Dates for your Diary

Visit Lincolnshire’s AGM - Wednesday 13 October 2010- RAF Scampton- 10.00 am for a 10.30 am start
Come and join us at our Annual General Meeting to hear about our 2010-11 plans, plus key achievements from 2009/10. The keynote speaker is Wing Commander Alex Stylianides, Station Commander at RAF Scampton. Attendees will enjoy a tour of the historical museum and infamous Red Arrows. For more information please contact Sharon Stone on 01522 561661 or sharon@visitlincolnshire.com

Think Family – 21 September 2010 – Grimsthorpe Castle – 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
An inspiring and stimulating day to find new ways of making your business truly welcoming and enticing to families. This workshop is being run in conjunction with Lincolnshire Heritage Forum.

Welcome Host Plus - NEW – 30 September 2010 – Rand Farm Park – 9.15 am to 4.00 pm - Fully booked
Part of the Welcome to Excellence programme, Welcome Host Plus is a one day training programme which aims to build on and extend knowledge and skills in customer service and communication to give your organisation competitive edge – limited spaces available.

Places of Interest Quality Assurance Scheme (PIQAS) – NEW – 3 November 2010 – Metheringham Airfield - 10.45am to 4pm
PIQAS is a valuable management and marketing tool for all places of interest and smaller attraction operators. The service meets the needs of places of interest and smaller attractions whether volunteer run, charity organisations, unmanned sites or natural features in the landscape. This accreditation is the next step up from Code of Practice.

Leaflet Swap and Working Together for the Games – 15 November 2010 – South Holland Centre, Spalding – 10.15 am to 3.30 pm
Come and join us for the autumn leaflet swap, and following on from the conference in July, we will be hosting a ‘mini’ conference for Working Together for the Games. Hear an update from VisitBritain on how your business can benefit from the forthcoming Games and other national sporting events coming to the UK in the next few years, together with the launch of Lincolnshire’s 2012 Strategy.

Staying One Step Ahead (Accessibility) – 25 November 2010 – Petwood Hotel – Times to be confirmed
This workshop isn’t about disability – it’s about helping you to offer a more accessible business to a wide range of potential visitors – those less mobile, families and elderly guests in an easy-to-achieve, low cost way.

For more information and booking forms for any of the above please contact Sharon Stone on 01522 561661 or email sharon@visitlincolnshire.com

Inspire Olympic mark open more opportunities for your business

We want to encourage as many businesses as possible to apply for the London 2012 Inspire Mark.

The London 2012 Inspire Mark enables non-commercial organisations across the UK to link their events and projects to the London 2012 Games - Visit Lincolnshire was awarded the Inspire Mark in July 2010 for our business conference ‘Working together for the Games’.

The aim behind the Inspire programme is to involve as many people as possible in the 2012 Games. Once an Inspire Mark has been awarded it will enable businesses and event organisers to take advantage of a number of marketing opportunities surrounding the 2012 Games.

If you sign up, you’re event and business will join a broad participation programme spanning sport events, education, sustainability, volunteering, business opportunities and skill.

If you are planning an event, festival or activities that could be linked to the 2012 games; or you want to sign up for the Inspire Mark please email EmmaBurke@emd.org.uk or visit the Inspire website.

Lincolnshire currently has 13 Inspire Marks assigned to events and businesses that are supporting the 2012 Games.

Across the region, the East Midlands have 83 Marks. If we can raise Lincolnshire’s support for the 2012 Games it will raise the county’s profile in the run up to the games. In the long term this could also enhance Lincolnshire’s national reputation as a county to do business with and a place to visit.

Congratulation to our advertising winner

Congratulations to our lucky advertisers who won a discount of £150 for 2011's visitor guide adverts.

Like the sound of this – well, you could be in with a chance of winning a discounted 2012 advert by placing an order for one in 2011.

For more information on advertising please contact Dan Pounds on 01522 561674 or email Dan@visitlincolnshire.com.

The winners are:
Visit Lincolnshire 2010 – Dove Cottage, Self Catering in the Lincolnshire Wolds
Skegness and Mablethorpe 2010 – The Ramblers Guest House, Trusthorpe
Discover Rutland 2010 – Lands End Outlet Store, Rutland
Wake up to Cleethorpes 2010 – Aristocrat Guest House, Cleethorpes