Update from Sally Everton - Director
5th January 2021
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 December, Sally has been working on the following:
- Working with TSWRC re Covid Impact Survey for Devon for January
- Working with TSWRC re Visitor Intention Survey for Devon - analysing results for October to feed into recovery plan
- Breakfast show interview with Radio Devon - challenges for tourism across all sectors in Devon
- Discussions with ATP's and working with us on partnership agreements
- Presentation to DATA members on Visit Devon activity for 2020as part of their AGM
- Presentatation and Discussion on the impact on the Visit Economy with the Devon MP's as part of the DCC Devon Covid-19 teleconference - with AH SWTA
- Follow up on that - ongoing
- Meeting with Jon Vernon - North Devon Plus re working together to grow Visit North Devon
- Visit Devon Board Meeting
- Attend IBTM Virtual for 3 days as part of Meet Devon but for Devon for Business Tourism recovery going forward 2021 and beyond (26 appointments and contacts with enquiries - proposals submitted)
- Continued day to day discusssions with our many members on government guidelines and what is law. Contact with DCMS on an ongoing basis!
- Attend Exeter Visitor Recovery Group meetings x 2 (fortnightly)
- SWTA fortnightly meetings with regional DMOS/DCMS and continued work on the GSW Recovery plan
- Various Visit Devon meetings re marketing campaign planning for 2021
- Attend Connections meeting with the partners - re submission of content/itineraries needed and the project overview (ongoing for next 6 months)
- Spotlight interviews throughout the month re the ongoing challenges affecting the hospitality sector in particular
- Meeting with Jon Vernon - North Devon Plus re working together to grow Visit North Devon
- Attend various webinars Public Policy Webinar - Tourism in the UK - Building for the Future; Visit Britain - Marketing Recovery and others; ETOA
- Journalist requests - submission of images and content - Family Friendly Holidays; The Telegraph and others
- Ongoing Connections meetings
- Pull together promtional film footage for Devon for Connections Project