Welcome to the bumper Autumn 2009 edition of Time for Tourism from Norfolk Tourism - featuring the latest marketing news, training and quality advice issues, news from the team and a round-up from our county partners.
To all our Norfolk Tourism partners we hope you enjoy this new format and ask that you please forward this to your individual members with the suggestion they sign up to receive all future issues. |
| TEAM NEWS |
Norfolk Tourism invites you to
- Annual Tourism Review
Wednesday 4 November 2009 at Zest Rooms at Potters Leisure Resort
Join us for this enlightening morning and find out what your associates and Norfolk Tourism have accomplished during the past year and look ahead to 2010. Plus guest speaker, marketing and research guru Geoffrey Dixon, and workshops on Social Media and PR.
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| MARKETING |
Norfolk Customer Perceptions Study
Now that the Tourism in Norfolk Strategy and action plan has been completed we ask the question: What do visitors think about us? Find out more about the Norfolk Customer Perceptions Study.
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World Class Norfolk campaign commences
In early September, John Humphreys, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, led the national announcement that Norfolk was launching a new campaign, 'World Class – Normal for Norfolk'.
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 Travel Trade Manual 2010 launches
The 10th annual Travel Trade Manual from Norfolk Tourism is hot off the press. As the only county-wide publication it is essential reading for group organisers, and this year also contains suggestions on things to do in each of the seasons.
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 Exhibitions
Norfolk upheld as premier birdwatching region in the UK. We finished the 2009 exhibition season on a soaring high with a super busy Bird Fair in Rutland on 21-23 August.
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PR – Norfolk in Demand
The world of Norfolk Tourism PR has continued to be very busy since the spring with plenty of national, regional and local media interest in the county. Thank you to all our partners for their help and enthusiasm.
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Visit Norfolk Overview
Find out the latest work behind the scenes on the official tourism website for Norfolk, including our Spotlight Destination on TripAdvisor's homepage, advertising banner upgrades, search engine work to highlight key towns, social networking and plans for our new improved Visit Norfolk website.
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| TRAINING, QUALITY & BUSINESS ADVICE |
 Potential tax changes for furnished holiday lets
The April 2009 budget brought unexpected news for owners of furnished holiday letting accommodation when the Chancellor announced that, as from 6th April 2010, the rules for furnished holiday lets will be repealed and tax advantages previously received will be lost to owners. Business Link's Lynne Finnigan explains more.
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 EDP Tourism in Norfolk Awards
Judging is now complete, with the finalists announced in the EDP Saturday 17 October. This year's award ceremony will be held at the Holiday Inn in Norwich on Friday 20 November. Come along to one of the best Tourism events of the year.
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 National Achievement for Park House Hotel
Congratulations to Tess Guilder, General Manager of Park House Hotel, Sandringham, which received a special Accessible Tourism for All award at the annual luncheon of the British Hospitality Association held in June.
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| REGIONAL ACTIVITY |
Norfolk in the lead – EET
The latest statistics from EET show that Norfolk are in the lead, with the county receiving the highest volume and value of domestic visitors in a sector worth £5.3 billion per year.
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News from our Partners
Find out what's new or upcoming from some of our partner organisations, including Discovering Broadland's Churches and news from Great Yarmouth.
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| SEASON ROUND UP |
"What a bumper season!" - The banner headline in the EDP on 28 August celebrated what a bumper holiday season it had been for tourism in Norfolk, and carried their colourful Holiday here! logo with the www.visitnorfolk.co.uk website address. Find out the highlights…
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 Festival Fever
- From the east to the west the summer season saw festivals and large scale events galore adding to the economy and the excitement that tourism generates in Norfolk, including the Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival, Hanse Festival, Art Alive in Churches and Heritage Open Days.
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"It's going to be a barbeque summer' said the man from the Met Office who then had to eat humble pie or in his case cold sausages after admitting that they got it slightly wrong. That may be true for much of the country but in the east and for Norfolk in particular the weather was really quite kind to us".