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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Cardiff makes it into top 50 most visited places in Britain

Cardiff came in at 11 in Visit Britain’s rankings for overseas visits to towns and cities in 2012. The Welsh capital had 301,000 visits, and was just ahead of Leeds (299,000) and behind Brighton (345,000). London topped the list in the Olympic year, with nearly 15.5 million visitors from around the world. Cardiff was the only Welsh city in the listings. A mere 67,000 visits were made to Swansea, which failed to make it into the league table. Newport had just 42,000 recorded visits, Llandudno 24,000, Bangor 22,000 and Holyhead 20,000; Caernarfon and Tenby each received 15,000 visits. Earlier this month, Visit... Read More

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Annual Tourism Society conference comes to Cardiff in 2013

Tourism Society Annual Conference 2 & 3 July City Hall Cardiff Interesting study tours and conference speakers will centre on the themes of Professionalism, leaving you Inspired to become a better leader, ready to Compete in a growing market and prepared to Regenerate to stay relevant in an evolving industry. A mixture of panel sessions and presentations from the 14 speakers will ensure you get the most information possible during the event. Early bird discount finishes 17 May. More information http://www.tourismsociety.org/event-details/179/annual-conference-2013.htm... Read More

Welsh Government
Thursday, 16 May 2013

A Sustainable Wales – Better choices for a better future

The SD Bill White paper consultation period ended in early March. The summary report of the responses is now available to view on the Welsh Government’s website at http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/sustainabledevelopment/sdwhitepaper/?status=closed&lang=en Read More

Consultations
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Invites for Welsh Government Consultation Events for Waste Prevention Programme

Tourism Businesses are invited to attend an industry engagement workshop to discuss opportunities for saving costs and reducing environmental impact through waste prevention. A report published by WRAP in 2010 identified a range of opportunities for no- and low-cost resource efficiency savings.  This was used to identify £17 billion of savings as a result of waste prevention activities across UK business sectors.  The Welsh Government is keen to help businesses in Wales to realise their share of these benefits. Read More

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Wales Tourism Alliance
Thursday, 16 May 2013 By Adrian Greason-Walker

WTA Campaigns and Issues…the priorities?

In this age of constant change we are all having to re-appraise our activities and decide where we can, to best effect, spend our limited time and resources. The WTA Executive are looking to concentrate on two or three specific campaigns (or issues) from June 2013 onwards . We have come up with an outline list of Key Campaigns and issues below – What do you think we should concentrate on? Closer engagement in Marketing with Visit Wales Marketing Campaigns Product Development through infrastructure development: Broadband development, Transportation and energy Research and intelligence: Volume and Value Reducing the burden of Government Legislation: UK and... Read More
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