The British Destinations’ 2016 Annual Conference entitled “Making Destination Management pay its way” was held in Southport 19th/20th – 21st June 2016 at the Ramada Plaza hotel.
In the view of delegates it was a highly successful event; one non-member representative said of it:
“All involved in delivering this conference from Peter to all the presenters should take a bow. Excellent presentations, all delivered in an engaging and thoughtful way. Extremely useful to understand how different areas are responding to the challenges of destination development and management. If you didn’t attend, you missed a truly valuable experience”.
The full programme text can be accessed at: Conference programme 2016. and the programme cover at : front cover 2016 revised, Back Page 2016
Our speaker’s detail in appearance order, with links to individual presentations are:
Monday – 13:45 to 17:15:
Mark Catherall Service Head – Tourism Sefton Council: BD Presentation Sefton
Kurt Janson Director Tourism Alliance: BD Tourism Alliance
Richard Veal Managing Director (UK)- New Mind tellUs: BD New Mind
Tuesday – 09:00 to 12:45:
Nick Brooks-Sykes Director of Tourism – Marketing Manchester: BD Marketing Manchester
Peter Sandman Head of Visitor Economy Development Liverpool City Region LEP: BD Liverpol City Region LEP
Andrew Stokes Interim Head Visit England – Visit Britain: BD VisitEngland
Elizabeth Byron – Policy Adviser Coastal Communities Team DCLG: a verbal brief and discussion. Latest UK wide application detail can be accessed at: https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/ccf
With thanks to our conference sponsors:
British Destinations