West Country Tourism Conference
1st February 2019
West Country Tourism Conference
The 2019 West Country Tourism Conference is now live for booking, with a welcome return for travel guru Simon Calder, following great feedback in previous years, along with Thomas Chartres-Moore from Stephens Scown, marketing maestros Helen and Pete from Clockwork Marketing, Ross Calladine from VisitEngland, several recent Award winners plus speakers from Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
Speakers and topics to date, many of them invited following delegate suggestions from the 2018 event, include:
WED 6 FEB ‘EXCELLENCE & THE FUTURE’
- The Future of Travel - Simon Calder, travel writer and commentator
- Food – quality and local - John Sheaves, Taste of the West
- New Edens in the Westcountry and beyond - Gordon Seabright, CEO, Eden Project
- Home grown apples and employees - Mark Godfrey, The Deer Park
- Hotel Confidence - results from the NFU Hotel Confidence report - Darren Seward, NFU Mutual
- Find out why welcoming walkers makes sound business sense and how to do it - Nell Barrington - Barrington Associates
- Taking care of your most valuable asset (clue: it’s not data!) – and why it matters - Ellie Hibberd, Stephens Scown solicitors
- News from Dorset - Richard Smith, CEO of The Tank Museum and Chairman of Dorset Tourism Association
- Managing tourism in challenging times – the case of Hinkley Point C - Julie Wooler, Somerset County Council
- Sustainable Tourism Development around the world - Simon Nicholls, Devon Power
- Tourism Awards - our story - Kathy Murdoch, Westward Living, Devon
- Work experience and the route to employment - Gemma Edmonds, Springboard UK and Charlotte Paul, Plymouth University
THURS 7 FEB ‘MARKETING, DIGITAL & PR'
- Food – quality and local - John Sheaves, Taste of the West
- The 5 Biggest Hospitality Marketing Mistakes... and how to avoid them - Helen Laing and Pete Stevens, Clockwork Marketing
- 10 Top Tips to crack Accessible Marketing - Ross Calladine, VisitEngland
- How to build your database in a post GDPR world - Thomas Chartres-Moore, Stephens Scown solicitors
- Tourism Awards – our story – Stephen Chidgey, Old Barn Tregenotha, Cornwall
- A Picture Paints A Thousand Words - Using eye catching Imagery to tell your story - Gareth Allen, Soundview
- Navigating the digital highway - Josh McCarty, former Head of Marketing at National Marine Aquarium and a Director of VisitDevon
- Is your website firing on all cylinders? - Helen Laing and Pete Stevens, Clockwork Marketing
- Be heard, get noticed – making PR work for you - Sue Bradbury, SBPR
- VisitDevon update - Sally Everton, VisitDevon
Ticket costs are unchanged from last year at £30 per day to members of recognised tourism bodies, £40 to non-members, including a sandwich lunch. To book and for further information please visit www.westcountrytourismconference.org.uk
The Conference is again sponsored by Clockwork Marketing and Stephens Scown and is hosted as part of the Source Trade Show at Westpoint in East Devon.