In an alliance with Really Useful Theatres (RUT), the company will develop and produce new plays and musicals and expects to generate returns from investing in successful runs, UK touring productions and film and tv.

It's board members include city fund manager Nicola Horlick and Andrew Lloyd .... More>>

Welcoming the appointment, BTA chair David Quarmby said: 'I am delighted that Tom is joining BTA. He will bring highly relevant, senior management and commercial experience to the vital task of determining and leading BTA's future strategy.'

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The contributory 'partners', who include Best Western Hotels, British Airways, Six Continents and P&O, will also be contributing £15m in collateral contributions through their own marketing activities in support of the .... More>>

British tourists will still be allowed to enter the US with out a visa but will have to answer detailed questions on arrival, explaining how long they wish to stay, reports The Daily Telegraph.

The maximum stay for business travellers, currently one year, is .... More>>

'Since I was appointed in December 2000, I have greatly enjoyed the challenges of working to build London's tourism offer and the strategic changes required within LTB to achieve success,' said Mrs Wickham.

The Board will appoint a new chair following consultation, while Paul Hopper, .... More>>

IndividuALL says the estimated purchasing power of disabled consumers in the UK is £45-50bn and is a tenth of the UK's total annual domestic consumption. But the charity believes many organisations need to consider how .... More>>

The Terrace Café is to stay open until midnight with dimmed lighting and DJs and the two new theatres will open their doors by the end of the month (April). The National's most .... More>>

Plans include the extensive redevelopment of the city's Colston Hall and the nearby Colston House. The complex would also include a new building on the Colston House site, which would feature bars and restaurants, education and workshop spaces plus meeting and conference rooms.

'Bristol's music scene is an important .... More>>

Since opening in 1999, Our Dynamic Earth has received more than 1.3m visitors. The attraction is only the fifth in the city to receive this award, which was given in recognition of an exceptional standard of facilities and services.

Lorraine Thomson, quality and standards manager at .... More>>

The Travelling Britain 2002 campaign will offer European visitors deals including ferry travel and accommodation in hotels across Sunderland, County Durham, Northumberland and the Tees Valley.

'Events over the past 12 months have .... More>>

The city council's Positive Action Training team (PAT) has joined forces with the Big Issue in the North to find ten homeless people to take part in a training scheme, which will see some of them become city centre 'Gold Zone navigators'.

'We want to give homeless .... More>>

The museum, which originally opened in 1875, has been closed for two years to allow the building work to take place.

The new-look museum, owned by Brighton and Hove council, covers 4,000sq m and houses 11 galleries.

The listed building, built on the site of .... More>>

The 648-foot vessel, launched by ResidenSea, sailed up the River Thames to Greenwich in seat-east London this week (April 8). Britons have bought some of the 110 apartments, ranging in price from £1.4m to more than £5m. .... More>>

No serious injuries were reported, although one staff member needed treatment for smoke inhalation and minor burns.

The success of the four-minute evacuation of guests and staff at the 400-acre site is being attributed to repetitive fire .... More>>