London News and Opinion
The number of people visiting the capital's tourist and cultural attractions including galleries and museums in April rose by 20% to 3.6 million, according to figures from Visit London. Warm weather and an increase in visitors from other European countries helped boost the figures. Mayor … [Read more...]
The London Assembly will tomorrow quiz experts and Greater London Authority officials on Boris Johnson’s vision for the capital’s economic development, as set out in his recently published document ‘Rising to the Challenge: Proposals for the Mayor’s Economic Development Strategy … [Read more...]
London saw an increase of 2% in the numbers of visitors to the capital in 2008, according to official figures from Visit London which co-incide with the start of the 'Only in London' tourism campaign. The increase in the number of people was matched by a 1% increase in spending, … [Read more...]
Four London boroughs have joined with the Mayor to fund a major new campaign to promote tourism in the capital. The City of London, Camden, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, who together account for around half of all spending by tourists in the capital, have contributed … [Read more...]
With the pound's value falling against the Euro and US Dollar, London's tourism chiefs are positioning the capital as the destination of choice for European and North American holidaymakers looking for a good value break. According to the latest Worldwide Cost of Living, Economist … [Read more...]
The UK's top ten most visited attractions of 2008 are all located in the capital according to figures published by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. With almost 6million visitors, a 10% increase on 2007, the British Museum heads the list which also includes the Tate … [Read more...]
The doom and gloom of the news headlines is pretty depressing, lost jobs and falling currency values seem to dominate the news every single day and it's hard to find much positive to be inspired or hopeful about. I've spent much of the past week ringing round PR agencies, almost … [Read more...]
A new 12-week advertising campaign has been launched by Visit London, the capital's tourism body. Created in partnership with British Airways, the “Londoner” series will air on pan European channel Euronews in Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Visit London says the … [Read more...]
