An update from our General Manager Sally Everton

1st March 2018

Categories: Business News

Sally Everton, Visit Devon General Manager has been driving promotion and encouraging visitors into Devon. Here are her activites from February :

• Source and secure partners for the US Corporate Buyers Showcase for later this month for Chicago and Washington DC organised by VisitEngland
• Meetings with Dartington Hall and Riviera International Conference Centre  – collate collateral and targeted message for the showcases – Association, Corporate, Incentive and Team-build
• Build individual partner profiling and digital upload via the VB NY office for buyers event to be visible to meeting planners
• Attend SW Tourism Awards dinner – RICC
• Attend West Country Tourism conference – present VisitDevon update and plans moving forward
• Prepare profiles for ITB portals and upload. 
• Speed Networking buyer events at ITB – confirm appointments
• Exeter Airport/VisitNorthDevon/England’s Seafood Coast – ITB Partners upload details onto portals
• Finalise appointment list for ExploreGB (72) agent appointments
• Continue the follow up for buyers, press and bloggers for Devon from Vakantiebeurs
• Finalise 3 day itinerary post ExploreGB for 16 Japanese buyers
• Itinerary setting for the Great British Weekend away (North Devon) for Sunday Times Journalist James Stewart
• Destination partnership program opportunities with Google – ongoing
• Meeting with Department of Industry and Trade – international trade funding opportunities, share with relevant partners
• Meeting with VisitDartmoor re moving forward for 2018
• Numerous meetings with various partners across Devon re working various markets –,
• Attend US Buyers Showcase in Chicago, Washington DC and NYC – 2 days in each.  Development of the business Tourism sector.  Input into spreadsheet, to follow up on my return.
• Travel to Newcastle – ExploreGB
• Meetings with both VisitSomerset and VisitCornwall re joint initiatives to grow and build international markets