NEW WEBSITE TO BOOST KENT TOURISM BUSINESSES
Visit Kent has created a new campaign and B2B website to provide tourism businesses, investors and the media with its most up-to-date information and research into the county’s visitor economy. The mobile and tablet-friendly website, www.visitkentbusiness.co.uk, is packed full of…
CROSS CHANNEL PARTNERS SHARE TOURISM INSIGHTS
More than 280 delegates from tourism businesses and organisations from both sides of the Channel gathered for a Why Travel Further? conference at the Ashford International Hotel. Mark Dance, tourism cabinet member for Kent County Council, and Amanda Cottrell, chairman…
TOURISM MINISTER FULL OF BEANS AT KENT HOTEL
Tourism minister Helen Grant discovered the secrets behind making a wide range of coffees and running a busy reception desk when she joined three apprentices at Hilton Maidstone as part of English Tourism Week. Mrs Grant, MP for Maidstone and…
EUROPEAN TOURISM CHAMPIONS ASK: WHY TRAVEL FURTHER?
How can we encourage the visitors on our doorstep to holiday closer to home? That is the big question tourism businesses and organisations from both sides of the Channel will address at a major conference on April 3 at the…
KENT OPEN FOR FAMILY FUN AND HALF TERM VISITORS
Kent is open for the half term holidays and family fun – that is the message coming loud and clear from the tourism champions at Visit Kent as the Met Office predicts the weather is likely to continue unsettled but…
EUROPEAN FUNDING TO SUPPORT TOURISM BUSINESSES
Visit Kent’s success in delivering four European cross-border projects has been rewarded with additional 2 Seas Interreg funding to share its findings with visitor businesses and organisations on both sides of the Channel. Visit Kent, in partnership with Kent County…
VISIT KENT’S NEW TRADE WEBSITE PROVIDES PERFECT TOOLS FOR TOUR AND GROUP TRAVEL ORGANISERS
Visit Kent, has launched a new trade website specifically designed to help tour operators and group travel organisers plan trips to the Garden of England. The multi-platform website, www.visitkent.co.uk/trade, provides all the essential information about group-friendly places to visit, and…
BIG MARKETING OPPORTUNITY OF THE YEAR FOR KENT VISITOR BUSINESSES
Tourism, leisure and hospitality businesses can sign up now to take part in the highlight of the county’s spring calendar – Kent Big Weekend 2014 – to be held on March 29 and 30 marking the start of English Tourism…
SUMMER SUCCESS STORY FOR KENT
Not all the official facts and figures have yet been gathered in, but the tourism champions at Visit Kent are confident that the summer season has been a great success. Sunny summer days and a warm start to the autumn…
FREE WORKSHOPS FOR SWALE AND THANET BREAKFAST BUSINESSES
Hospitality providers in Swale and Thanet can learn how to source and serve an official Kent Breakfastor Hamper at free workshops being run by Produced in Kent and Visit Kent. The Swale workshop is at the Ferry House…
GIVEAWAYS ADD GREAT FLAVOURS TO AUTUMN GATAWAYS
Londoners and city visitors are being enticed to spend an autumn break in the Garden of England with fine foods and a feast of special offers on trains and places to stay. And, in keeping with tradition, varieties of freshly-picked…
NEW INVESTORS ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO BOOST TOURISM IN KENT
High Speed 1 (HS1), operator of the most advanced railway line in the country as well as the three International stations at Ashford, Ebbsfleet and St Pancras, and two of Kent’s key historic houses are among the latest businesses to…
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DESIGNED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION – ASHFORD OUTLET JOINS KENT CONTEMPORARY POSTER CAMPAIGN
Visit Kent has unveiled the third and final image to feature in this year’s Kent Contemporary poster campaign promoting the county as a destination to visitors and residents in London and on key transport routes across the South East. The…
PARTY CELEBRATES SUCCESS IN THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND
Leading representatives of Kent’s tourism industry gathered to celebrate their success in promoting the county as a visitor destination, contributing £3.4 billion to the local economy, and to pay tribute to outstanding individuals and organisations across the sector. Friends and…
KENT TOURISM CHAMPION JOINS RANKS OF WOMEN 1ST TOP 100 CLUB
Sandra Matthews-Marsh, chief executive of Visit Kent, has been selected to join the Women 1st Top 100 Club – marking her out as one of the most influential women nationally in hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism. Sandra was chosen…
VISIT KENT OFFERS BUSINESS SHOW GUESTS A TASTE OF THE COUNTY
The Visit Kent team will be offering an extra-warm welcome, and the taste of a great Kent Breakfast, at Kent 2020 Vision Live when they unveil their new high spec website promoting the county and its businesses to visitors from…
HOTEL TEAM TAKES TIME TO INSPIRE TOURISM STUDENTS
Staff from the Hilton Maidstone Hotel treated tourism students at Herne Bay High School to an insight into the many careers available in the hospitality industry as part of English Tourism Week. More than 30 students, aged between 15 and…
KENT CAMPAIGN WINS PRESTIGIOUS TRAVEL AWARD
A striking campaign featuring images of Kent run across London in 2012 to raise awareness of the county as a great place to visit won a coveted Silver Award in the Travel Marketing Awards announced on Thursday (March 21). Visit…
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VISIT KENT SHORTLISTED FOR TOP INBOUND TOURISM AWARD
Visit Kent has been shortlisted for a top travel trade award in recognition of its work in attracting and welcoming overseas visitors to the county during 2012. The county’s tourism champions, based in Canterbury, are competing against three other nominations…
KENT TOURISM HOLDS ITS OWN IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES
Tourism is currently worth £3.4 billion to the Kent economy and supports more than 64,414 jobs, according to the most recent research into the county’s visitor economy by Visit Kent. The Cambridge Model, undertaken as part of the European Interreg…
