Visit Calderdale

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Our Tourism Team Can Help You With...

Free one-to-one business support visits, to make you aware of the promotional opportunities for your business and how Calderdale fits in with the regional, national and international tourism organsations.

Free copy of a guide to 'Starting Up a Self-Catering Business' or 'Starting Up a Serviced Accommodation Business', available in hard copy, as a pdf or Word document.

Free information about suppliers of local produce.

Free  entry on www.visitcalderdale.com, Calderdale's official tourism website, with full details of your business and any related exhibitions or events, including contact information, descriptions, directions and facilities, a hyperlink to your own website, and up to four photographs.

Free one-to-one training at your premises in how to use 'Guestlink' to keep your details on visitcalderdale up to date and accurate all year round and to be able to add your own events and exhibitions to our 'What's On ' section. Accommodation businesses can also use Guestlink as a property management system to manage online bookings.

Free regular newsletter, covering visitor economy news, changes to relevant legislation, training and marketing opportunities and more.

Free invitations to training events and focus groups.

Free advice for accommodation businesses on becoming quality assessed to national standards, including hard copies of relevant quality standards, pricing information and application forms.

Free signposting to other local, regional and national support and networking opportunities with other local businesses.

Just contact any member of the team below to begin to benefit from what we have to offer...


 

Your Tourism Team at Calderdale Council is:

Katie Kinsella, Principal Tourism Officer

T: 01422 392293 Email: katie.kinsella@calderdale.gov.uk

 Christopher Evans, Tourism Officer

T: 01422 392240 Email: chris.evans@calderdale.gov.uk

Additional Help

Business Link Yorkshire can provide you you with free support, guidance, practical advice and information on an ongoing basis. Click here to register with Business Link Yorkshire so you can begin to take advantage of their free workshops, downloadbale guides and fact sheets and much more.

Yorkshire Futures is the regional Intelligence Network for Yorkshire and Humber, providing information and intelligence about the region, including regional strategies, progress in the region and interactive data maps. www.yorkshirefutures.com

EnjoyEngland, part of VisitBritain, is the official tourism agency for England. You can find information on the domestic tourism market in England on their website www.enjoyengland.com/corporate

The Office for National Statistics offers the latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and also provides free access to a selection of recently released publications and press releases in downloadable formats. Visit the offical Government statistics website www.statistics.gov.uk

The Countryside Recreation Network is committed to exchanging and sharing information to develop best policy and practice in countryside recreation. www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk

Nomis is the official labour market statistics website. View labour market profiles of an area, including data on population, employment, qualifications, earnings and businesses. www.nomisweb.co.uk

The Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is responsible for Government policy on tourism, the arts, sport, the National Lottery, libraries, museums and galleries, broadcasting, creative industries, press, licensing, gambling and the historic environment. Their primary aim is to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. www.culture.gov.uk 

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation is a specialised agency of the United ‎Nations and the leading international organisation in the field of tourism. The Facts & Figures section aims to provide comprehensive information on international tourism worldwide. It offers a selection of the latest available statistics on international tourist arrivals, tourism receipts and expenditure, and examines international tourism trends. www.unwto.org/facts/menu.html

 

 

 

 

Creative Calderdale

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Creative Calderdale is the creative industry network for the borough of Calderdale, supporting everything that's new, innovative and inspiring about the local creative and digital industry via a quarterly programme of events and a dedicated website.

The events programme brings some of the most respected names from the creative industry right to the heart of Calderdale, to help inspire and educate our businesses. The website offers an online hub offering a database, the opportunity to post your jobs and projects, ask for advice on business start up, promotion and best practice and much more.

Why not join the growing list of members by visiting the website by clicking here, joining the mailing list or signing up as a member?

Welcome to Yorkshire Membership Scheme

The Welcome to Yorkshire membership scheme offers businesses the opportunity to share in the success of the official regional tourism agency and to benefit from its investment in Yorkshire tourism.

Gain from Welcome to Yorkshire's marketing muscle and increase your own promotional power. Welcome to Yorkshire can help you to:

  • Market your business
  • Make your job easier
  • Save money

Annual membership starts from £225 per year. You can sign up by visiting yorkshire.com/membership.

For more information contact: Tom Cowie T: 0113 322 3564 E: tcowie@yorkshire.com

 

Who's Who in Tourism?

 

National Organisations

Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is responsible for supporting the British tourist industry. They work in partnership with Visit Britain and Visit England to improve the UK’s reputation as a visitor destination, and in partnership with the tourism industry and Tourism Alliance to grow the tourism industry. www.culture.gov.uk

VisitBritain markets Britain to overseas visitors. www.visitbritain.org
 
Enjoy England is the strategic leadership body representing the public and private sector stakeholders of English Tourism. It works in partnership with VisitBritain, Local Enterprise Partnerships, local authorities, and the private sector; creating a national tourism strategy, optimising marketing investment, and developing the visitor experience across England. www.enjoyengland.com/corporate
 
Quality in Tourism run the National Quality Assurance Scheme on behalf of VisitBritain, which awards a star rating based on the overall quality of your accommodation. www.qualityintourism.com
 

The AA also runs the National Quality Assurance Scheme, telephone Hotel Services 01256 844455. www.theaa.com

Regional Organisations

Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) is the official tourism agency for Yorkshire. In order to benefit from WtY’s marketing activities, you will need to join their membership scheme. The scheme has three entry levels, depending on the size of the business / organisation. See the information above about the membership scheme.

Welcome to Yorkshire
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T: 0113 322 3500

E: info@yorkshire.com