Page Reference : Tourism Networks
Business is most effective when it is coordinated and working with others in a coordinated fashion. Your impact reaches further, your budget stretches further and others can assist where your own expertise or product doesn’t apply. So, make the most of these tourism network contacts and the information they provide…
Tourism Organisations:
Visit Wales - Visit Wales is the new Welsh Assembly Government’s tourism team. They are responsible for the promotion and development of tourism in Wales. They can assist with advice for your tourism business and information, including the latest tourism industry news, star grading schemes, tourism grant schemes, tourism marketing campaigns, Wales tourism research and who’s who in the tourism industry in Wales. Visit their website www.industry.visitwales.co.uk and let them help you with their expertise. For their visitor site: www.visitwales.com. If you are a tourism business and not taking the opportunity to promote yourself free of charge on visitwales, get in touch with them on www.industry.visitwales.co.uk under Business Support.
Capital Region Tourism
(CRT) – is the regional Tourism partnership (RTP) serving South East Wales. Visit Wales (formerly Wales Tourist Board) initiated the formation of 4 RTP’s across Wales to receive devolved resources and responsibilities for many aspects of tourism marketing and development. The partners in CRT are all the local authorities and a broad spread of tourism, hospitality and leisure industry representatives from across the region. CRT acts as the lead body for tourism in South East Wales. Contact Details: www.capitalregiontourism.org,Southern Wales – is a consortium of Local Authorities in the South East of Wales. They work together to market and promote sustainable Travel Trade and consumer tourism, to Southern Wales through partnership, communication and maximising marketing opportunities. Contact details: www.southernwales.com,
Southern Wales Events - is a website that has been developed by Tourism Wales on behalf of CRT. It collects all the events in the area into one site, which in turn feeds a variety of sites from Visit Cardiff and Southern Wales to Visit Wales and Visit Britain. If you want to know what is happening in the area, don't hesitate to check out the site www.southernwalesevents.co.uk or if you want to post your own events on the website, get in touch on info@southernwalesevents.co.uk or telephone one 01654702653.
Consortiums and Memberships in S E Wales - There are a variety of consortium memberships and other Tourism Network promoters that you can work with and make your promotions and money go further. (Costs could apply to certain promotions, memberships or level of involvement.) For more information - Contact:
Local Authority Tourism Departments- Each Local Authority in Wales markets its own area to visitors, helps with funding and/or assists with development of businesses in their area. For more information on who to contact in your local area, email us at info@IDWales.com.
South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP) - are the regional partnership for South West Wales and are there assist businesses in this region and develop synergy between public and private sectors. Contact details: www.swwtp.co.uk,
Tourism Partnership Mid-Wales (TPMW) - a regional partnership, they want to provide businesses in Mid-Wales with information relevant to your business and to inform you of TPMW’s work and activities. They provide links to useful sites that contain the information that you are looking for. Contact details: www.tpmw.co.uk,
Tourism Partnership North Wales (TPNW) - a regional partnership that is committed to improving the quality of the tourism product, promotion and its people. Contact details: www.tpnw.org,
If you would like to know more about any of the above, please Contact Us at IDWales – consult@idwales.com, 07800 512032
Contact us: consult@IDWales.com