Press release 10 March 2015
TIME FOR WILTSHIRE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION - WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
This year VisitWiltshire is running their annual Tourism Conference & Exhibition in Salisbury on Wednesday 18 March at City Hall & Salisbury Playhouse.
The main conference will launch VisitWiltshire’s new ‘Timeless’ brand positioning with key note speaker Roger Pride from Heavenly, who developed this project. Other key note speakers’ include Simon Calder, Senior Travel Editor for The Independent and Justin Read, Head of Destination Marketing, EMEA Trip Advisor. There will be business updates and workshops throughout the morning for the partners attending.
The afternoon’s Tourism Exhibition is open from 1.30pm to Group Travel Organisers and operators who are keen to meet with the main Wiltshire partners from attractions, major events and representatives from many Wiltshire towns.
With over 40 businesses exhibiting and 150 tourism businesses from Wiltshire attending this promises to be a hugely successful tourism event.
David Andrews, VisitWiltshire CEO says, “We are delighted to welcome our partners to this years’ ‘Time for Wiltshire Tourism Conference’ and for the first time welcome group organisers and operators to our Tourism Exhibition from 1.30pm. Wiltshire has been a special place for a very long time and we’re delighted in this special year to be able to welcome record numbers of visitors to our Tourism Conference to experience ‘Wiltshire under one roof’.
Following the Tourism Exhibition guests to the event are being invited to attend the exclusive complimentary viewing of the new (recently opened on 7 March) Magna Carta Exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral.
Group Travel Organisers, Coach or Tour operators are advised to pre-register by contacting flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk or Tel: 01722 341309
For further information about VisitWiltshire please visit www.visitwiltshire.co.uk
Issued by VisitWiltshire. For further information please contact Travel Trade & PR Manager, Florence Wallace on 01722 341309 or 07436 588860 or email flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk
VisitWiltshire was established in August 2011 and is the official Tourist Board for Wiltshire. It is a private sector membership organisation representing over 550 partners. VisitWiltshire's priority is to grow the county's Visitor Economy by raising awareness of the destination and generating additional tourism visits and spend. Wiltshire's Visitor Economy currently generates an estimated £1.5billion and supports over 28,000 jobs.