News and opportunities for members
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Our Summer in York campaign is fully up and running, including a brand-new digital hub for summer and paid for social activity. Keep an eye out for the campaign on ITV Hub and a new radio campaign with Capital FM Yorkshire, featuring a new video with drivetime presenters Adam and JoJo. Watch the videos on the hub page: www.visityork.org/summer
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Entries are still open for the prestigious Visit York Tourism Awards 2023! Sponsored by LNER, the #VYTA23 celebrate York's outstanding tourism, culture, hospitality and retail businesses. There are 16 award categories this year, applications will close at 5PM on Friday 26th August. Enter now!
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York Ice Trail is back! Plans are underway for the 'coolest' event in York to return on 4th and 5th February 2023. Next year's theme invites visitors to time travel to prehistoric ages, walk through history and step into the future for ‘A Journey Through Time’. Find out more about sponsorship opportunities here. To get involved, email Faye.Davis@makeityork.com
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Last call for any new openings, exhibitions or upcoming events for the summer update of our press pack, the Book of Ideas. We are also collating information for our Festive Book of Ideas. Please send details of new openings/events/exhibitions, plus any Halloween/Bonfire Night/Christmas content to comms@makeityork.com.
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We need your content! Halloween, Bonfire Night and Christmas are looming, so please continue to upload your seasonal events as soon as you can. Don't forget that listed events have a chance to be featured in the weekly 7 Days e-newsletter to residents across the city. Any issues with inputting your data, please email membership@makeityork.com.
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Aesthetica Film Festival is the leading short film festival in the UK, attracting thousands to York. Join the Aesthetica Film Festival Badge Project by displaying a window sticker in your business, to help festival visitors find the best places in York to eat, drink and shop. Benefits include 2x unlimited Festival passes! To get your free sticker, contact Helen Osbond on helen@aestheticamagazine.com or 07565 109137.
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The National Visitor Attraction Conference – VAC 2022, is returning for its 19th year and will be held in The ICC, Birmingham on 13th October. Registrations are now open, with early bird offers available until 28th August. Find out more here.
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Are you a York attraction offering discounted or free entry to Ukrainian refugees and/or people who may be struggling financially this summer? Please email Elaine.Moss@makeityork.com with more information of your offer.
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Want to know what makes a good website listing? Or how to add events or drive traffic to your own website through visityork.org? We have a number of one-hour slots available on the 16th August and 13th September for Online Membership Healthchecks. Book a one-to-one slot with a member of our team to find out how to make the most out of your Visit York membership.
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Find out how to make the most out of your web pages by joining us for our next training session on the 3rd August at 1:30pm at Novotel on Fishergate. We'll give an overview of our sites features and best practices, as well as membership benefits and a Q&A session. Book your place here.
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Join Death in a Chocolate Box for a ramble by the river on Tuesday 9th August. Listen to the Lady Brigante as she shares tales of those ordinary folk including the story of the disgraced bigamist, a young rivet heater, one desperate young mother and the tragedy of a quarrelsome soldier. Sign up for the 90 minute walking tour here.
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Join Park Inn on North Street for their Christmas Opening Evening, from 5.30 to 8pm on 10th August. Meet the master distiller from The Hooting Owl Distillery and sample their award winning spirits, followed by a buffet. Some great early bird offers are on offer for members looking to book their Christmas party nights.
Email dinesh.kunder@parkinn.com to book your place.
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Show us your putting skills and experience the state of the art golf experience at the stadium leisure complex on 17th August from 6pm. The Puttstars team will be offering a caddie service for food and drink whilst you show off your skills to your colleagues! Sign up for your place here.
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In the beautifully refurbished Impossible Wonderbar & Tea Rooms, singer Alistair Griffin will play an exclusive show to an intimate audience on 15th September with a pair of free tickets available to Visit York members. Please email Kate on agriffingigs@gmail.com with your company name to be added to the guest list.
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Cast Iron Bar & Grill at York Marriott Hotel
20% off food and drink to ALL York residents in the Cast Iron Bar & Grill at the York Marriott Hotel.
Tadcaster Road, York | Tel: 01904 701000 | www.yorkmarriott.co.uk
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We're delighted that York is one of six destinations shortlisted to be the home of the Great British Railways HQ. We need your help to get behind York and vote before 15th August. Vote here. #DestinationGBR #Yes2York
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Our Managing Director Sarah Loftus was nominated as a Batonbearer for the Queen's Baton Relay ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Completing her stint in Hull, Sarah met with four of York's Batonbearers as they carried the Baton around the Bar Walls and near the York Minster. More here.
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Run For All are looking for volunteers to support the York 10k on Sunday 7th August. For more information on volunteering, please follow this link or if you can help please sign up here.
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The York Gift Card, from the York BID, is now available to purchase from the Visitor Information Centre on Museum Street. The gift card works across shops, food and drink, hotels, leisure, entertainment and much more in the city. You can find out more here.
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Social Statistics:
(across VisitYork Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn)
- 1,515,362 impressions
- 57,550 engagements
- 5,636 clicks to the Visit York website
- 759 new followers
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Website Statistics:
(across VisitYork Website)
- 104,795 unique users on the website
- Top three web pages
- Things to Do
- What's On
- Christmas
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Press Statistics:
- 32 print and online articles, reaching 7,255,450
- 8 TV and radio interviews, including BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio York and ITV Calendar
- Print and online coverage including Sorted Food, Wanderlust Chloe, The Press, Yorkshire Business Daily, Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Life
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