New Sponsors for 2010

Tourism Tyne & Wear and NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI) are now working with and supporting Best Bar None with the goal of recognising Best Bar None accreditation as a quality standard to promote to visitors to the City.

Tourism is worth over £1.9billion a year to Tyne & Wear, with over £680million being generated in Newcastle alone. Of this, groups of visitors coming in to NewcastleGateshead to experience the legendary nightlife is one of the biggest markets with visitors staying overnight in hotels and guest houses, eating in restaurants, enjoying activities & attractions, shopping, drinking in bars, pubs and clubs and spending large amounts of money.

As the Area Tourism Partnership and destination marketing organisation, Tourism Tyne & Wear and NGI have a responsibility to promote the destination to all visitors and the businesses which serve this market. We are committed to promoting a quality offer to ensure visitors enjoy the best experiences possible and make repeat visits.

BBN accreditation offers assurances of a safe, sensible drinking environment and we are now working with Safe Newcastle and BBN partners to build customer service and quality of welcome into the accreditation so that BBN accreditation also means a venue offers a quality experience for its customers and the region’s visitors.

From 2010 onwards, Tourism Tyne & Wear and NGI have committed to promote Best Bar None accredited venues (where a scheme applies) in visitor information, profiling the scheme and what it means for visitors, and promoting all BBN accredited businesses on our web sites and in our printed literature where appropriate.