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Wales Tourism Alliance
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Over 40 MPs and Lords of all parties attended a Wales Tourism Week event in Westminster on Wednesday February 27th.
The Chair of the Westminster WalesTourism All Party Group, Ceredigion’s Welsh Liberal Democrat MP, Mark Williams, hosted ‘Ceredigion Day’ in Parliament, organised in conjunction with Wales Tourism Alliance and the Farmers Union of Wales.
Among the throng of Parliamentary visitors, the Secretary of State for Wales, David Jones MP, and Wales Office Ministers, Stephen Crabb MP and Baroness Randerson, met small businesses, producers, and prominent organisations from across Ceredigion who attended the... Read More
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Research
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Firstly December figures for 2012 were strong with 2.4m visits, a 12% increase on 2011 resulting in the best December since 2008. Spend also showed increases of 15% month on month.
Looking at the year 2012 the good news is that visitor numbers for the year were 1% up on 2011 despite the disruption caused by the Olympics.
The better news is that spend was up 4% over 2011 – which was 1.15% ahead of inflation and provided sufficient additional revenue to create over 4,000 new jobs for the UK economy.
Looking at... Read More
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Wales Tourism Alliance
Monday, 18 February 2013
The WTA is in the process of retendering its contract work for a WTA Political Intelligence Advisor. You will find contact details within the downloadable tender documents below.
Deadline for response is 5:00pm, the 1st March 2013.... Read More
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Wales Tourism Alliance
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
The WTA is in the process of retendering its contract work for Book Keeping and under separate contract its Administrative and Project Support Contract.You will find contact details within each of the downloadable tender documents below.
Deadline for responses for all is 5:00pm, the 22nd February 2013.
... Read More
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UK Government
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
The UK Government have come under increased pressure today to take steps to improve the way Visit Britain are marketing Wales overseas.
Following questions asked in the Commons earlier this month by Elfyn Llwyd MP, the issue was raised again in the Lords today by Plaid Cymru’s Dafydd Wigley, who told Government Minister Lord Gardiner of Kimble that there is "a widespread feeling among tourism operators in Wales, that Wales is not being marketed abroad effectively by Visit Britain".
Lord Wigley asked the Minister (3.20pm H of L today) as to what... Read More
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Training
Monday, 28 January 2013
Tenby is to be the proposed home of Wales' first Hotel School. The multi-million pound project, which will offer degrees in hospitality, plans to open its doors in the autumn of 2015. The Hotel School will, at the same time as training students, offer first rate service to guests. The School is planned to be housed in one of Tenby's top hotels, the Fourcroft, owned by the Osborne family for the last 66 years.
Chris Osborne says: "The Hotel School will be a wonderful asset for the town. Not only will... Read More
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Research
Friday, 25 January 2013
The Headines….There were 10.1 million domestic overnight trips in Great Britain in October. This represents a fall of 9% from the all-time high October 2011 figure of 11.1 million. The number of bednights is also down by 11%, although positively spend is up by 4%. In the year to date (January to October), the number of trips and nights in GB has decreased (both by 4%), while expenditure was up by 2% on 2011. In the past 12 months, the number of trips taken in Great Britain compared with the... Read More
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Training
Friday, 25 January 2013
WRAP Cymru ‘s continuing work on the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement means they are now in a position to provide practical, hands-on support aimed specifically at Welsh SME Contract Caterers. This support is designed to enable the participating organisations to achieve real waste and cost savings thereby becoming more efficient and sustainable both economically and environmentally.
They are now actively looking for SME contract catering organisations who would benefit from this support and be prepared to become the subject of case studies. If you are interested in becoming a case... Read More
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Welsh Government
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Wales is set to be the first country in the UK to introduce a mandatory scheme requiring food businesses to openly display their hygiene rating. The Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Bill was passed by the National Assembly for Wales today (January 22), and is now nearing the end of the legislative process. The next stage is for the Bill to go before Her Majesty the Queen for Royal Assent to become an Act.
If the Bill becomes law, it is expected the earliest a mandatory scheme will come into operation will... Read More
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Wales Tourism Alliance
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
WAVA has been working closely with Visit Wales and the Regional Tourism Partnerships to secure a strong future for WAVA. All attractions in Wales have free membership of WAVA in 2013.
How can WAVA help Welsh attractions?
* Join us to give your views on issues that affect your business, together we have a stronger voice.
* Our new website will be live very soon with a new members forum to help you communicate with colleagues and put forward your views and concerns. New for 2013 season "real time" current season visitor data... Read More
