31st October 2013
Highlights of NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival unveiled
Enchanting events in Saltwell Park and community celebrations through the streets of Newcastle upon Tyne on New Year’s Eve are just two of the highlights at this year’s NewcastleGateshead Winter Festival (www.NewcastleGateshead.com/winterfestival) which starts on Saturday 23 November and continues until Tuesday 31 December 2013. Carol Bell, head of...
25th October 2013
Port of Tyne sponsors Juice Festival
Juice – NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people, which returns this October half term (Friday 25 October – Sunday 03 November), has announced Port of Tyne as headline sponsor of this year’s event. The 10 day festival showcases outstanding work created by, for and with children and young...
10th October 2013
Tourism superstars shortlisted for North East awards
The region’s biggest awards for the tourism industry has seen a 34% increase in applications since delivery of the event was taken over by NewcastleGateshead Initiative in 2012. 98 businesses have submitted applications for the North East England Tourism Awards 2013 compared to 73 last year, with 51 making...
3rd October 2013
NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau appoints new head
Destination management and marketing organisation, NewcastleGateshead Initiative has appointed Paul Szomoru as Head of Business Tourism – leading the NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau after nine months as interim head of the team. Paul has taken the helm at NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau following six years at NewcastleGateshead Initiative in various business...
26th September 2013
NewcastleGateshead Initiative names new chair
Paul Callaghan CBE has been named as the new chair of NewcastleGateshead Initiative, the public private partnership that delivers economic growth for NewcastleGateshead through its work to attract visitors, major conferences and events and investment to the area. A respected economist, and author or editor of numerous books and...
22nd August 2013
Juice Festival inspires young people in NewcastleGateshead
Regarded as one of the best festivals for children in the UK, Juice – NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people, returns this October half term (Friday 25 October – Sunday 03 November 2013), promising ten days of performance, art, theatre, music and Halloween activities. Created by NewcastleGateshead Initiative,...
20th August 2013
EAT! your way through NewcastleGateshead
A highlight of the annual EAT! NewcastleGateshead food festival, teams of cake makers will descend on Sage Gateshead on Monday 26 August to create a 100m2 edible map of NewcastleGateshead as part of EAT! festival event, Cake City. Amateur and professional cake makers have been busy making well known...
16th August 2013
Bloggers event makes Sage choice
Traverse Events have today announced that they will be bringing their Travel Bloggers Conference to Sage Gateshead on the banks of the River Tyne in NewcastleGateshead, 21-23 February 2014. Michael Ball from Traverse said: “Sage Gateshead is the ideal venue for Traverse 14 because it provides a unique, creative...
12th August 2013
City-breakers boost business to buck economic trend
A packed calendar of festivals and events last year, including Olympic Football at St James’ Park, has cemented NewcastleGateshead’s reputation as a city-break destination of choice, with new figures showing 14% more people stayed overnight in 2012. Estimated using the Scarborough Tourism Economic Activity Model (STEAM), the figures released...
12th August 2013
Festival of adventures in food and drink at EAT! NewcastleGateshead
Festival of adventures in food and drink at EAT! NewcastleGateshead Named as one of most refreshing and innovative food festivals in the UK, EAT! NewcastleGateshead (www.eatnewcastlegateshead.com) celebrates its seventh year in 2013 with another programme of eclectic foodie events in NewcastleGateshead from Saturday 24 August – Sunday 8 September....