"HOLIDAY parks and hotels are preparing for a record-breaking summer as tourists boycott foreign breaks in favour of UK destinations", according to the Daily Post.
LDS Tourism Services has recently joined forces with the Redundancy Action Scheme II (ReAct II), a programme set up by the Welsh Assembly Government for people living in Wales who are facing job loss.
As 2012 draws to a close, we take a positive look back at the highs of a tourism industry surviving, and not infrequently thriving, during tough economic times
We may be in the throes of a double-dip recession, but tourism operators across the country will no doubt welcome the news that domestic trips and holidays have increased to record levels for the third consecutive year.
It may have been a soggy summer but the double-dip recession, grey skies and rainfall didn't stop many of our clients from bucking the trend by experiencing a successful season.
Last month LDS Tourism Services joined the Flintshire Tourism Association (FTA), an independent group of tourism operators that has strong links with Flintshire County Council.
As usual, Team LDSTS is bustling about the countryside, distributing the latest leaflets and brochures to venues across the region. New promotional publications arrive every day from all corners of our service area, and we are frantically delivering the latest issue of What's On in Chester & Cheshire over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Visit Chester and Cheshire's 6th Annual Tourism Awards took place on 11th June at Chester Racecourse and proved to be an excellent night for many of our clients and TIP hosts.
The late summer may have been somewhat unpredictable in the weather department but August 2010 turned out to be an exciting month for a number of our clients...
'Silly Season' has officially begun. For the last few weeks everyone at LDS Tourism has been working flat-out accepting deliveries of leaflets, servicing holders, talking with clients and generally making preparations for Valentine's Day and the half-term break. Next up: Mothering Sunday and Easter!
Where has January gone? Soon it will be 'silly season' (the frenzied run up to Easter) for LDS Tourism Services and we will be dashing from one TIP to another, distributing all the last minute brochures and leaflets.
No sooner had we celebrated our first white Christmas for many years and seen in 2010 with a dusting of more fluffy stuff, than winter struck the region with a frightful vengeance. Severe weather warnings were issued by the Met Office and it started to snow, and snow, and snow…