A few days of glorious sunshine, picnics, rockpooling, the festival season and strawberries and delicious golden guernsey cream  have put us in the mood for a celebration! To spread our joy and anticipating the lazy days ahead spent on our pristine beaches, we’ve teamed up with our friends over at Premier Holidays to offer one [...]

This summer thousands of people will descend on the fields around The Bowl in St Peter Port for the Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts, and with performances from some of the biggest music stars in the UK and beyond, the festival is sure to put Guernsey on the music map! Finding the perfect venue persuaded [...]

Cameras at the ready?  Whether you’re a skilled photographer, enthusiastic amateur or simply like taking family snaps on holiday, June is the month to be a photography fan on Guernsey. The Guernsey Photography Festival makes a very welcome return to the Channel Islands this June after a hugely successful debut last year.  The photo-filled festival [...]

Visit Guernsey has joined together with knitting shop and community group I Knit London to launch the 2011 #iKnit_Guernsey competition. The winner will receive an idyllic break for two to Guernsey courtesy of FlyGuernsey, with £50 iKnit London vouchers available for four runners up. The winning design will also be published in a leading UK [...]

In the early days of tourism to Guernsey, islanders used to be able to take ‘Ambassador Packs’ with them when they travelled off-island. The packs were basically Guernsey brochures that they could give to friends and people they met, telling them about Guernsey. Last year  (2010) VisitGuerney revived the tradition by launching Love Guernsey credit [...]

Online Exhibition: retro travel posters We recently discovered an amazing archive of vintage VisitGuernsey travel posters in a dusty corner of a cupboard here at VisitGuernsey HQ. We decided it was only fair to share our haul with fans of Guernsey and with all those retro-enthusiasts out there. We have loved flicking through the pages [...]

YouGov / VisitGuernsey consumer survey  -  key findings The ‘traditional’ in day-to-day life 86% of those surveyed would welcome a return to ‘traditional values and ways of life’ such as good manners, politeness, fairness, independent local shops and pubs. 57% (and 67% of women!) said they have noticed a trend towards more traditional products and [...]

The award-winning Guernsey Clematis has been a perennial favourite at the Chelsea Flower Show. Local legendary clematis expert, Raymond Evison, first found his love for the climbing vine at Chelsea when, at the age of 16, Percy Picton from the Old Court Nursery near Malvern, Worcestershire shared his tales of working with Clematis. Fifty years [...]

Around 70 historic images from the Guernsey Occupation and Liberation, will be on display from May 3-29, 2010 at Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square, Guernsey. The exhibit of rolling images, taken from the Guernsey Museum’s archive, will be displayed on a large screen inside the church, and  is one of many  the Guernsey Liberation Day celebrations [...]

Love it or hate it, British yeast extract spread brand Marmite, has launched a spoof election campaign featuring opposing ‘Love’ and ‘Hate’ parties. If the Hate Party has its way, the States of Guernsey is to become “Marmiteland”, a designated Marmite eating zone! Speaking to The Guernsey Press, a Marmite spokesperson is quoted as saying: [...]