Update from Sally Everton - Director
1st September 2019
Visit Devon’s Director, Sally Everton, has been busy driving promotion internationally and encouraging visitors to come to Devon.
In August Sally has been working on the following:
DOMESTIC MARKET
Numerous meetings throughout the month with existing members and potential new members about the VisitDevon benefits and being involved
Prospecting - Countryfile LIVE for exhibiting for 2020 - our market and VisitCornwall exhibiting.
Series of Radio Devon interviews for 'What to do in Devon during August' with Rick Edwards
Numerous blogger and journalist requests - Guardian re Staycation Spots in England;Midland's Mummy - Devon with pre school Children, Youth Travel; Daily Mail, Away with the Kids
Meetings with Exeter and Airport re events and trade shows
Keeping in touch meeting - GWR
Biz Tourism - sharing MIA and Global Connect events to our MICE partners
ATP meetings and joint initiatives - VisitSouth Devon, Plymouth and North Devon
Meeting with CVENT for membership for VisitDevon as a DMO for RFP catchment
Voyage Travel Marketing - meeting to see if mileage for possible working
Spotlight interview - re Ann Cleeves, crime writer, and new novels based in North Devon and what could they do for our tourism if were TV serialised…
Press and blogger pieces
Prepare content for 4 page piece for Devon for Tourism Voice and submit
Guardian - Devon 2nd best location for Staycation as voted for byTourist Trail
Coast Magazine - covering both North and South Devon coast lines
INTERNATIONAL
Journalist requests - US American Way; Travel Squire (featuring Devon and Cornwall Itineraries for Travel Destination of the Month
CVENT membership - RFPs especially for the US meeting planners
Meeting with Connie Lucke - One World De - re expanding selection of accommodation providers and itineraries
VisitEngland - Ambassador itinerary to Devon 3 days for September
VisitEngland meetings in London - re many things!
Rosenbluth Vacations - US travel agent with client request for itineraries 10 day road trip
Partnership and representation packages distributed to members for key trade shows and sales missions
DEF PROJECT
Continue to work with VisitCornwall and the tour operators /agents and DMC's to get our product onto their selling platforms for late 2019 and 2020