Nick Brooks-Sykes
@nickb_s
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Director of Tourism, Marketing Manchester. Views are my own.
Manchester
Joined February 2009
Great keynote from Tourism Minister today at the Tourism Alliance Policy Conference. Enthusiastic support for a sector which is recognised to have huge growth potential @tourismsvoice @DCMS @RhonddaBryant
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RT @ThomHetheringto: What a lovely review of The Martlet, you'll always be safe in the handss of a chef with @ShibdenMill and @winteringham…
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RT @visit_mcr: How cute are this year's Christmas mugs?!? 😍🌲 Available at Manchester's Christmas markets, which open THIS FRIDAY and close…
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Looking forward to this….
We're really looking forward to our tourism levy panel discussion as part of the annual convention on the 31st October. Nick Brooks-Sykes will share Manchester's initiative bid and Maria Manion will talk through the Cambridge ABID proposal.
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Foreign school exchanges are a force for good - not only for the local (often seaside) economies but also for building long international relationships and future foreign investment. Surely the UK wants more of all of this? @RhonddaBryant @VisitBritainBiz @DCMS
Bad luck, Hastings, and other seaside resorts hoping to attract back French school groups. The new government looks set to double down on the Brexit ban on ID cards and make it impossible for school groups to travel here without passports from April 2025.
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RT @mcr_conf: Meet Manchester at #IMEX America 2024! ✈️ @marketing_mcr's Business Visits and Events experts will be attending from 8-10 Oc…
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Great to be at Working Class Movement Library for launch of new GM Culture Strategy with Mayor of Salford Paul Dennet @salford_mayor #CREATEGM
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RT @Sacha_Lord: Get in... Time Out have just named Manchester as one of the Best Cities in the World for Nightlife. The only UK city named…
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Delighted to attend first briefing by @lisanandy today (with quotes from Take That!) - held in Manchester’s fantastic @sim_manchester to hear about government ambitions @DCMS My takeout - “be more Manchester”.
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Delighted that @RhonddaBryant has the tourism brief in @DCMS - I look forward to briefing him in the importance of the £10billion visitor economy to Greater Manchester and the sector’s ambitions for £5billion growth.
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RT @Conference_News: The Business of Events has announced its partnership with Marketing Manchester and Manchester Central to host the firs…
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@DCMS @lisanandy And don’t forget tourism - generating £150billion every year in over 300,000 businesses spread across every part of the UK and employing 3.4million people.
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