Over the summer, Cruise Liverpool teamed up with Strawberry Field on their Steps to Work Programme which aims to help young people in Liverpool with barriers to employment seek experience and gain new skills. The Steps to Work programme is the foundation of the Steps at Strawberry Field programmes based onsite at Strawberry Field which is the iconic site immortalised by John Lennon and owned by The Salvation Army. Steps to Work offers employment, work experience, training and voluntary experience […]
This month, Marketing Liverpool had the opportunity to attend World Travel Market at the ExCel centre in London’s Docklands. This is one of the biggest trade exhibitions of its kind – and it’s like having the whole world under one roof! Described as the largest global community of people who think travel is the ultimate industry to be in. World Travel Market is a community that is passionate about new ideas, technologies and solutions, which works to enable the next […]
Marketing Liverpool have launched the city’s Christmas 2022 visitor campaign. The campaign ‘Liverpool. Feels Like Christmas’ celebrates the magic of Liverpool at this special time of the year. Marketing Liverpool, Liverpool’s destination marketing organisation, has created the campaign on behalf of the Liverpool Visitor Economy Network (LVEN). LVEN includes many of the city’s biggest attractions including ACC Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool BID, Liverpool ONE and National Museums Liverpool. The campaign was developed in house with illustrations and animation created […]
The afterglow of Liverpool’s River of Light is burning bright with the event once again boosting the local economy. Across 17 nights, more than 250,000 people – a record number to visit the trail – headed to the city centre to enjoy the free outdoor trail which was organised by Liverpool City Council’s award-winning Culture Liverpool team. Each evening, thousands of people travelled the 2km-long route, enjoying ten large-scale artworks – a mix of world premiere commissions alongside pieces not […]
Nine action-packed days of competition, which saw 14 world titles claimed and 79 medals presented, has come to a close at the 51st FIG World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, with FIG President, Morinari Watanabe hailing the championships a success. Giving his final address he said: “The organising committee has created a wonderful stage and a wonderful Worlds. “As you know, the Beatles created a new music scene. Liverpool World Championships turned gymnastics from sports to entertainment this time. It is […]
A multi-disciplinary design team, led by the Everyman’s award-winning architects Haworth Tompkins have been appointed by the Liverpool Playhouse, working in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Liverpool City Region and Liverpool Business Improvement District (BID). The team will prepare a Capital Refurbishment Feasibility Study that will safeguard the future of the 156-year-old theatre for generations to come. Entertaining audiences since 1866, the Playhouse has played a vital role in the cultural lives of our communities for over 150 years. A cultural gem of both […]
The annual awards recognise and reward excellence across the regions tourism and hospitality sector and are delivered by Growth Platform – Liverpool City Region Growth Company. The many applications have been scrutinised and narrowed down by an expert judging panel and will now go forward to the awards ceremony taking place at Liverpool Cathedral on Thursday 2 March 2023. The 18 categories this year include awards for Hotel of the Year, Experience of the Year as well as best Hidden […]
Nine action packed days of competition, which saw 14 world titles claimed and 79 medals presented, has come to a close at the 51st FIG World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, with FIG President, Morinari Watanabe hailing the championships a success. Giving his final address he said: “The organising committee has created a wonderful stage and a wonderful Worlds. “As you know, the Beatles created a new music scene. Liverpool World Championships turned gymnastics from sports to entertainment this time. It […]
The Liverpool Hospitality Visitor / Tour Guide programme will empower visitor-facing staff to enhance their customer service skills and local knowledge to become an ambassador for the region. The programme will ensure that the experiences of visitors are positive and memorable, encouraging people to return and enjoy the region’s world-class hospitality time and again. The organiser’s experienced trainers will take participants through a 2-day programme that will share the basic principles that are the heart of excellent customer service, recognising […]
Blindingly beautiful celebrations of art. A glittering array of awards and nominations. An enviable spread of glowing international column inches. An abundance of high-calibre, high-octave and high-kicking events happening right now and in the near future. All these things and more have left Marketing Liverpool feeling pretty good, as November brings us plenty to smile about and reassuring evidence that hard work pays off. Take a look at my latest quick-fire-round-up of ‘things you need to know this month’ direct […]