Individuals across Bristol, Bath and the wider region have been recognised in The King's 2025 New Year Honours. Bristol Helen Holland - The former councillor for Hartcliffe & Withywood from 1991 to 2024, the city's longest-serving councillor at the time she stepped down, received an MBE for…
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2025 has been a phenomenal year for Bath, with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, the Michelin Guide naming Bath one of the top 10 destinations in the world for food, and the readers of Condé Nast Traveller naming Bath as the ‘Best UK City’ to visit in their 2025 Readers' Choice Awards…
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Last week, Kathryn Davis had the pleasure of representing Visit West at a series of meetings alongside Visit Peak District with representatives of cities and businesses across Anhui Province, before heading to Chengdu and the Visit Britain Trade Mission, Destination Britain China North East Asia…
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Bristol is gearing up for an unmissable 2026! The city shines as the only UK city in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel, welcomes its first 5-star hotel, Hotel Gotham, and unveils the African Forest at Bristol Zoo Project. With Aardman Animations’ 50th and Bristol Old Vic Theatre’s 260th anniversaries…
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Bristol is set to lead the world in the powering of major public events by establishing a Clean Power Hub for its summer programme that guarantees renewable energy for music festivals, high attendance cultural events – and film & television productions. A new pilot partnership between West of…
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Ashton Gate Stadium continues to be recognised as a leading international sports venue by being included in the UK’s bid to host the 2035 Women’s Football World Cup. The Football Associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have today collectively submitted an offer to jointly host…
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After coming 6th in 2024, Bath has been revealed today as the ‘Best UK City’ in Condé Nast Traveller magazine's 2025 Readers' Choice Awards, beating landmark cities including London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cambridge and Liverpool to the no. 1 spot. The 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards represent the most…
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Every year, we run three major media campaigns on our Visit Bath and Visit Bristol platforms apiece. These are aimed at promoting food and drink businesses, summer breaks, and Christmas breaks in both cities. Discover more about the objectives of these media campaigns, how they work, and how your…
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October 2026: Please note this survey has now closed Visit West is running two Visitor Surveys, and we are inviting our members and other stakeholders to help share the survey with your own audiences so we can gather richer insights which can help us all understand more about visitors to our region…
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Bristol is the only UK city to be named by Lonely Planet as one of the top destinations in the world to visit in 2026, thanks to its incredible street art. The prestigious Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2026 has singled out Bristol’s street art in its top 50 list of winners, an accolade set to boost…
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