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Please note: 

Our events are popular, so we ask you to email susan@tourismnetwork.co.uk if you find you can no-longer make the event, so we can give your place to someone else. 

Remember to bring a pen and paper - there will be plenty of actions and details for you to make a note of, and screen-shots are discouraged (copyright issues). 

These events are suitable for tourism businesses such as accommodation, activity providers, attractions, food & drink businesses. We reserve the right to restrict entry to anyone who we don't think will use the event appropriately. 

Here's a reminder of the details: 

Date: 10.00-12.30 on Thursday 9th October

Venue: The Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes

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 

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."