Update from Sally Everton, Visit Devon Director
2nd November 2020
Visit Devon’s Director Sally Everton has been busy continuing to drive promotion of Devon as a county and keeping tourism industry up to date with everything that is happening nationally.
In recent months, Sally has been working on the following:
- Visit Britain DMO Update - x 2
- SWTA - ongoing on behalf of Visit Devon, discussions with DCMS & Visit England (fortnightly meetings now)
- Meeting with Tamar Valley for Tavistock - Sarah Bartlett
- Coordinate the October Visitor Survey with TSWRC - working with Ignyte on this
- Complete Connections brief from DP for the DEF Project and Visit Devon's involvement for next 6 months
- Cordinate press trips - Nora Wallaya, National Geographic Travel (N Devon 3 day itinerary)
- Organise Itinereary for Simon Parker - Daily Telegraph (Cycling Britain with a twist)
- Write Visit Devon parnership content for Connections DEF project (key partner)
- Meeting with DATA (Anne re coach groups for Exeter and Devon for Christmas in Devon)
- Meeting GWR re next 6 months and possible lockdown again after half term
- Spotlight x 2 one on TIER levels and effect for Devon; and one pre half term with possible restrictions
- Coordinate paper working with the Devon and SWTA partners forDevon MP's meeting on Oct 23rd
- Meeting with Jackie Kelly - Hilton with Tina Veater in Torquay re Plat membership
- Meeting with Fragrance Group - r membership for all 3 hotels (2021)
- Meeting - Angela Veale Bovey Castle and looking forward.
- Chase Cabinet office and Manning Gottleib re stats so can finalise ESS report
- Marketing Meeting - 20th October with marketing committee. Strategy and planned campaigns
- Content for Talking Tourism B2B magazine for Devon and Cornwall. Post lockdown and end of season
- Attend webinar HeartofSWLEP Covid 19 for Tourism Businesses
- Attend and chair Devon MP's meeting with our partners
- Meeting with Tina and Rob re DATA capture ideas and possible recipricol competitions with neighbouring DMO's, Blue Island and GWR
- Meeting with GWR re the above - and in essence agreement (Consumer data base is 300K)
- Contact with Exeter Airport and Blue Island. Arrange a full meeting with their marketing ream.
- Podcast - working with Carl Walsh in NY and with Cornwall
- Complete evalutation form for DEF team at VE Cornwall & Devon DEF project which we are still working digitally
- Write itinerary for Tamara Hinson on Devon's Secret Gardens that are open in Autumn and Winter for Metro
- Content for Seatrade - send to Kirsteen Scott for 3 day virtual trade show ** 22 new trade contacts to add to our data base
- Attend The Meeting Show on behalf of us all - 3 days with 26 appointments. Looking beyond Spring 2021. (Meet Devon but represents Devon as a whole)
- Attend Recovery task force groups x 2 for Exeter
- Attend working group - possible pot of funding from DC's (Linda Wilson DCC is locating and updating me this week)
- Meeting with Laura Campbell - Destination Dartmouth and Visit Devon membership via Visit South Devon and also funding towards Connections Project via us.
- Radio Devon, Radio 5 Live and Heart FM (also with Rick Turner for Radio Devon)
- TXGB update from Tina and Robin Tjolle. Now live to book via Visit Devon
- Working with Alex Rushton on Be the Business for our members - ongoing
- On behalf of Visit Devon, pay our respects to Ian Stuart (Stuart Line Cruises) at his funeral procession in Exmouth