornwall, Yorkshire, and the Lake District to the finishing post. The winners were announced at the Destinations Travel Show in London, where the awards scheme is always highly anticipated and voted for by the best-travelled readers around.