At its Annual General Meeting held today (Monday, 23rd July 2018), Michael Hirst OBE, Chairman of the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), was reappointed for a three-year term to the board of the Tourism Alliance, the body that represents over fifty organisations covering the diverse sectors making up Britain’s visitor economy.
Hirst has been a Tourism Alliance board member for the past fifteen years, was Chairman of the Alliance in 2013 and has also served as Treasurer and on the Executive Committee.
The Alliance is presently dealing with issues arising from Britain’s exit from the European Union including skills, employee retention and recruitment, facilitation of travel, and other regulations including the package travel directive. It is also considering position papers on tourism taxes and registration of accommodation.
Hirst said: “The Alliance makes a unique contribution to the furtherance of the well-being and reputation of the Tourism Industry. At all times whilst the BVEP is part of the Alliance, the interests of the events sector can be included in representations the Alliance makes.
“The Tourism Alliance has also played a key role in developing the industry’s sector bid as part of the government’s industrial strategy. The role of events within that strategy is key to increasing productivity, seasonal spread and regional dispersal. Through board membership of the Tourism Alliance, I will be able to ensure the Alliance can fully co-ordinate the Events sector contribution to the Bid and make sure that the needs of the events sector are properly understood.”
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About Business Visits & Events Partnership
The Business Visits & Events Partnership is an umbrella organisation representing leading trade and professional organisations, government agencies and other significant influencers in the business visits and events sector.
The BVEP exists to:
• garner the cohesive opinion of these stakeholders and to collectively influence and develop policies, practices and strategies that support and generate growth in the sector
• raise sector awareness through clear communications of the social and economic benefits of the business visits and events sector.
The Partnership seeks to provide a cohesive point of view for the entire business visits and events sector. The BVEP works with prominent sector leaders including its partners, government departments and agencies to influence and develop policies and practices favourable to the growth of business events, and trade and creative enterprise through business visits and events.
It has the support of the leading trade and professional organisations and government agencies with a shared interest in the economic benefit and growth of conferences, meetings, exhibitions, trade fairs, incentive travel, corporate hospitality, ceremonies, as well as other business, sporting, cultural and festival events.
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