2012 has arrived. It is going to be a very exciting and challenging year for the tourism industry in the South East with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the multitude of associated sporting and cultural events. Many of our programmes will be designed to help our local authority, DMO/DMP and business partners to maximise these opportunities. In particular we are looking forward to:
Towards the end of 2011 it was also encouraging to see the Government putting money behind their rhetoric in recognition of the importance of the tourism industry to economic recovery. We are looking forward to working closely with our partners to capitalise on the £50million of new marketing money allocated by Government to VisitBritain and VisitEngland.
Peter Colling, Managing Director
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Why I Joined
Excursions is the must-attend event that attracts the audience from geographic areas that we need - this January will see our eighth year at the show.
Anthony Morse, Marketing Manager, Historic Dockyard Chatham

