Update from Sally Everton - Director
2nd June 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 May, Sally has been working on the following:
- Submit content and images - Food & Travel Magazine
- Meeting with Kerry Dawson - National Trust. She is conneting me with new contact for commercial partnerships.
- Meeting with Unique Devon Tours re Connections itineraries, adding to the Devon ReConnect website + image library
- HEROG meeting - on behalf of Devon & the GSW Tourism Group (LEP led) (fortnightly)
- SWTA meetings with regional DMOS/DCMS and continued work on the GSW Recovery plan (fortnightly)
- HotSWLEP working group meetings (fortnightly)
- Exeter Visitor Recovery Group meetings (fortnightly - now going monthly)
- Meeting with Ruth Powell and Visit Somerset - GWR re A 303 2 year roadwork schedules/marketing initiatives
- Zoom meeting with Sarah Stride & Jo Butler for Visit South Devon. Follow up on Commercial Partnership document.
- Prepare and submit GWR Partnership agreement 2021/2022
- DCC - and UberMedia proposal - advised against due to COST and also they are US based
- Connections update meeting - Kirsteen Scott & partner. Phase 2 marketing (June 2021)
- Prepare and submit library of Devon images for Visit Devon Image Library.
- Liason on Tourism/Hosptality webinars pre opening
- Feature in DayOutinEngland - https://dayoutinrngland.com/best-days-out-in-devon
- Share March Covid-impact Survey results for us from TSWRC. Media interest on losses across Devon due to Pandemic
- Attend series of VB/VE Webinars - Lates Brexit Consumer Sentiment; Escape the Everyday Summer Campaign and how we can be involved; Tourism Week; Latest Inbound & Research data Research.
- Numerous Press /trade press requests Tamara Hi
- Feed information and update into DCC Tourism Group safe Re-opening
- Look at CRF ideas with DCC for possibility of submitting a bid. Time limited
- Meeting with Rosie Hawkins at Future Skills Centre Exeter Airport.
- TMI Conference - attend some seminars.
- Coordinate between the counties the next phase for the DMO Review Roundtable for the South West region on behalf of DCMS.
- Coordinate Commercial Parnership participation for Visit Exeter - working together on this.
- Update with John Turner at Visit Somerset (KIT)
- Visit Devon Board Meeting at Tiverton Hotel
- Half term events and experiences across Devon for half term - submit content to Visit England PR Team (Claire Keenan)
- Tourism Employment Survey - working with the Tourism Alliance as a nationwide issue. Share with our members via our networks.
- Working with DCMS - finalising DMO roundtable attendees / venue / 14th June 2021
- Coordinate between the 8 SW counties key ASKS to bring to the table for DMO Review for the South West region
- Pre half term Spotlight live! Pre half term Radion Devon interview for news items. WMN News pre half term usual coverage
- Pre Half term R5 Live!
- Meet with Caroline Bramwell with Tina re Visit Ilfracombe. Share ideas on how they can work with Visit Devon
- Take forward the 111 public health England campaign as result of NHS England. Meet with Keri Ross, Tina and the design company to run campaign via our channels until October 2021
- Visit England/Visit Britain annual review meeting
- DCC Impact Survey - share latest results and start on next one. Working with Jamie Evans
- Attend UKInbound meet re joining and forecasting with stats and updates on opening up of international travel
- Various initiatives around the county for developing further visitor experiences
- Content for Tourism Voice - June edition