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Tourism Industry Update
British Tourism & Travel Show (BTTS): 22-23 March 2023 - NEC, Birmingham; Visit Wales announces Llwybrau / Wales by Trails. Which trail will you choose in 2023?; Update Visit Wales with new developments - highlight your product to the Travel Trade community and beyond; REMINDER - Britain and Ireland Marketplace: 27 January 2023 - InterContinental London, the O2: Registration closes today!; Prospects for inbound tourism to Wales; Guardians of Grub webinar; Hot tub safety webinars and toolkit for accommodation providers; A world-renowned circus and international crime fiction festival heading to Wales in 2023; The future of Welsh-speaking communities: call for evidence.
British Tourism & Travel Show (BTTS): 22-23 March 2023 - NEC, Birmingham
The British Tourism & Travel Show (BTTS) provides a great opportunity to promote your tourism business at the leading domestic business to business (B2B) event for the Travel Trade market. Taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, this event is expected to attract 3,000 travel trade buyers.
Visit Wales has secured space for up to 20 pods and has negotiated a reduced rate with the organisers keeping the rate for partners the same as 2019 as follows:
- £1,500.00 + VAT, total cost for partner pod
- £750.00 + VAT (each), option for up to 2 partners only to share and split costs
Find out more information on Travel Trade Events | Business Wales (gov.wales). If you are interested in attending, please email Lloyd Jones or call on 01733 889684.
Visit Wales announces Llwybrau / Wales by Trails. Which trail will you choose in 2023?
Visit Wales is inviting visitors and the people of Wales to be a trail taker and curate their own epic trails in Wales during 2023.
Wales, by Trails picks up from the success of Visit Wales’ five themed years to date - adventure, legends, sea, discovery, outdoors. The themed years support the strategic aim of spread, spend and seasonality by presenting Wales as a welcoming, inclusive destination open all year round.
Trails as a theme is experience-led and simple enough to cater for a wide range of interest within the UK and internationally. It’s also flexible enough for partners, destinations, and tourism businesses large or small to get on board and support.
In a post-pandemic world, research shows people are seeking curated experiences that reconnect them, be that to heritage, culture, nature, community.
The Llwybrau campaign went live from 9 January on TV across the UK and in-Wales, supported by an integrated digital campaign on all major platforms as well as Out of Home advertising at key London underground stations and the iconic Waterloo Motion screen. There is new and refreshed content online on Visit Wales and a new film: Experience Wales by Trails.
The 'Llwybrau. Wales, by Trails' industry guide is available, along with a logo, logo guidance and high-quality images, for industry partners to download and use for “Llwybrau. Wales, by Trails” marketing. Take a look and download them on Assets: Llwybrau | Visit Wales.
Read the announcement in full on: News Bulletin: Visit Wales announces Llwybrau/Wales by Trails. Which trail will you choose in 2023? (govdelivery.com).
Update Visit Wales with new developments - highlight your product to the Travel Trade community and beyond
Help us to let the travel trade community and others know when you have any timely news and developments relevant to the global leisure travel trade and more, by emailing us on productnews@gov.wales.
Using this information we will update our Travel Trade and MeetinWales websites news pages, product updates that we compile for B2B events, content for e-news and also share with our colleagues in other departments, our agencies and VisitBritain offices.
Please send information well in advance (we are already discussing 2024 and 2025 with tour operators).
REMINDER - Britain and Ireland Marketplace: 27 January 2023, InterContinental London, the O2 - Registration closes today!
This event brings together the very best British and Irish tourism products. Meet with key global decision makers from high quality buyers in a series of one-to-one appointments - from bespoke small tour operators to group operators, all ready to contract the best of British and Irish tourism products. VisitBritain will also be bringing 100 additional buyers from target markets in North America and across Europe.
Visit Wales is delighted to partner with ETOA to offer an exclusive discount, enabling Visit Wales partners to save £200 on the full non-member rate by using discount code 23WALBIM when registering for the event. Discounted price: £699+VAT for primary delegate. Find out more and register on: Overview (etoa.org).
Prospects for inbound tourism to Wales
We recently ran a webinar in conjunction with the European Tour Operators Association discussing prospects for inbound tourism into Wales in 2023 and beyond. You can watch the recording on ETOA webinar.
Guardians of Grub webinar
Guardians of Grub: Becoming a Champion is WRAP’s one-stop-shop for hospitality and food service professionals seeking the know-how needed to save money by driving down food waste in their business.
Combining learning and skills development with knowledge checks, certificates and evidence based data reporting, this unique online learning programme will equip you and your team with knowledge when it comes to food waste.
If you want to reduce your impact on climate change, join the webinar on 25 January 2023 to learn about their brand new updated course.
Find out more and register for the free webinar on Guardians of Grub webinar | Business Wales (gov.wales).
Hot tub safety webinars and toolkit for accommodation providers
In recent years consumer demand has brought about a significant increase in the number of holiday lets which now include hot tubs.
The running and use of a hot tub in guest accommodation can bring about some challenges and owners need to do their research and be fully aware of their responsibilities.
These resources have been developed by the Heart of the South West Better Business for All Partnership with help from the Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK and funded by the Office for Products Safety & Standards.
They have created five mini webinars and a toolkit to help accommodation providers to understand the steps required to ensure the hot tub environment is safe for guests and for owners, staff and contractors who maintain hot tubs.
Further details are available on: Hot Tub Safety Webinars and Toolkit for accommodation providers - Trading Standards Service (devonsomersettradingstandards.gov.uk).
A world-renowned circus and international crime fiction festival heading to Wales in 2023
A world-renowned circus is heading to Swansea while an international crime fiction festival will be held in Aberystwyth in 2023, thanks to funding from the Welsh Government.
The Circus Village is coming to Swansea for the first time, led by the internationally acclaimed NoFit State Circus in a partnership with leading circus companies and artists, and an international crime fiction festival in Aberystwyth will receive Event Wales funding for the development of the events.
For further details visit A world renowned circus and international crime fiction festival heading to Wales in 2023 | GOV.WALES.
The future of Welsh-speaking communities: call for evidence
The Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities is keen to receive evidence about how Welsh-speaking communities can be strengthened.
The call for evidence aims to:
- bring together information and evidence in relation to Welsh-speaking communities
- collect ideas and views about how they might be strengthened
- assist the Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities in its work of drawing up recommendations to the Welsh Government
Further details are available on: The future of Welsh-speaking Communities: call for evidence | GOV.WALES.
Stay up to date with tourism industry news
Take a look at our latest Visit Wales industry newsletters and bulletins: Tourism Newsletter/Bulletin | Business Wales (gov.wales).
These include the latest tourism industry news from Wales and information for the industry on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
For specific support and advice about dealing with coronavirus, from financial and supply chain planning to advice on staffing issues, we would advise tourism businesses and stakeholders in Wales to visit the Business Wales website or call Business Wales helpline on 03000 6 03000. You should regularly visit the Public Health Wales website for up-to-date public health information for you, your staff and your visitors.
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