March 2018 media highlights

Consumer news and features

International

Outlet: EasyJet Traveller Reach: 7.2 million Headline: UK Business Hotspots Date: March 2018 Described as ‘Best for: creative and digital’. This small coverage talks about the city as a ‘creative hub’ with mentions of Wallace and Gromit and Blue Planet being two things to have come out of the city.

Outlet: EasyJet Traveller Reach: 7.2 million Headline: A land without limits Date: March 2018 and Bath were said to look set to become the UK’s newest ‘it’ destination. High praise on the area for reinventing itself as a hub of culture and creativity focus on tech and engineering.

Outlet: Europa Reach: 8,000 Headline: Bristol - European Capital of Street Art Date: March 2018 This Spanish inflight magazine worked with Destination Bristol on this piece. As well as a large pic- ture of Hamilton House’s ‘Breakdance Jesus’ on the main contents page, there is a further 7 page spread with pictures and information. Features: , SS Great Britain, Bristol Museum & Art Gal- lery, Church, Floating Harbour, Upfest.

National

Outlet: The Guardian Reach: 155 million browsers online Headline: and beyond: a walk around historic Bristol Date: 22.03.2018 To tie in with the launch of SS Great Britain’s Being , Guardian Travel ran this article giving a walking tour of the centre of the city with a brief step into our historical past. Featured are: Temple Meads, Watershed, , SS Great Britain, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Colston Hall.

Outlet: The Telegraph Reach: 98,588,714 MUV Headline: The new Bristol museum charting the life of the ‘second greatest Briton’. Date: 23..03.2018 Feature on Being Brunel opening and some of the great things you’ll find at the museum and where else in Bristol you can see his work.

Outlet: Escape Reach: 75,000 Headline: Next stop Date: March 2018 Both ‘The Band’ touring to and are mentioned on this double page spread in the onboard GWR magazine. Importantly it mentions the option to get the Bristol Ferry Boat from Temple Meads. The same issue ran a piece on ‘Family days out no matter the weather’: Blaise Castle House Museum is highlighted in this piece as a chance to ‘step back in time and discover how people in the 18th century lived’.

Bloggers and Influencers

Outlet: Pip and the City Reach: 38563 Twitter Headline: Review of the Bristol Date: 19.03.2018 Part of the Influencer Weekend coverage, Pip and the City did a review of The Bristol hotel commenting on its upmarket style, central location and dining experience.

Outlet: Mummy Travels Reach: 5165 Twitter Headline: A Curious Weekend in Bristol – Being Brunel Exhibition with Kids Date: 26.03.2018 Part of the Influencer Weekend coverage, the Mummy Travels blog included a visit to Being Brunel and the ss Great Britain, followed by a street art tour with Where the Wall, before a review of the Brooks Guesthouse Rockets on the Roof. , M Shed, Bristol Ferry Boats, Swoon Gelato, Pi Shop and Bristol Aquarium are all also mentioned.

Outlet: Kaja Marie Reach: 964 Facebook Headline: Colours of Bristol, Style Concierge at Harvey Nichols, Matching the walls and The Florist Date: 26.03.2018 – 30.03.2018 A guest at Destination Bristol’s Influencer Weekend in March, Kaja put out 4 separate blog posts. In these she talks about going on the ‘colour walk’ around Clifton’s colourful houses, her ‘fun experience’ at her appointment with the stylist at Harvey Nichols, how her clothes matched the colourful houses and how she must return to the Florist.

Outlet: The Travelling Calavera Reach: 1771 Twitter Headline: Being Brunel: Inside Bristol’s Newest Museum Date: 28.03.2018 Part of the Influencer Weekend coverage, The Travelling Calavera latest blog talks about her trip to the Being Brunel museum. She takes us through the museum in a chatty manner but with great detail and lots of accompanying photos. Also mentioned are M Shed, Spike Island and Wapping Wharf.

Press trips and enquiries (where coverage is forthcoming)

Emma Vidgen, the editor of Australia’s lifestyle magazine Real Living, spent four nights in Bristol researching a piece.

Networking and news