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B&Bs: “a cornerstone of
Britain’s welcome to the world”
Bed & Breakfast News magazine
Belfry House, Batts Field,
Bruton BA10 0DX
“This week is National B&B Week”, tweeted the Green
Party leader and Brighton MP Caroline Lucas to her 388,000
followers, “celebrating Britain’s brilliant B&Bs, guesthouses
and family-run hotels. Offering individuality, one-to-one
service and hospitality on a human scale, B&Bs are a
cornerstone of #Brighton tourism & our welcome to the
world”.
And the Minister of Tourism (see cover) said: “Our B&B’s are
world-class. Four of TripAdvisor’s top five B&Bs in the world
are in Britain and this is something that we want to capitalise
on. Britain is open for business and National B&B Week is a
great opportunity for us to showcase this dynamic sector. I
hope we can encourage even more people to support British
tourism and experience the superb places on offer all across
the nation.”
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Contents
4 News & views
6 B&B in the Spotlight: No1
South Beach, Blackpool
We couldn’t have put it better ourselves! And we were
delighted that National B&B Week this year reached 3.4
million by social media and saw 1.19 billion press views of
92 articles, thanks to the sponsors eviivo and to 65 industry
supporters including VisitBritain, Google, TripAdvisor,
Booking.com, expedia, Direct Line for Business, AA
Hospitality and many others. 8 ‘Spilling the beans’
on the secret to guest
satisfaction
Thank you all for taking part! And of course, thank you again
for your membership. We will continue to do our best to
inform, support and represent you. 16 The truth about energy
brokers
Tell us your views - email us at:
[email protected]
11 AA B&B Awards 2019
14 The eviivo Awards open
for 2019-20
18 Two-thirds of B&Bs
suffer business
disruption
and follow us on Twitter - go to:
https://twitter.com/BandBassoc 22 How to increase
profitability
Front cover: our Chairman David Weston (left) and the Minister (middle)
visit Heath House B&B, Ossett, Yorkshire for National B&B Week 26 What ‘Making Tax
Digital’ means for B&Bs