Thursday
6th March 2008 at 6pm Mickleton Village Hall - a
special meeting at which Melanie Sensicle of County Durham
Tourism Partnership (CDTP) will speak about the types of visitors
who are attracted to County Durham and Teesdale and how this
information can affect your business now and in the future.
The meeting is open to both members and non-members of Teesdale
Marketing.
Tuesday
25th March 2008 at 6.30pm The Ancient Unicorn, Bowes
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Annual General Meeting for members of Teesdale Marketing.
This meeting is open to members only and papers for the A.G.M.
will be posted out at the beginning of March. A hot supper
will be available after the formal proceedings.
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Projects updates |
| Discover
Teesdale
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Project
Director: Ruth Robson
Project Leader: Anne Allen
www.teesdalediscovery.com
the multilingual tourism
web site for Group Travel & the general visitor
2006 winner of the One NorthEast Business Tourism Award
2004 winner of the Pride of Northumbria Award for Best Tourism
Website.
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Bill
Bryson's "notes from a small dale" delight marketing
officials - so said the press article describing
how TML were delighted when Bill Bryson, the best-selling
US author, agreed to record the introduction to our Teesdale
Itineraries podcasts.
The podcasts are the Discover Teesdale team's latest venture
and, by working with Radio Teesdale, they will be available
in the summer.
The introduction in which Bill Bryson, who is a regular visitor
to Teesdale, extols the virtues of Teesdale, can be heard
on www.teesdalediscovery.com
and www.teesdalemarketing.co.uk
View
full press release |
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| Discover
Teesdale from the comfort of the hotel bedroom
More than 70,000 leaflets promoting Teesdale have
been produced and distributed throughout hotels and guesthouses
in the North East, Cumbria and Yorkshire ready for the start
of the start of the tourist season. The leaflets have been
inserted into the accommodation providers' Bedroom Browsers
and each leaflet is expected to be seen by at least 45 people
during the course of the season. |
Taking
a Hotline to Virgin Trains and
Living life in the North
The summer edition of Virgin trains magazine "Hotline"
will feature a promotional page about Teesdale and its ease
of access from Darlington railway station whilst the next edition
of Living North will feature an editorial about the dale and
its attractions. Both articles will be illustrated with images
of Teesdale. |
FAM
success!
Days after a bespoke FAM (familiarisation visit), the visiting
niche-market operator informed the Discover Teesdale team that
they would be adding Teesdale to their range of overnight tours
immediately! "The dale offers exactly what our customers
are looking for" they said. |
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other organisations -Walkers are Welcome scheme: the
concept for this initiative started in Hebden Bridge just a
year ago and is fast spreading across the UK. The scheme is
being actively supported by TML as it aims to promote walking
and boost the local economy by bringing more trade to local
businesses. The idea behind the scheme is quite simple: provide
walkers with the right facilities, make them feel welcome and
they will be encouraged to stay longer and make better use of
local transport/cafes/restaurants/shops/accommodation to the
benefit of businesses in the dale. To gain accreditation, we
need to be able to show public support - copies of the form
to be signed are available at various outlets in Barnard Castle
and Middleton-in-Teesdale. Visit
the WaW website for more infomation |
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Events
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Project
Director - Jill Cole |
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The
SummerAutumn 2008 Teesdale Events Guide was launched
at a special event held in the Jubilee Room at The Bowes Museum
on Tuesday 26th February. The event was well attended and
also provided a leaflet swap opportunity for tourism businesses.
Details of all events are also available online at www.teesdalediscovery.com
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| Helen
Thistlethwaite, Teesdale Village Halls Consortium with Jill
Cole (TML Events Director), Hazel Coppack (TML Chief
Executive Officer) and Bill Oldfield (TML Chairman) |
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Jill
Cole learns about the University of the Third Age, U3A. |
| Supporting
other organisations - 2008 Barnard Castle Meet: we
are very pleased to announce that through the Events Project
we are able to support this year's Meet. Just under £5,000
is being contributed towards the cost of publications and activities
to help ensure the sustainability of this important annual event
which brings significant economic benefit and pleasure to Teesdale:
its businesses and residents. The contribution will be used
to support the print of the 2009 Meet Calendar, a historical
book about Barnard Castle and professional artistic assistance.
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Teesdale
Skills Development Programme: Project
Director Graeme Gill; Project Leader: Andy Leitch |
What
do mole catching, horse hoof trimming, town planning and National
Arts fundraising all have in common?
They are all part of the varied range of non-compulsory training
for Teesdale residents/businesses which has been funded through
the TML Skills Development Programme. This hugely successful
project comes to an end on 31st March 2008 together with the
services of Andy Leitch. We would like to thank Andy for his
tremendous efforts in managing this project over the years and
wish him a very happy retirement!
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| Farm
visits: as part of the Year of Food and Farming, TML
are helping with the cost of educational visits to participating
Teesdale farms by local schools. More
information |
| Supporting
local produce: since before Christmas 2007, TML and
UTASS have been working together on the Eat Teesdale Lamb campaign
to try and help local sheep farmers affected by the Foot and
Mouth outbreak. The gift vouchers used in this campaign to encourage
sales of lamb can also be used for other local products. |
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Partnership
working with CDTP |
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Durham Tourism Partnership (CDTP):
CDTP have launched a new initiative to celebrate and showcase
the county's quality food and drink offer. Would you like
to be part of the pilot scheme which will pay for up to 40
businesses in the food and drink sector to be assessed against
a set of national/regional criteria and which will benefit
from valuable promotion generated by media coverage? Contact
if interested
Do you have something of interest to say about your business?
Have you recently won an award, expanded or opened a business,
developed a quirky aspect? Are you looking for publicity?
Then contact CDTP - they are constantly searching out news
stories to help them raise the profile of County Durham. Contact
CDTP
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| Member
Services |
| Projector
hire: members are able to hire a projector and screen
for which we make a small charge of £10 to cover the
cost of replacement bulb. Contact
Teesdale
images: two CDs of images are available for members
to borrow f.o.c. for use in their own promotional material.
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