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The 'Where to Stay' pages of this website link through to the regional Destination Management System (DMS) Database for Yorkshire. All assessed providers are included on this system and Chris has trained several providers so that you can update your information yourself.

Over the past few months you will have received forms asking for information, this information is used on this site. Please take a look at your entry and email tourism@calderdale.gov.uk if there are any amends you would like to make. Please check your entry for correct prices, descriptions, website address , email address and photographs. All these can be amended quite easily.
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Calderdale Business Advice Pack - An information pack for all new prospective accommodation owners, covering everything you need to know about setting up a tourism business - the basics, legislation, useful organisations and how best to market yourself.

Business Link West Yorkshire - an organisation who offer a wide range of business support from financial and business planning to free courses and information.  www.blwy.co.uk

Halifax Works - Rural Gateway Project - information, advice and guidance for businesses located in the Upper Calder Valley area. Contact 01422 847763

Rural Development Programme for England - Grants are available to rural entrepreneurs to support the start up of new businesses and the growth of exisiting enterprises. In terms of tourism, investments will be targeted on local food and drink, visitor products and services and public access, leisure and recreation activities. Proposals should have a focus on innovation, quality, sustainability and added value.  Contact the Rural Business Facilitator for West Yorkshire - louisemarston@yorkshire-forward.com

 
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Do you offer conference facilities or attract business visitors? Conference Leeds is the organisation across West Yorkshire that works to encourage conference business to the area. Offering a venue finding service, marketing opportunities, research, pr and networking opportunities and supported from funding by the five Local Authorities and Yorkshire Forward via the West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership, contact the Conference Leeds team on info@conference-leeds.com or visit www.conference-leeds.com

 
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Coming soon - a range of itineraries for those looking to bring a group to Calderdale.  All itineraries will be available to download or request a hard copy.
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The Destination Management System is a large database that stores product data for all aspects of tourism - accommodation, attractions, restaurants and events to name a few.

The database powers the regional tourism website and also this website.
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Calderdale Council Tourism team produce a quarterly newsletter for tourism providers. Packed full of up to date developments, useful contacts and snippets of information, you can download a PDF version of recent newsletters below.
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It is the policy of Calderdale Council to only promote assessed accommodation. That is accommodation that has been externally rated by either Quality in Tourism (who run an assessment scheme for all types of accommodation) or the AA, who run an assessment scheme for ser viced accommodation (Hotels, B&B's, guest houses) only.

This policy is a national and regional policy and the policy of all Local Authorties in Yorkshire and is aimed at ensuring that the quality of service received by the customer is standard across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

There are many benefits of quality assessment, including in particular marketing  via brochrues and websites at local, regional and national level as well as the opportunity to enhance your property through suggestions made by the assessor.

If you would like more information, contact tourism@calderdale.gov.uk or take a look at the following web links:

Quality in Tourism - www.qualityintourism.com

Automobile Association - via www.theaa.com  for businesses, hotel services
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Calderdale Tourism - tourism@calderdale.gov.uk

Calderdale Council - Information about planning legislation, culture and leisure facilities, events and environmental health www.calderdale.gov.uk

Conference Leeds - do you offer conference facilities or attract business visitors? Conference Leeds is the organisation across West Yorkshire that works to encourage conference business to the area. Offering a venue finding service, marketing opportunities, research, pr and networking opportunities and supported from funding by the five Local Authorities and Yorkshire Forward via the West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership, contact the Conference Leeds team on 0113 220 6356 or visit www.conference-leeds.com

Yorkshire Tourist Board - regional tourism marketing agency. Also a membership organisation and undertake regional surveys on occupancy and business performance. www.yorkshire.com and www.yorkshiretouristboard.net

VisitBritain - the national body for UK tourism - www.visitbritain.co.uk and www.visitbritain.com/ukindustry

Tourist Information Centres - see this website under visitor information

Quality assessment - Quality in Tourism or the Automobile Association. 

 
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The West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership is a partnership of the five West Yorkshire Local Authorities (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield), Yorkshire Forward, Yorkshire Tourist Board and the private sector aimed at developing and delivering projects that help increase the value of tourism to the region by 5% per year.

The partnership has received £1.5 million of funding from Yorkshire Forward, the Region's Development Agency, a mix of both capital and revenue monies to support projects which also require match funding from other sources. The partnership is overseen by a board consisting of senior officers from all five authorities, private sector members and the Yorkshire Tourist Board and is supported by a West Yorkshire Tourism Manager and a technical group of officers from each Local Authority.  The chair of the board is Simon Dunn, of Yo Yo's restaurant in Bradford.

Projects that the West Yorkshire Tourism Partnership are developing and delivering include.

Project Description
Business Tourism Led by Leeds City Council. All Business Tourism activity to be combined under one conference desk based in Leeds. Opportunity for significant marketing via new guides, exhibitions and the appointment of a PR agency, improved research and statistics, networking for venues and bidding for large scale events for the West Yorkshire area. All business tourism venues can be included on the www.conference-leeds.com website free of charge.  Capital and revenue investment.
Rural Yorkshire Pennines A project involving Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees Council.  This project includes capital monies to enhance strategic bridleway routes on the ground in each of the three areas to create routes that are accessible to all. Supporting this work is the development of a marketing campaign based on attracting visitors to the Yorkshire Pennines area, encouraging them to stay longer. In Calderdale this means the Upper Calder and Ryburn Valleys.  The campaign will be predominately web-based followed by more traditional media and will commence Autumn 2008.  The Pennines are as attractive as the Dales and the North York Moors which have a far higher profile.
Sculpture West Yorkshire Led by Wakefield Council and Yorkshire Culture there is recognition of the outstanding contribution that sculpture makes to the distinctiveness of West Yorkshire. With the opening of the new Barbara Hepworth Gallery in 2010 there is an opportunity to look at how links can bde made. Project is in its early stages
Group Travel One of the unique selling points of West Yorkshire is the opportunity for groups within the district. With national museums, market towns, mill shops and historic buildings could we be doing more to link opportunities together and create itineraries for longer stays. Research has been commissioned and suggests greater marketing and integration of the poduct across the area. Project will be developed and a proposal put to the board for consideration
Destination Management System (the DMS database) Yorkshire Forward have helped all of the region purchase the database system that runs the accommodation, events and attractions search on the www.yorkshire.com website, which links to the national website and also our local www.visitcalderdale.com website.  This means providers can update information once then it is displayed various times.  Capital funding allocated
Visitor Information Provision The Tourist Information Centres across West Yorkshire are meeting on a regular basis to discuss areas of improvement and cross-working between the five authorities.

For more information contact Chris or Helen at tourism@calderdale.gov.uk and keep updated with the regular updates featured in Tourism Outlook.

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