Earlier this month VisitEngland began a
consultation with tourism destination organisations
across the country on its new Business Visits &
Events (BV&E) strategy. The results will feed into
the development of the final strategy due to be
published in early autumn 2016 to build demand,
win bids and increase the value of England’s
BV&E industry.
To find out more please visit:
www.visitengland.com/conventions
Belfast Waterfront is seeing a welcome rise
in the number of national and international
conferences. Over the coming months Belfast
Waterfront will welcome the World Credit Union
Conference, the 67th Annual Meeting of the
European Federation of Animal Science, The
British Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress
and the BBC Good Food Show.
To find out more please visit:
www.waterfront.co.uk
A revitalised Scottish Cities & Centres Forum
has brought together the main business events
“movers and shakers” in Scotland, with an
ambition to fine tune and recalibrate Scotland’s
reach to the global events market. Scotland’s
national ambassador programme will also be
relaunched later this year, aiming to encourage
potential corporate clients to embrace the “Think
Scotland, Think Conference” initiative.
To find out more please visit:
www.thinkscotlandconference.co.uk
VisitWales has piloted an “improving perceptions
of a career in tourism” programme. During spring
2016 events were organised with hotels and
schools across Wales to raise the profile and
awareness of the industry. This new “careers
consortium”, an umbrella of all players involved,
also now provides for the exchange of key
information and sustained contact between
industry centres, schools and providers.
To find out more please visit:
www.traveltrade.visitwales.com
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