News for: Tourism

Scottish travel agent, Barrhead Travel, plan to open a new branch in Stockport as part of their expansion plans for 2020. Glasgow-based Barrhead Travel has been trading for 44 years, and the Stockport branch comes as part of a plan to increase the company’s branch network by twenty stores by … [Read more...]

December marks 15 years of package holiday company and airline, Jet2.com, flights from Manchester Airport, who have flown 20 million holidaymakers from the city. Passengers on a flight to Budapest got to celebrate with a piece of cake, in honour of Jet2.com’s first flight from Manchester Airport … [Read more...]

Manchester Airport is expecting one of the busiest Christmas periods in its 81-year history, with a projected 1.2m passengers forecast to pass through its three terminals between Thursday, December 19th and Sunday, January 5th. Friday, December 20th is expected to be the busiest day, … [Read more...]

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has become the first airport operator in the UK to be certified as offering safe, child-friendly WiFi to its passengers. The move means that passengers at all its airport will now have the ultimate reassurance that the airport’s free WiFi network will filter out … [Read more...]

Manchester ranks as the UK’s fourth most attractive city for hotel investment, according to research by Deloitte. The business advisory firm’s European Hotel Industry Survey reveals the top ten most attractive UK cities for hotel investment, following a survey of more than 100 senior figures from … [Read more...]

A new Stockport town centre arts hub will soon be opening its doors as a creative arts organisation gets set up in its new home at the Hat Works. Arc will re-locate to part of the museum from their former premises in Reddish as early as next week, allowing young people and vulnerable adults to … [Read more...]

Fourteen community groups from across Greater Manchester and Cheshire are celebrating after splitting over £27,000 between them thanks to the Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund, taking the total donated to £3.5 million. Stockport Foodbank at Hazel Grove Baptist church has received £1,169 for … [Read more...]

Applications are now open for the Greater Manchester Culture Fund, which will support delivery of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s strategy for Culture and Creativity, Grown in Greater Manchester. Known Around the World. The Greater Manchester Culture Fund provides funding to cultural … [Read more...]