Tourism marketing meeting in Hawes
Actionable ideas & updates for tourism businesses*
Come and meet other business owners, get some marketing tips and hear a comprehensive round-up of the services and activities that can help you develop your business.
Let's make sure we're all working together to promote this wonderful area, to bring in visitors who really appreciate what we have to offer, who spend more and stay longer, tell others and return again and again!
Note:
We're running two events, both with the same content so you can choose the date and venue that suits you best.
Book using the form below for 10.00-12.30 on Thursday 9th October at Dales Countryside Museum Hawes
Or click here for 10.00-12.30 on 25th September at The Octagon at the Devonshire Institute, Grassington
Marketing update & actionable ideas for Yorkshire Dales tourism businesses
Date: 10.00-12.30 on Thursday 9th October
Venue: Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Burtersett Rd, Hawes DL8 3NT
Click here if you'd prefer to go to the same event but in Grassington on 25th September
Programme:
10.00: Registration, tea and coffee
10.15: Workshop begins
Helen Dalton & Kathryn Storey, the Yorkshire Dales National Park
- How the YDNP team can help businesses, promoting the special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ,
- Overview of opportunities to spread the message around key themes such as Dark Skies, Cheese, and Nature – and how they can be used to grow and promote your business
Susan Briggs, The Tourism Network
- 10 quick-fire marketing tips to put into action over the Autumn/Winter to extend the season and make 2026 a really great year for your business
- More ideas on how to build on the work by the YDNP team
Tony Watson, Visit North Yorkshire
Susan will interview Tony about his plans and how he's using his lovely enthusiasm and experience to develop North Yorkshire's visitor economy. What promotional opportunities and product developments are in the pipeline, and what's next for the how will the Visit North Yorkshire team and the Destination Management Plan
Questions, answers and actions
12.30 event ends
There's no charge to attend these events, thanks to SPF funding through the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
* These events are suitable for accommodation providers, activity providers, attractions, food and drink, businesses. We're sorry but they're not for suppliers to the industry such as designers, consultants etc although there may be other ways we can help you. Please get in touch
Book here for the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes event on Thursday 9th October
Lovely feedback from happy participants
"" an interesting and truly inspirational day"
" take the opportunity to thank you for your talks on Tuesday - I found the day very informative. The topics were covered comprehensively and in a way that kept our interest alive throughout."..short note to say how useful and informative the recent workshop was...".
" ... being still fairly new in developing the travel trade business, I found the day very enlightening and now understandable. Susan Briggs was an excellent trainer."
"it was really good for getting the inspiration flowing in terms of relating the theory to the reality of my current working role. I had a look over the day's notes and already fresh ideas are bubbling away!"
"to tell you how useful I found your 'promoting your website' course.. What I learnt in the course, together with your excellent notes, were invaluable"
" the seminar was stupendous. We all learnt so much."
This programme of support is part of the Boost programme, funded through York and North Yorkshire’s SPF (Shared Prosperity Fund) allocation, so funded by the Combined Authority.
