After an independent month-long postal ballot, eligible businesses operating across the English Riviera have voted YES to continue the English Riviera Business Improvement District (ERBID2). It will now operate until 2027 spending over £3m in that time to market and help manage the resort. The ballot result was announced by Anne-Marie Bond (Chief Executive Officer
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The English Riviera BID Company have published their Final ERBID2 Business Plan and if voted on positively by Eligible Businesses in an independent renewal Postal Vote (May 27th – June 24th) will raise £5 million for promoting the resort for the next 5 years (2022-2027). Over 250 people were consulted in preparing the Final ERBID2
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The past year has been extraordinary – and for many of us life-changing, and often more about survival than simply delivering excellence. But throughout it all a new force has emerged for tourism across the South West – a force that has dedicated days, weeks, even months to help tourism businesses in the region. This
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The ERBID Company has published the ERBID2 Consultation – Draft Business Plan in its quest to secure a further £3.5 million to promote the English Riviera for a further 5-years from January 2022. The formal consultation process involving over 1200 eligible businesses will start in mid-February with the ERBID2 renewal ballot scheduled for May 27th
Continue ReadingOn September 17th-18th 2020, the Minister for Tourism met with the ERBID Company Chair, Tim Godfrey, CEO, Carolyn Custerson, local MP, Kevin Foster and Kents Cavern and The 25 Boutique B&B. The aim of the visit was to hear first-hand how Covid-19 has impacted on the visitor and wider economy and discuss the challenges for
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced Nigel Huddleston MP as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism in February 2020. Nigel was first elected as a Member of Parliament in May 2015. Nigel’s new remit includes: the arts museums heritage tourism digital culture cultural property
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For the first time ever, the ERBID Company are launching exclusive digital advertising opportunities for Levy Payers. In support of the continued rapid rate of growth in the number of visitors researching and booking their holiday accommodation and activities online, the English Riviera BID Company will be investing more money and resources in targeted Digital
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The winners have been announced amidst a night of celebration at the inaugural English Riviera Tourism Awards last night (3 October) at The Imperial Torquay. A diverse range of outstanding businesses were presented trophies, with Kents Cavern Prehistoric Caves receiving Gold awards for Access and Inclusivity, International Tourism, Visitor Attraction of the Year and the
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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced Helen Whately MP is the new Minister for Tourism, replacing Rebecca Pow MP as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism. Helen was re-elected MP for Faversham and Mid Kent in 2017. She took up her new post as Tourism Minister on
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A new guide to Torquay’s literary heritage will reveal facts about Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Bovril, war poetry, Frankenstein and evolution. Torquay’s literary connections will be brought to life in Writers on the Riviera, a beautifully illustrated printed map and guide which highlights writers who have taken inspiration from the area. The English Riviera is well known as the birthplace
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