Outlet: Harper’s Bazaar
Reach: 21 million monthly visits
Headline: Why you shouldn’t forget cities as the ideal summer staycation
Date: 16/6/2021
Link: Why you shouldn't forget cities as the ideal summer staycation (harpersbazaar.com)
Mentions: Harper’s Bazaar got in touch with the Visit Bristol media team asking for suggestions for inclusion in their piece about summer staycations in UK cities. The resulting coverage included street art, glamping at The Wave, Thornbury Castle, Artist Residence and Vanguard exhibition at M Shed.
Outlet: The Telegraph
Reach: 59 million monthly visits
Headline: Best things to do in Bristol
Date: May 2021
Link: Best things to do in Bristol | Telegraph Travel
Mentions: Local freelance journalist Simon Horsford is in regular contact with the media team at Visit Bristol and receives all press releases. His recent article about the city includes SS Great Britain, Clifton Suspension Bridge, We the Curious and their new exhibition Project What If, M Shed, Bristol Old Vic, Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol Packet Boat trips, Clifton Observatory, Where the Wall, Upfest, Martin Parr Foundation and Aerospace Bristol.
Outlet: Travel Awaits
Reach: 7.45 million monthly visits
Headline: 9 Best Stops Along the Great West Way
Date: June 2021
Link: 9 Best Stops Along The Great West Way - TravelAwaits
Mentions: Local freelancer Ulrike Lemmin Woolfrey wrote this piece about Great West Way and included Bristol, street art, Harbourside and Brunel in her piece.
Outlet: UkInbound
Reach: 1k
Headline: Meet Bristol and Bath
Date: June 2021
Mentions: A press release was sent out from Visit West about the newly launched Meet Bristol and Bath guide, which was featured in UKInbound newsletter.
Outlet: Rosemary and Pork Belly
Reach: 61k monthly page views
Headline: Haunted Bristol and Mini Break in Bristol
Date: June 2021
Link: Haunted Bristol | Rosemary and Pork Belly
Link: Mini break in Bristol | Rosemary and Pork Belly
Mentions: Bloggers from Rosemary and Pork Belly came to Bristol and asked the media team for advice on a haunted Bristol themed visit. We responded with suggestions and the trip led to coverage which includes Bristol Old Vic, The Llandoger Trow, Clifton, Christmas Steps, The Rummer and SS Great Britain among others. Their second blog post was a general feature and includes Treasure Hunt, Harbourside, SS Great Britain, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Clifton Observatory, Olive Shed and Ahh Toots.
Outlet: Motor Home Holiday company
Reach: unknown
Headline: Best things to do on holiday in Bristol
Date: June 2021
Link: Best things to do on holiday in Bristol (motorhomeholidaycompany.com)
Mentions: Motor Home Holidays were in touch with Visit Bristol media team asking for images for their staycation blog, which resulted in the coverage above. The article which sits on tehri website and sent out via newsletter mentions SS Great Britain, The Wave, M Shed, Blaise Castle, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Cabot Tower, Arnos Vale Cemetery, street art and Upfest, Bristol ferry, Bristol Packet boat trip, St Nicholas market, Bailey Balloons, Elite Air Ballooning, Wapping Wharf, Lido, White Lion and The Grain Barge.
Other coverage
There was lots of media coverage on Colston statue display at M Shed, including BBC and London Evening Standard and Statue Wars TV documentary was aired on BBC and covered by The Guardian and RTE.
Also, Bristol was named most sustainable city by MyVegan. The Bristol Hotel was included in The Times staycation deals article. Bristol was featured in this list of top staycation destinations by Property Investor Today and Bristol Balloon Fiesta was included in this piece in Daily Mail about top places to see hot air balloons (written before announcement of fly pasts for this year)
Press releases
What’s New in summer in Bristol press release was sent out in June and included glamping at The Wave, Leonardo Hotel, Thornbury Castle, Artist Residence, Mollie’s Motel and Diner, Where the Wall, Breaking Bread, Outer Space by Spiegeltent, Yuup, Iconic Black Britons tour, Everything is Music, Toot Bus and Bristol Open Doors app. As a result, the team is helping pitch to a national newspaper via a freelancer.
Press trips and enquiries (where coverage is forthcoming)
Visit Bristol media team wrote an article for Somerset Life about summer in the city for an upcoming issue and we hosted two press trips in June, one for LA Times and one for Love Travelling blog (coverage to follow).
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