Bed & Breakfast News Issue #46 Spring 2018 | Page 17

Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth tweeted
about B&B Day to his 27,000 followers:
“When I’m on tour I love a B&B. (Better
breakfasts & fewer cushions to heave off
the bed.) I see this Saturday is #BandBday
and I’m trying to work out where I’m going
to stay. Now consulting @BandBassoc and
bandbday.com.”
“I like either a very grand Grand Hotel or a
really cosy B & B with a proper breakfast that
isn’t a buffet that’s been under the hot lights
too long. Well done @BandBassoc creating
#BandBday - check out: bandbday.com”
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London taxis become “B&Bs”
to promote B&B Day
The leading B&B technology supplier eviivo
sponsored a number of London black cabs
to become “B&Bs” to promote B&B day.
#BandBday on social media:
Your tweets and those by TripAdvisor, AA
Hospitality, VisitBritain and many many others
helped ensure that the hashtag #BandBday
reached No. 8 in the UK in “trending”
hashtags on Twitter on B&B Day itself...
Typical of the many comments from B&B
owners was one from Number One St
Luke’s, Blackpool: B&B Day was “fab for
us – all our guests enjoyed a free bottle of
Prosecco to celebrate here. A HUGE THANK
YOU to all involved in creating, promoting
and supporting this amazing event.
Let’s do it all again next year!”
Gordon Marsden, MP for Blackpool South
(above left, on the right) meets Kath and
Rick, owners of the Old Coach House B&B
on South Shore, Blackpool.
Blackpool is the B&B capital of Britain, with
862 B&Bs - 64 per square mile.
Martin Vickers (right), MP for Cleethorpes,
meeting Becky from Croxton House B&B in
Croxton, North Lincolnshire
Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney &
Shetland (above right), visits Graemeshall
House B&B on Orkney on B&B Day and
meets owner John Houghton (left)