Website Services
Shropshire Tourism offers a range of website options, from your membership web entry to bespoke website design. Shropshire Tourism is here to help you get the best out of the web.
By using Shropshire Tourism for your website requirements you will link into the county tourism network, including the Shropshire Tourism website is supported by an annual £400,000 marketing and promotional campaign. This ensures that your website presence with us is not just virtual, but actually generates business for you in reality.
Since the website launched in 1999 it has grown dramatically and now it is easy to see why we are the Shropshire website of choice for well over 500 tourism businesses.
With frequent updates, consistently high search engine results and an extremely high traffic ranking, visitors to the website are able to find your business by searching exactly the type of accommodation, attraction, activity, restaurant or event they are looking for.
Shropshire Tourism has recently recieved the Quality Mark accreditation from UKITA, the United Kingdom IT Association. The Quality Mark is only awarded to providers of IT and web-based solutions who have achieved a high level of quality in their systems and levels of support. The Quality Mark acts as a reassurance to businesses that the company is a proffessionally run organsation that understands web and IT.
Shropshire Tourism website services include:
- Member web entry & searchable listings - FREE
- Website design service
- Special Offers - FREE
- Syndicated website content with local websites - FREE
- Use of Shropshire Tourism image library - FREE
- Technical support - FREE
- Members photographic service - From £55
Member Web Entry and Searchable Listings - FREE
One of the most affordable ways to get your business on the web is as a part of your Shropshire Tourism membership benefits. Along with many other benefits your membership fee, gives you a FREE webpage with 2 images and 300 words of editorial copy. Your webpage can be accessed by visitors using the Shropshire Tourism searchable listings or direct using your own unique address.
Your web entry will consist of a results listing with property image, contact details, prices and ratings. This then links to your own web page which have:
- Your full contact details
- Automatic email response
- Web address
- Detailed directions & mapping
- Full tariff details
- Full facilities listings
- Grading & awards listing
- 2 images
- 300 words of editorial copy
- Special Offers (detailed on the Special Offers section of the website)
The advantage of being promoted on the Shropshire Tourism website is that your business website will benefit from Shropshire Tourism's annual marketing and promotional campaigns and because the Shropshire Tourism website features very highly on most of the major search engines, your website is more likely to be found by potential visitors to Shropshire.
Click here to learn more about our marketing campaigns
Website Design Service - from only £475 With Annual Hosting From £60
Our website design & hosting service has proven to be very popular with members and is the solution for your online promotion.
There are five options available Bronze (A & B), Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each option has been broken down into elements detailed below so that you can find the option that perfectly suits your requirements.
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| Design Cost (plus VAT) | £475 | £900 | £1,575+ Bespoke quote | ||
| First year hosting cost (plus VAT) | £60 | £210 | Free | Free | Free |
| Hosting cost per annum after first year (plus VAT) | £60 | £210 | £210 | £210 | £210 |
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| Professionally created website based around our template layout - (Click here to see an example) | |
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| Number of Pages | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| Number of Images (per page) | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| Number of Words (per page) | 300 | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| Type of pages | Static | Dynamic | Dynamic | ||
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| Link from Shropshire Tourism website to your bespoke website | |
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| Access to Shropshire Tourism availability/booking system (subject to membership) |
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To view a list of websites created, hosted and maintained by Shropshire Tourism please click here.
If you would like any further information or clarification of services, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01743 261919.
Special Offers - FREE
As a member of Shropshire Tourism you can also use the site to highlight your special or late availability offers FREE on the Shropshire Tourism websites special offers page.
You may want to add seasonal offers too, possibly for Christmas or Valentines day. Whatever time of year you want to promote your special offer simply call Shropshire Tourism and we will add it to the website. Just let us know when you want to remove it and we will take it off the website for you - it's that simple.
Click here to view the Shropshire Special Offers page
Syndicated Website Content - FREE
As a member, Shropshire Tourism will maintain your website record free of charge. One phone call to Shropshire Tourism can change your data across all the websites within the Shropshire Tourism website network.
These websites include:
- www.shropshiretourism.co.uk
- www.visitshrewsbury.com
- www.northshropshire.co.uk
- www.visitsouthshropshire.co.uk
- www.ironbridge.info
- www.visitbridgnorth.com
Shropshire Tourism Image Library - FREE
Shropshire Tourism has an extensive image library of over 500 images that are available to use FREE of charge by members on their own websites and publications.
If you are interested in using the 'Shropshire Tourism' or 'Love From Shropshire' logos in your own publications or websites, you need to know Shropshire Tourism's branding guidelines.
Click here to read Shropshire Tourism branding guidelines
Technical Support - FREE
One simple phone call to Shropshire Tourism and we will change your editorial or images for you FREE of charge. We take the view that any technical problems are ours and not yours.
For technical support, please call 01743 261919.
Members Photography Service - From £55
A website is a visual medium that is aided greatly by professional photographs. Shropshire Tourism has agreed a concessionary rate exclusive to members for a one off fee of £55.00 with several local photographers. The images are supplied to you in CD format and copyright free for you to use on your website, in your brochures and in your adverts.
If you are doing your own photography, you may find our photography guidelines useful. Click here to download the PDF.
Interested?
If you would like a quotation for an individual website, or if you would like any other information, or to discuss anything web related simply contact:
Shropshire Tourism, Grove House, 8 St Julian's Friar, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1XL
Tel: 01743 261919 or Click here to email.
Let us take care of all of your e:marketing needs