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Membership Benefits For Accommodation Providers

Work with West Dorset District Council's tourism team to promote your accommodation and gain the following fantastic benefits:

www.westdorset.com Easy to use, high profile website:

Our website currently receives approximately 20,000 unique visits per month and is the best website for booking and researching a holiday in West Dorset. Highlights include:

Fast, up to date website that is easy to use. Our website is now managed by the leading national tourism web development company...helping us to be up there with the best.

All accommodation entries have a minimum full page entry on our website with 50 words, at least one photograph, your email address and a link to your own website if you have one.

Our website now gives you the opportunity to show youravailability information. This fantastic acility will help to fill your vacancies and boost your trade. Website users will be able to see instantly if you have a vacancy and can then make a booking direct with you.

Property search facility.

Multi-map will show the exact location of your accommodation.

We run at least 4 targeted email campaigns each year to a database of over 25,000 past and potential customers

Search Engine Optimisation to maintain high ranking on Google and other search engines.

Our website is regularly updated and linked to key UK holiday promotion websites.

West Dorset Holiday Guide: West Dorset Holiday Guide 2007

Don't forget to make an impact in the West Dorset Holiday Guide...it is still the only publication dedicated to promoting holidays in West Dorset.

Detailed accommodation information, all National Quality Assurance Scheme assessed, in three sections: Serviced (hotels, guesthouses, inns, farmhouses and B&Bs), self-catering and holiday/caravan and camping parks.
Feature in up to 100,000 guides distributed through a carefully targeted national promotional campaign and via Tourist Information Centres (TICs)
Attractive themed features with stunning photography promoting West Dorset all year round.

bridport TIC Tourist Information Centres

Your accommodation promoted by our West Dorset Tourist Information Centres who deal with more than 500,000 customers per annum.
Our TICs can pass your accommodation details to potential customers and book visitors into your accommodation (minimal commission charged).
A one page feature on our 24hour TIC based Public Access Terminal (PAT) system
Offer invaluable support to all accommodation providers working with us.

Other fantastic benefits!

Eligible for inclusion in a range of West Dorset and new Dorset wide tourism initiatives such as overseas marketing, and press/media work
Regular e-newsletters to help keep you updated with useful information on the local industry, training courses, special offers and new campaigns throughout the year
Attendance at the annual West Dorset tourism business forum
Benefit from European funded Dorset and the New Forest Tourism Partnership initiatives.

Please remember that your accommodation must be inspected under the National Quality Assurance Scheme (NQAS) to be part of this promotional package.

For further information about NQAS please contact:

Serviced accommodation contact: