News Archive October - December 2006
Major training conference to address tourism skills needed by 2012
Changing British attitudes to customer service - and achieving world-class standards in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games - are the challenges set out for a national training and skills conference on November 30 in Milton Keynes. Hosting the World: Achieving world-beating customer service by 2012 will focus on the unique opportunity to raise professionalism in the tourism industry through better training programmes. Read the Full Release
Tourism industry steps up bid to cut water usage
The tourism industry has joined forces with three of the South East's water companies in a bid to tackle the threat posed to the sector by water shortages Read the Full Release
Celebrating 25 years of showing millions of tourists around the region!
One of the region's most active tourism industry organisations has celebrated its 25th anniversary. Read the Full Release
Literary Legends prolific in South East England
www.visitsoutheastengland.com/storybook
As Enjoy England launches its national campaign 'Storybook England', Tourism South East shines the spotlight on what is a particularly rich region of England when it comes to our nation's favourite children's authors.
Avid young readers and aspiring writers will be able to head off to venues throughout Hampshire and Sussex to see where their best-loved authors lived and found their greatest inspiration. Read the Full Release
Local photographers in the frame
Winners of this year's Aylesbury Vale Photographic Competition were announced at a prize-giving ceremony held at the Aylesbury Tourist Information Centre on the 7 October. Read the Full Release