Bath’s destination marketing organisation, Bath Tourism Plus, (BTP) is set to invest an additional £1m into promoting Bath and North East Somerset over the next three years after receiving £500,000 from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF). The additional funding will support marketing campaigns which will seek to attract high-spending, short break and premium...
Got a business meeting in London but concerned about chaos and congestion caused by the Olympics? Don’t be, says Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE. Head to the capital and enjoy the unique Olympic vibe while it lasts. Packed and delayed Tube trains, terror alerts, heaving streets and sky-high hotel prices – these were among...
Spectacular views from the top of the Jungfrau Railway Today is Swiss National Day. It’s also the day the highest railway in Europe, in the Swiss Alps, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE travels through the centre of the Eiger on the journey to the top Hiking with his daughter in the...
Journalists in Britain to cover the Olympics were given a day out to remember as they were taken on a Jane Austen-inspired tour of Bath. With time to spare before the recent opening ceremony, half a dozen reporters from China, South Africa and India, together with the cream of British media, were stunned by...
Local charities offered the chance to raise their profile and fundraise for free at this year’s Christmas markets have only a few days left to apply for a prestigious, and free, chalet-style pitch. Every year, one of the Christmas Market’s cosy wooden stalls is offered to a different Bath and North East Somerset charity...
Bath Spa University fashion graduate Chloe Jones took on top fashion students from across the country to walk away with two top prizes worth £21,000 at this year’s national Graduate Fashion Week awards in London. Chloe won both the coveted Gold Award, given by sponsors George and worth £20,000, for the best student...
The Bath Priory Hotel has collected the Gold Award for the Best Small Hotel of the Year at this week’s prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence. The win was another accolade for the luxury boutique hotel which, earlier this year, come first in the Best Small Hotel and Taste of the West categories in...
International sports links and excellent training facilities are bringing more than a dozen nations to Bath for pre-Olympic training. But, it looks like the positive effects on the city are likely to be felt long after 2012. As teams commit to train here, international TV crews are coming too. That means publicity for Bath,...
Want to be ‘at one’ with nature? Bath Business News Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE discovers what else there is to get up to in the mountains above St Anton once the ski season comes to a close… How can letting dozens of ants crawl up your arm keep a cold a bay? Gamely, I followed instructions, patting...
The pretty marina at La Grande Motte Want to work out those abs but hate the gym? Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE jumps on board for the latest water sport…. Concentrating all my efforts on keeping my balance as I paddle my way across the ripples of an azure sea the peace and calm...
