Enhanced programme: Host a celebration and networking event
Host a second destination-wide event
Having completed the business support and development process, a second event provides an opportunity to communicate what has been achieved and keep the momentum going.
Aim to involve key stakeholders who have been involved in the project and encourage them to share their experiences.
This event also provides an opportunity to reach businesses who were not involved in the programme. Hearing from peers will help them to understand the value of developing accessible and inclusive tourism and potentially motivate them to make changes within their own business.
Networking in this way will help to strengthen your destination’s accessible tourism offering by supporting and developing business relationships and partnerships across the value chain.
Hold a second destination-wide event to:
- review progress and what has been achieved;
- hear from some of the people who have taken part;
- remind people about the accessibility information you provide on your website for visitors, and invite businesses to add their information to it;
- celebrate success;
- plan next steps, including further networking opportunities for businesses.
Quotation
“There’s a networking opportunity now for us going forward. So next year at some point we could have a local get together, a local networking session led by the National Park, that would be really good. You need to keep that contact going.” – experience provider
