VisitBritain’s European and Long Haul Fora took place on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th September.

The Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel played host to this year’s event, with delegates taking part in free flow workshop sessions and supporting topic and market presentations, to help improve inbound tourism to Britain. 

Monday also saw the launch of VisitBritain’s Annual Review with an evening reception in The Knight’s Templar. Guests enjoyed a buffet tea and welcome speeches from Penelope, Viscountess Cobham and Tom Wright CBE, Chief Executive, VisitBritain.

Click here for a copy of the Fora 2008 programme (pdf)

Click here for a list of speaker biographies (pdf)

The market and topic presentations are listed below along with key contacts for further information and advice.

European Forum

• Introduction & European Trends (pdf)- Laurence Bresh & David Edwards 
• France - Karen Clarkson 
• Norway, Sweden, Finland & Denmark - Mike Mc Cormick
• Netherlands & Belgium - Mike Mc Cormick
• Germany, Austria & Switzerland - Holger Lenz
• Italy & Greece - Sofia Astrid Pennacchi
• Spain & Portugal - Cristina Bernabe
• Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary & Russuia - Ildiko Mezo & Natalia Senina              

      Click here fore the European presentations (pdf)

• Maximising the Benefits of the 2012 Games for the whole of the UK (pdf) - Seren Welch
• Low Cost Carriers (pdf) - Karen Clarkson             

Long Haul Forum

• VisitBritain USA (pdf) - Amanda Dempsey & Simon Bradley
• Travel Trade USA & Canada (pdf)- Carl Walsh & Lynda Falcone
• Brazil: The Country of the Future (pdf) - Danny Guimaraes & Simon Bradley
• Maximising the benefits of the 2012 Games for the whole of the UK (pdf)  - Seren Welch 
• Destination PR (pdf) - Val Austin
• Long Haul Trends in Inbound Tourism (pdf) - David Edwards
• APMEA Performance & Outlook (pdf) - Garry White
• Tapping the Asian Youth & Luxury Market (pdf) - Su Ramanathan 
• Hitting Bulls-Eye in an Emerging World (pdf) - Edwin Swan 
• India: The new 1 million market to Britain? (pdf) - Paramjit bawa
• Arab Families (pdf) - Carol Maddison & Nicky Cronin
• Britain Does Not Stand Alone: The competition we face (pdf) - Jane Fong
• The Next Generation: Aviation (pdf)- Judy Watkins             

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