Northumberland County Council and Hadrian’s Wall Heritage Limited are once again joining forces to provide a Tourism Fair in West Northumberland. Building on the success of previous years, the event will allow you to showcase your business to accommodation providers, attractions, tourism businesses, suppliers and the public

VisitEngland this week emailed all quality assessed businesses stating that business listings on the EnjoyEngland and VisitBritain websites will be removed from the 1st April 2012. VisitEngland state that national websites will carry “more engaging imagery and inspiring ideas to encourage and direct web traffic to the destination website”. In the same email they confirmed the re-appointment of Quality in Tourism to manage and develop the national quality schemes, and the introduction of a number of new benefits.

VisitEngland is looking for your best offers to be part of their upcoming Holidays at home are GREAT campaign.

Desti.ne is the name of the IT system used by destinations across the North East to power their websites (including VisitNorthumberland.com), and provide business listings to national commercial websites and Tourist Information Centres. Funded by One North East, from April 1st Desti.ne will be managed and paid for by the Northumberland Visitor Economy Partnership (NVEP) / Northumberland Tourism.

We’re giving you the chance to take the reins of our @VisitNland twitter feed. Each week registered guests will be able to wax lyrical with our followers online. Selected advocates will manage the feed for seven days sharing with the world their daily experiences and opinions recommending things to see and do. There are a few do’s and don’ts although the aim is to have fun!

Three of the leading green tourism establishments in the UK have decided to link up in a bid to promote sustainable tourism and hospitality businesses.