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Every July the UK’s largest agricultural event, the Great Yorkshire Show arrives at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, bringing with it over 140,000 visitors across four days. Now in its 164th year, showgoers travel from far and wide to celebrate agriculture, food, farming and countryside.  Visitors to the show often visit Harrogate town centre […]

Destination Harrogate – Summer Update by John McGivern, Destination Events Manager Summer is here and do you find it makes you more sociable? Warm weather and blue skies naturally lift our mood and make us want to grab a group of friends and head outside to enjoy it all. Eating and drinking al fresco, sports […]

Open for business and ready for growth – June Update I’ve commented previously on the positive impact that events can have on our local businesses. And in highlighting the work of Invest Harrogate – to promote, attract and secure new business investment and business expansion to the Harrogate area – it’s great to also be […]

Rudding Park shares plans with local hotel industry Wednesday 10th May saw our Sales & Marketing Managers networking evening move to the magnificent surroundings of Rudding Park.  This privately owned luxury hotel, with 90 bedrooms a destination spa, two restaurants, a kitchen garden, private cinema, two golf courses all set in 300 acres of landscaped […]

Destination Harrogate – May Update by John McGivern, Destination Events Manager Only a year ago, Destination Harrogate was celebrating a milestone birthday for the Harrogate Convention Centre and reflecting on 40 years since the opening of its 2000-seat main auditorium. It was at this venue in 1982 that Harrogate hosted the Eurovision Song Contest and […]

Destination Harrogate – April Update by John McGivern, Destination Events Manager At the beginning of 2023 I spoke about new beginnings and how they go hand-in-hand with an expectation of change. With April having arrived we are once again embracing new beginnings; some change; and exciting opportunities for the future. At our first birthday event […]

Destination Harrogate turns one with big boost to the visitor economy As Destination Harrogate turns one, and to kick off English Tourism Week (17 – 26 March), we are delighted to announce new figures that show the tourism and conference sector is making a greater contribution to the local economy than it was before the […]

Destination Harrogate – March Update by John McGivern, Destination Events Manager As Destination Harrogate reaches the first birthday milestone of the Destination Management Organisation, it’s a time to celebrate accomplishments; acknowledge growth and development, look back on a proud portfolio of “firsts”; and reflect on highlighted snapshots of an incredible year. An exciting first was […]