An update from our General Manager Sally Everton
1st March 2018
Sally Everton, Visit Devon General Manager has been driving promotion and encouraging visitors into Devon. Here are her activites from February :
- Source and secure partners for the US Corporate Buyers Showcase for later this month for Chicago and Washington DC organised by VisitEngland
- Meetings with Dartington Hall and Riviera International Conference Centre – collate collateral and targeted message for the showcases – Association, Corporate, Incentive and Team-build
- Build individual partner profiling and digital upload via the VB NY office for buyers event to be visible to meeting planners
- Attend SW Tourism Awards dinner – RICC
- Attend West Country Tourism conference – present VisitDevon update and plans moving forward
- Prepare profiles for ITB portals and upload.
- Speed Networking buyer events at ITB – confirm appointments
- Exeter Airport/VisitNorthDevon/England’s Seafood Coast – ITB Partners upload details onto portals
- Finalise appointment list for ExploreGB (72) agent appointments
- Continue the follow up for buyers, press and bloggers for Devon from Vakantiebeurs
- Finalise 3 day itinerary post ExploreGB for 16 Japanese buyers
- Itinerary setting for the Great British Weekend away (North Devon) for Sunday Times Journalist James Stewart
- Destination partnership program opportunities with Google – ongoing
- Meeting with Department of Industry and Trade – international trade funding opportunities, share with relevant partners
- Meeting with VisitDartmoor re moving forward for 2018
- Numerous meetings with various partners across Devon re working various markets –,
- Attend US Buyers Showcase in Chicago, Washington DC and NYC – 2 days in each. Development of the business Tourism sector. Input into spreadsheet, to follow up on my return.
- Travel to Newcastle – ExploreGB
- Meetings with both VisitSomerset and VisitCornwall re joint initiatives to grow and build international markets