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Visit London saved as Boris Johnson combines promotion groups

21.12.10
Trio of London agencies have been saved from the axe after Boris Johnson announced they would be merged into a single body... more

London’s treasures are honoured after Standard readers vote

10.12.10
Standard readers have voted the Natural History Museum as their favourite tourist venue in the capital... more

Alesha Dixon and Twiggy honoured at show-stopping Visit London Awards

09.12.10
Alesha Dixon won the Sound Of London prize while model Twiggy was honoured for her contribution to fashion at the BT Visit London Awards... more

Ex-Army chief backs plan for Ark Royal on Thames

06.12.10
The former head of the Army backs plans to turn the Ark Royal into a museum and visitor attraction... more

Help us avoid unthinkable funding cuts, City tells Vince Cable

18.11.10
Leading City figures and senior academics urge Business Secretary Vince Cable to save London’s key economic development bodies... more

City Hall shock as Treasury pulls plug on £480m development fund

22.10.10
Dozens of organisations and projects central to the capital’s future are under threat after the London Development Agency’s £480 million budget was axed... more

Animals appeal for votes in Visit London Awards

21.10.10
The animals at the ZSL London Zoo have appealed directly to Londoners after being shortlisted for the Best Family Fun category at the BT Visit London People's Choice Awards... more

Vote for tourism favourites in Visit London Awards

13.10.10
Standard readers nominate The London Dungeon and the Science Museum in the 'best for family fun' category in the BT Visit London People’s Choice Awards... more

Leave a tip for visitors in the 2010 Visit London Awards

08.10.10
Elephant Parade and Anthony Gormley’s forth plinth project in Trafalgar Square have been nominated by Evening Standard readers as two of their favourite attractions for the BT Visit London Awards 2010... more

Name your best spot of fun in Visit London Awards

27.09.10
Evening Standard readers are asked to nominate their favourite London experiences for an award ... more

London wins hands down

22.09.10
Students from Circus Space stopped the traffic as they crossed Oxford Circus on their hands in a performance to mark the BT Visit London People's Choice Awards... more

Fourth Plinth makes shortilist for Visit London Awards

06.09.10
London Eye and Antony Gormley’s fourth plinth project in Trafalgar Square nare among the shortlisted entries for the BT Visit London Awards 2010... more

Battle commences to find London's best tourist attractions

13.07.10
Organisers of London’s leading tourism awards open nominations for the best attractions... more

Boris Johnson's plea saves Visit London tourist drive from grant axe

09.07.10
London's tourism agency has been spared after Boris Johnson made a dramatic last-minute plea to Chancellor George Osborne... more

City Spy: England lose and the bookies win

29.06.10
The bookies would have loved England to stay in longer to encourage more deluded fans to gamble even more money on the most unlikely of victories... more

Tourism chief: 14 million say London is the top destination

05.05.10
Tourism chiefs today hit back at claims that London is ill-equipped to get maximum benefit from hosting the Olympics... more

World’s smallest 'pop-up' hotel to appear at London attractions

25.02.10
World’s smallest 'pop-up' hotel is to appear at five of the capital’s tourist attractions in a 'travel trailer'... more

2012 Olympics visitors make £40m for London

11.01.10
London has made almost £40million from an increase in sports and business events in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics, say tourism chiefs... more

Spandau's Tony Hadley wins Gold in his home city

06.11.09
Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley has been honoured for his contribution to music in a celebration of what makes London great to visit.... more

Celebrate haunted London this Halloween

30.10.09
Tourism chiefs have produced a Tube map for Halloween highlighting spooky places to visit in London... more

Penguins try to p-p-pick up votes for London Zoo

28.09.09
Penguins and ants at London Zoo are helping the attraction win top tourist awards... more

Voting starts to find what you like best about our London

18.09.09
Voting has opened for Londoners to decide the best of what their city has to offer after a record number of people nominated attractions... more

Time to vote for your own London hero

02.09.09
Londoners are being asked to nominate their city heroes for an award in which voters can also put forward their favourite capital activity for Visit London People's Choice Awards ... more

Disabled Olympics fans face shortage of London hotel rooms

24.08.09
Boris Johnson is under pressure as London was faces a shortage of hotel rooms to accommodate disabled spectators at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics... more

Museums and zoo take pole position for tourist awards

19.08.09
London Zoo, the National Maritime Museum and the Natural History Museum lead the way in the capital's top tourism awards... more

European tourists still love London

23.07.09
American tourists are becoming a rare sight on our streets because of the weak dollar but Europeans are still heading to England's capital in their droves... more

How the capital’s first Restaurant Festival will be a foodie’s delight

13.07.09
Meals by candlelight on the London Eye, a “gourmet odyssey” on a Routemaster bus and a Sunday roast for 500 people — welcome to London’s “foodie” answer to the Edinburgh Festival... more

Little Ben chimes in with voice to rival big brother

10.07.09
Big Ben faces competition from its little brother for the first time ... more

Play croquet on The Mall and learn street secrets

11.06.09
The Mall is to be turned into a grass court for a 17th-century version of croquet-cum-lacrosse... more

Brew with a view at Westminster Abbey

20.05.09
The Dean of Westminster Abbey takes high tea on the abbey roof, as Londoners were given the chance to enjoy a brew on top of some of the city’s most famous buildings, as part of a tourism drive... more


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