Visit Bristol Press Update - January 2022

Outlet: Independent
Reach: 88 million monthly visits
Headline: Best hotels to stay in Bristol for location and value
Date: 4 January
Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/hotels/bristol-hotels-budget-value-luxury-b1979590.html

Visit West media team are in contact with freelancer and editor of local magazine Circus Journal, who has written this feature about the best places to stay in Bristol for The Independent. The feature includes Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin, Berwick Lodge, Number 38 Clifton, Hotel du Vin, The Camp at The Wave, Brooks Guesthouse, Harbour Hotel and Artist Residence. The article also name-checks Banksy, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Wapping Wharf, Casamia and Clifton Observatory.   

Outlet: Lonely Planet
Reach: 3.8 million monthly visits
Headline: The 15 Best things to do in Bristol
Date: 23/1/2022
Link: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/top-things-to-do-in-bristol

After a press trip organised by Visit West in December, James March write a feature on Bristol which features Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain, Stokes Croft, The Canteen, Artist Residence, Leigh Woods, Where the Wall, Banksy, The Coronation Tap, The Apple, Spike Island, The Orchard Inn, The Lido, M Shed, Caribbean Croft, The Coconut Tree, St Nicholas Market, Wapping Wharf, The Wave, We the Curious, Pedal Progression, Aerospace Bristol, Bailey Balloons and Elite Air.

Outlet: The Guardian
Reach: 316 million monthly visits
Headline: The UK’s 10 hottest hotel openings of 2022
Date: 9/1/2022
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jan/09/the-uk-10-hottest-hotel-openings-of-2022

Visit West media team has been promoting the opening of Artist Residence to national press and included it in our What’s new/what’s on 2022 press release. As a result, it has been featured in The Guardian’s round up of top new hotels this year.

Outlet: Condé Nast Traveller
Reach: 2.3 million monthly visits
Headline: The Traveller Edit
Date: 28/2/2022
Link: The Traveller edit: What the editors are loving right now | CN Traveller

Similar to the above, Artist Residence has been featured in many of Visit West’s press releases to national press (What’s new/what’s on 2022 press release) and it was featured in Condé Nast Traveller’s Traveller Edit after they planned a press trip with Artist Residence (review can be read here).

Outlet: The Telegraph
Reach: 49.3 million monthly visits
Headline: 13 amazing days out in Britain to beat the winter blues
Date: 27/1/2022
Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/ultimate-days-britain-beat-january-blues/

In response to the What’s on in 2022 press release, The Telegraph got in touch and asked for more information and images for Slapstick festival, which was then included in this feature about days out to beat winter blues.

Outlet: VisitEngland
Reach: 179k monthly visits
Headline: New events, attractions and an extra bank holiday in 2022
Date: January 2022
Link: New events, attractions and an extra bank holiday in 2022 | VisitEngland

Another result from the what’s on/what’s new press release is VisitEngland picking up and featuring Clayton Hotel, BoxHall and Unboxed (SEE MONSTER) in their round-up of new events and attractions in 2022.

Outlet: Bristol 24/7
Reach: 288k monthly visits
Headline: Bristol’s Cultural highlights of 2022
Date: 3/1/2022
Link: https://www.bristol247.com/culture/entertainment/bristols-cultural-highlights-of-2022/

The Visit West what’s new/what’s on press release included Slapstick, Upfest, Love Saves the Day, Bristol Harbour Festival Bristol International Balloon Fiesta and Spike Island which were all included in the Bristol 24/7 feature of cultural highlights coming this year.

Outlet: Bristol Post
Reach: 3.5 million monthly visits
Headline: New bars and restaurants opening in Bristol in 2022
Date: 1/1/2022
Link: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/new-bars-restaurants-opening-bristol-6332955

The Visit West what’s new/what’s on press release included BoxHall which was also featured in Bristol Post’s article on new bars and eateries opening this year.

Outlet: Bristol 24/7
Reach: 288k monthly visits
Headline: 11 food and drink new openings to look forward to in Bristol in 2022
Date: 23/12/2022
Link: https://www.bristol247.com/food-and-drink/features-food-and-drink/11-food-drink-new-openings-to-look-forward-to-in-bristol-in-2022/

Similar to the above, the Visit West what’s new/what’s on press release included BoxHall and the Artist Residence restaurant which were both featured in Bristol 24/7’s round up of new bars and restaurant openings this year.

Outlet: The Bristol Magazine
Reach: 15k circulation
Headline: Bristol on screen
Date: January 2022
Link: https://thebristolmag.co.uk/

Visit West media team has been in touch with freelancer Simon Horsford over the years and recently helped connect him to Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios for a four-page feature on Bristol on screen in January’s issue of The Bristol Magazine.

Outlet: Kongres
Reach: unknown
Headline: 5 Leading UK destinations that are shaping the future of events
Date: 5/1/2022
Link: https://kongres-magazine.eu/2022/01/5-leading-uk-destinations-that-are-shaping-the-future-of-events/

Industry website Kongres has published a feature on sustainable destinations for business events and featured Bristol alongside We the Curious, Soil Association, Triodos Bank, Sustrans and OVO Energy.

Outlet: UkInbound
Reach: 1k
Headline: New openings and events in Bristol for 2022.
Date: 24/1/2022
Link: New openings and events in Bristol for 2022 - UKinbound

Influential industry website UKInbound picked up on our What’s new/What’s on 2022 press release and made it into a feature which includes BoxHall, SEE MONSTER, The World Reimagined, Artist Residence, Clayton Hotel, Moxy Hotel, Slapstick Festival, Bristol Light Festival, Upfest, Love Saves the Day, Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol Harbour Festival, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, M Shed and Spike Island.

Outlet: Marco Polo TV (YouTube)
Reach: 2k subscribers
Headline: England’s South West in 5 stages
Date: 23/12/2021
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYo7_q_jJ8g

Marco Polo YouTube channel got in touch with Visit West media team for images and help sourcing footage for the video above. Resulting coverage features Bristol Cathedral, Bristol University, Temple Meads Station, Christmas Steps, St Peter’s Church, Temple Church, Castle Park, Harbourside, Brunel and SS Great Britain, Pero’s Bridge, Millennium Square, Banksy, Upfest, Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Clifton Observatory and Suspension Bridge, Cabot Tower, Bristol Aquarium, Bristol Zoo Gardens and The Wave.

Other coverage

Bristol and various Bristol events/businesses were also featured in several other media articles this month, including:

Things to Do in Bristol by Day and Night - Travel Begins at 40

First newsflash of the year | Muddy Stilettos Dorset & Somerset

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-60054615

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jan/17/all-systems-glow-10-uk-best-winter-light-festivals

Press trips and enquiries (where coverage is forthcoming)

Visit West co-ordinated a press trip for Holly Tuppen (freelance journalist and write), who was commissioned to write a sustainable family travel chapter in the forthcoming Bradt Slow Guide (to be printed this summer).