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June 2018 Media Highlights Consumer News and Features June 2018 media highlights Consumer news and features International Outlet: Ruben y El Mundo Reach: 28k subscribers / followers Headline: Bristol City Tour Date: 03/06/2018 Spanish vlogger/blogger Ruben Alonso visited Bristol in May to make one of his world-travel youtube videos. His six-minute film covered the city’s street art tour with Where the Wall, Go Aloft! On Bru- nel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol Ferry Boats and Bristol Cathedral. In a linked blog, Ruben devoted space to Pieminister, Salt & Malt at Cargo and the ‘rockets on the roof’ at Brooks Guesthouse who hosted his stay. Outlet: Roscommon Herald Reach: circa 7000 Headline: Bowled over by Bristol! Date: 12/06/2018 In collaboration with Ireland West Airport, Destination Bristol hosted a small group of Ireland’s re- gional press. Darragh Kelly’s double page spread in the Roscommon Herald, covered his Ryan Air flight into Bristol, Brooks Guesthouse, harbourside, Cargo, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Clifton Suspen- sion Bridge, Bristol Cathedral and dinners at the Pi Shop and River Cottage Kitchen. Outlet: Sligo Weekender Reach: 8761 Headline: Bowled over by Bristol! Date: 14/06/2018 Also part of the collaboration with Ireland West Airport, Robert Cullen introduces the city’s history before covering Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Clifton Suspension Bridge, M Shed, Bristol Insight, Cargo, The Cider Shop, Pi Shop, River Cottage Kitchen, The Ivy Clifton Brasserie and The Lido. Outlet: Sobremesa Headline: A walk through Bristol, city of the organic gastro movement Date: 22/06/2018 This self-described ‘Spanish magazine of wine and gastronomy’ highlights many places in Bristol to stay, eat, drink and do at your leisure including Clifton Suspension Bridge, VegFest, Arnolfini, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Being Brunel, Casamia, Mercure Bristol Brigstow Hotel, Bristol Marriott Hotel Royal, The Lido and Pinkmans. Outlet: Gooi- en Eemlander Headline: Bruisend Brits duo Date: 23/06/2018 Following a visit co-hosted by Visit Britain in the Netherlands, Dutch reporter John May wrote a Bristol article that highlights GWR, Clifton Suspension Bridge, harbourside, Brunel’s SS Great Britain and M Shed on his trip to Bristol and Bath. Outlet: Maria’s Salt & Sott Reach: 14.2 k followers on Instagram Headline: Matlykke I England Date: 23/06/2018 Norwegian influencer and food writer, Maria took part in a small media trip co-hosted by Visit Brit- ain to represent three Nordic countries. Her visit to Bristol is one of her first ventures into travel writing and took the form of a blog that focused on Bristol’s food and drink, from Pieminister pies to Bristol Cider Shop and a Food Connections event at the Old Market Assembly. Outlet: Galway Advertiser Reach: 25,000 users a month Headline: Discover Bristol — less than an hour away from the west of Ireland Date: 28/06/2018 The final piece of coverage in collaboration with Ireland West Airport. Declan Varley’s piece covered his Ryan Air flight into Bristol, Brooks Guesthouse, harbourside, Cargo, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Clif- ton Suspension Bridge, coffee at The Ivy Clifton Brasserie, food at Pi Shop, River Cottage Kitchen, Pieminister and Clifton Lido with cocktails at Hyde & Co. and the Florist. National Outlet: The Guardian Reach: 155 million unique browsers worldwide Headline: Street art and record stores: the perfect 48 hours in Bristol Date: 13/06/2018 This piece in The Guardian looks at how to spend two days in Bristol. Covered are Cargo, Bristol Cider Shop, the Arnolfini and the Bristol Music exhibition at M Shed. Outlet: Readers Digest Reach: 32 million Headline: 9 Reasons to visit Bristol this summer Date: 22/06/2018 Promoting the ‘summer staycation’ Tamara Hinson lists the top reasons to visit Bristol including St Paul’s Carnival, Bristol Harbour Festival, St George’s Bristol, Being Brunel, UNESCO City of Film, Gromit Unleashed, Aerospace Bristol, The Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin and Where The Wall street art lessons. Outlet: Manchester Confidentials Reach: 125,000 + email subscribers; 320,000 unique users per month; 500,000 + page reads per month; 200,000 + social media followers Headline: The Cream of Bristol? Go with the flow. Date: 25/06/2018 ‘Enter St Mary Redcliffe via its wondrous medieval North Porch and the riot of detail ahead of you is almost hallucinogenic’. So says writer Neil Sowerby whose article is full of praise for the city. The piece features Averys, Cargo, Harbourside, St Nicholas Market, Hotel du Vin, Bristol Ferry Boats, Brunel’s SS Great Britain, M Shed, Bristol Aquarium, The Georgian House Museum, Bristol Cathedral, No.1 Harbourside, King Street Brewhouse, Pieminster, Source Food Hall and Café, Paco Tapas and Bristol Insights. Trade Outlet: MICE and TOURISM Around the World e-magazine Reach: 23,500 readers Headline: Meet Bristol - new membership for event suppliers Date: 01/06/2018 Page 24 of this e-magazine features a section based on our press release issued at the end of May. Press trips and enquiries (where coverage is forthcoming) Outlet: Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post: Journalist Simon Jenkins spent time in Bristol and Bath with a loose beer theme. He visited Brunel’s SS Great Britain and Clifton Suspension Bridge. Kita van Slooten from Netherlands media outline (online and broadcast) RTL News, made a combined visit to Bristol and Bath, covering highlights of both cities. Press releases June 2018 issues included Festival fever in Bristol this summer, Bristech on-track for another sell out conference and Cracking trail, Gromit! Ahead of the return of the hotly anticipated sculpture trail. Networking Destination Bristol’s first Groups Forum in three years took place at Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Great Eastern Hall on Thursday 7 June. All who attended participated in a task to build a themed itinerary for visitors, either a day, two days or three days long. The coming together of hospitality and attractions meant all basis were covered and some very fun theoretical weekends away were planned! .
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