Tourism insights

Post-It Notes’ 40th Birthday, Lockdown & Positivity

It’s the 40th birthday of the Post-it Note today. For me, Post-It Notes have been intrinsically linked with the movie ‘Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion.’ This year, in lockdown, they’ve been turned to a different purpose. I am lucky…
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April 6th, 2020

8 Things a Visitor Attraction Can Do This October

With half term school holidays on the horizon and Christmas relatively few ‘sleeps’ away, what can a visitor attraction do to attract more families over the rest of the year. Getting inside the mind of the tourist or visitor can…
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October 1st, 2019

Plaudits for the County Day People

It is just over a month since Catapult PR pulled off one of the greatest achievements – if not the greatest – in its 20-year history. Despite our local paper, the Blackpool Gazette, choosing to ignore our David v Goliath…
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July 8th, 2018

If You Can’t Beat The Creative …

It’s hard to believe it’s a week since I was hobbling home after a horrific journey back from Bologna, which started with a passenger getting on board the plane and then deciding they were unfit to fly led to over…
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April 9th, 2015

Verbals and Vivacità: Domenica a Bologna!

A very strange thing happens when I step foot on Italian soil.  I suddenly a female Caesar, having come, seen and thus being damned determined to conquer the Italian language.  Blackpool’s very own Boudicca becomes more fluent in Italian that…
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March 29th, 2015