Shropshire Tourism Membership Benefits
In order to discharge our duty of care to visitors and comply with Visit Britain and Enjoy England criteria Shropshire Tourism only promotes accommodation businesses that are inspected and graded to national standards or are subject to a direct agreement with Visit Britain or other inspecting organisations.
When you become a member of Shropshire Tourism, you also gain access to some fantastic, tailor-made benefits designed to help you take your business forward.
Here are the benefits available to members for 2010/11.
YOUR WEB ENTRY ON THE www.shropshiretourism.co.uk WEBSITE
- Your web entry will appear on the official tourism website for Shropshire and the largest tourism network in the county which currently receives on an average of 35,000 unique real visitors per month
- Features of your web entry include:
- Live weblink to your own website
- Contact details (address, telephone number and email with contact form)
- Up to 1,000 words of text and 5 images
- Multimap location link
- Official assessment grading logo (if applicable)
Web & Internet Marketing Services
- Submission of Special Offers to the www.shropshiretourism.co.uk website
- Special rates on bespoke website design and hosting services - click for details
- Use of the Shropshire Tourism members website www.stmem.com where you can receive company and industry news updates, advice and support
- Monthly member e-newsletters delivered direct to your inbox with the latest news and Shropshire Tourism updates
Marketing & IT Support
- Access to impartial, bespoke, professional marketing and IT consultancy services
- Opportunity to advertise in the Shropshire & the Welsh Borders brochure for staying visitors and in the Shropshire & the Welsh Borders Places to Visit booklet for day visitors
- Opportunity to advertise within several other tourism association publications
- Supplies of the Shropshire & the Welsh Borders Places to Visit booklet
- Shropshire Tourism Member window emblem and use of the Love From Shropshire logo with provision of the Love from Shropshire stickers
- Use of images from Shropshire Tourism's photographic library - Click here to view the library.
- Access to market research and intelligence held/collated by Shropshire Tourism
Press & PR Opportunities
- Submissions of newsworthy press/PR releases
- Hosting travel journalists while visiting the county on familiarisation trips organised by Shropshire Tourism
Discounts & Special Rates on...
- Credit/debit card transactions and machines - click for details
- Legal and professional services - click for details
- Equipment such as security services from Securasound Ltd, radiator panels when purchasing from Efficient Energy Services, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, etc.
- Design, print, logo branding and leaflet distribution
- Commissioning of professional photographs for business literature and websites at special rates
- Bed & Breakfast insurance - Click for details
Networking & Other Benefits
- Participation in joint membership schemes with relevant tourism associations (subject to eligibility)
- Invitation to attend AGM and Forum meetings
If there are any membership benefits you would like us to provide that we don't currently offer, please let us know your ideas and we will look in to the possibility of offering them to members in the future.
If you are an accommodation provider, attraction or event operator, or just involved in tourism in Shropshire or the surrounding area and are interested in joining membership or wish to know more please contact us.
