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
to add an item to your Itinerary basket.
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