Record-Breaking Day for Portmeirion

Record-Breaking Day for Portmeirion

Portmeirion offered free entry to visitors on St David’s Day and had a record-breaking number of visitors in response. This was the first time that Portmeirion has offered free entry to visitors on St David’s Day, a gesture which was well-received by visitors. The day outperformed expectations seeing the biggest number of day visitors for any single day in the company’s history. Visitors to the popular tourist attraction enjoyed complimentary guided tours of the village and an audio-visual show featuring Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis explaining how and why the village was built. The new exhibition, ‘Dome of Discovery’ was open to visitors and Portmeirion’s Collections Manager, Rachel Hunt was on-hand […]

Darwin Escapes invests over £1 million in North Wales family resort

Darwin Escapes invests over £1 million in North Wales family resort

A leading holiday park operator has unveiled plans to invest over £1 million in its Talacre Beach Resort. Darwin Escapes, which itself is headquartered at Talacre, plans to upgrade the resort’s clubhouse and accommodation facilities. The investment will see the introduction of a number of new caravans, refreshed interiors, a new entrance to the pool area and an extension to the clubhouse with a beach hut theme. There will also be a new children’s play area, a modernised reception, a new menu in the restaurant and a silver Airstream offering light bites. Last year more than 25,000 guests stayed at the 5-star family friendly holiday resort which comprises a mix […]

Keep Wales Tidy Event

Keep Wales Tidy Event

Keep Wales Tidy is offering you the opportunity to expand your horizons and reach an international audience looking for a quality Blue Flag destination in Wales. 13 March – 11.00 – 14.00 Conwy Business Centre, Junction Way, Llandudno, LL31 9XX  Registration required https://www.keepwalestidy.cymru/forms/blue-skies Gain access and guidance to an online resource that will let you make the most of the Blue Flag beaches and marinas near you. This event is for those small and large businesses, community councils, tourism departments and others interested in harnessing the potential of the world-renowned Blue Flag Award. You will also have the chance to learn more about the Blue Flag sister programme Green Key […]

Go North Wales disruption

Go North Wales disruption

Go North Wales service disruption last week and over the weekend. Following on from the recent downtime of our main website gonorthwales.co.uk please see below explanation as to what caused the issue from the Managing Director of New Mind | tellUs Richard Veal our website provider. Following the recent service disruption, I am pleased to be able to write to you to say that a complete data restore took place over the weekend and all websites, software applications and web services are fully operational again. I am however conscious that you will need to offer an explanation to the tourism providers who feature on the websites and will also have […]

Anglesey Boat show 2019

Anglesey Boat show 2019

Boat show will help transform Anglesey into the events capital of North Wales A major maritime-themed show will spearhead ambitious plans to transform Anglesey into the events capital of North Wales. Tourism chiefs have hailed news that the All-Wales Boat and Leisure Show is coming to the Anglesey Showground as an economic boost for the island. The event from Thursday, May 30, to Saturday, June 1, is expected to attract boat lovers from across the UK. It’s grown out of the All-Wales Boat Show that’s previously been staged in Conwy and Pwllheli. According to organiser Davina Carey-Evans, managing director of Beaumaris-based Sbarc Event Management, the showground is a great venue […]

Spam enquiries

Spam enquiries

reCAPTCHA added to Go North Wales We have received a number of emails from members about our Go North Wales websites “email the provider form” being misused to send bogus enquiry. As a measure to reduce this we have this morning installed reCAPTCHA which is a system designed to establish that a visitor to Go North Wales is human and not a robot. We have also created a page on how to spot, and avoid falling for scams and will post new bogus emails that we receive from our members on this page. Example of the reCAPTCHA system on Go North Wales contact provider form. Example of the reCAPTCHA system […]

Wealth and Health seminar.

Spillane and Co Wealth Management Ltd. a new member service, has kindly offered to host Wealth and Health seminar for North Wales Tourism members. Expert speakers will inform you on very important areas in your life; wealth, health and wellbeing. The presentation includes:  Building for a secure future – growing and protecting your wealth whilst reducing your tax liabilityApproaching retirement – extract profit from your business in a tax efficient mannerFinancial foundations – The importance of Will planning. Understanding the risks of Inheritance tax, Gifting and Long Term Care. How to plan to leave your wealth to your family efficientlyHealth, wealth and happiness  To help you and your personal circumstances […]

Trade Update – January 2019

Go North Wales Tourism Awards The successful third Go North Wales Tourism Awards was held on Thursday 15 November at Venue Cymru, Llandudno to celebrate and recognise excellence and outstanding achievement by our businesses and individuals working in the tourism hospitality sector of North Wales. List of all the winners and finalists from the Awards plus gallery of images is available on our website. http://www.gonorthwalestourismawards.co.uk 2019 event will take place on Thursday 14 November – keep posted on our website and social media for updates. Promoting North Wales We are out and about again this January promoting the destination at 2 shows: Destination Holiday & Travel Show, Eventcity, Manchester – […]

Assessing Zip World’s Impact on the North Wales Economy Review 2018

Assessing Zip World’s Impact on the North Wales Economy Review 2018

IntroductionZip World are a Sunday Times Fast Track 100 company. An assessment of Zip World’s impact on the North Wales economy was undertaken in 2016. The assessment reviewed the attraction’s economic impact by examining the value of visitor spend and employment opportunities made available. (For the purpose the report the participant who took part in the Zip World activity is referred to as visitor) The research had a number of purposes.The main purpose was to form an understanding of the attraction’s contribution to the North Wales economy. The secondary purpose is to understand the importance of the economic benefits it brings. To ensure of a compressive assessment, three indicators were […]

Harlech Foodservice Expo Returns to Venue Cymru on 5th and 6th March 

Harlech Foodservice Expo Returns to Venue Cymru on 5th and 6th March 

North Wales’ leading wholesale food supplier is returning to Llandudno’s Venue Cymru with their ever popular hospitality and catering exhibition. Harlech Foodservice Expo 2019 is set to be bigger and better than ever when it returns to Llandudno this year. The Expo is a fantastic opportunity for trade customers to see first-hand what Harlech’s wide range of suppliers have to offer. Forty one years since it began, the Expo is now established as one of the North West’s leading catering events, presenting a diverse mix of catering and hospitality exhibitors offering product tastings and samples, menu inspiration, and practical advice as well as showcasing new products and seasonal trends. This […]