Sample of Current Adverts

Dear Member,
How was Easter for you? It would be good to get some feedback on performance over Easter and the first 3 months of this year – if you have a moment, drop me a line with how business has been for you.
Here are some numbers to share with you:
- Last Saturday was the second busiest day ever in the Visitor Information Centre, with over 2,800 people coming through the doors. Only a Saturday in August last year was busier.
- Visits to www.visitbath.co.uk topped 400,000 for the first time ever in March – another great milestone!
- We closed March with exactly 500 businesses in membership of Bath Tourism Plus – we welcomed 81 new members in 2012/13.
Have a good week!
Nick Brooks-Sykes
Chief Executive
Bath Tourism Plus
/ What’s on this week
There is something for everyone in Bath… so make sure your customers know what’s on during their time in Bath:
5th April City to Garden Walk at Prior Park
5th April – 6th May Odyssey: An exhibition at Bath Abbey
6th April Bath Rugby V Stade Francais
6th April Two Tunnels Greenway Festival and Opening
7th April Paper Cutting Painted Pomp at the Holburne Museum
For a full list of what’s on this week see the Visitbath.co.uk what’s on pages
Sample of Current Adverts / Information Centre screens – Reach audiences even when we’re closed!
Put your business messages in front of some 2,000 visitors a day by advertising on one of three digital screens in the Bath Visitor Information Centre.
Window screens run from 8am – 10.30pm, providing the opportunity to reach audiences even when the Centre is closed.
Prices start at just £75 per month – that’s just 5p each time your advert shows!
See attached booking form or simply call 01225 322422 or email for further details
/ VisitEngland Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Roman Baths in becoming South West’s Large Visitor Attraction of the Year!
They will now represent the region at the National VisitEngland Awards for Excellence which take place in May. We wish them Good Luck!
March 2013 statistics for VisitBath.co.uk:
Website visits, 401,182 - up 75% on March 2012.
Unique visitors, 246,007 - up 61% on March 2012.
Online bookings, 577 (accounting for 92% of total BTP bookings)
App downloads, 17,775 to date
Bath on TV
Have you seen the latest round up of “What’s On?” from Bath on TV?
It stars the Visitor Information Centre’s own Jacqui Bender!
Watch it here http://goo.gl/Mz3EJ
/ Bath Christmas Market Dates
As the organisers of the Bath Christmas Market we are pleased to officially announce the dates for this year’s event as 28th November – 15th December 2013. As you know accommodation sells out quickly, so why not announce your availability and start taking bookings, there are only 273 days to go!
If you’d like to offer accommodation deals to market stallholders for long term rentals, then please contact the Christmas Market team at: or 01225 322 426.
Rugby Tickets on sale via Visitor Information Centre
The Visitor Information Centre has tickets for sale for the following Bath home rugby matches.
All tickets are for covered seating in the Centurion Stand. (plus the Novia Stand – uncovered – for the Stade Francais game).
Simply call in or telephone 0844 847 5256 to buy your ticket.
Bath Rugby V Stade Francais Saturday 6th April – Kick Off 1pm - £30.00
Bath Rugby V Leicester Saturday 20th April – Kick Off 2.15pm - £33.00
/ Notice from Bath and North East Somerset Council
(VARIOUS ROADS, BATH) (PROHIBITION OF PARKING)
(DESIGNATED PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2013
NOTICE is hereby given that on 26th March 2013 the Bath and North East Somerset Council made the following order as modified, under provisions contained in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 the effect of which will be:
1. To remove the limited waiting provision in lengths of Royal Victoria Park, Bath and introduce disabled parking bays, 2 hour and 4 hour paid-for parking;
2. To introduce 4 hour paid-for parking in the access road which leads from the junction with Park Lane to Royal Victoria Park;
3. To reduce the Residents Parking and Pay & Display provisions in lengths of Walcot Street, Bath (also known as Ladymead);
4. To introduce 2 hour limited waiting in lengths of Northfields; and
5. To introduce ‘no parking’ restrictions in lengths of Claremont Road, Hermitage Road, Lansdown Road, Northfields, Richmond Road, Royal Victoria Park, Sion Hill, Sion Road, South Avenue, Summerhill Road, Triangle North, Walcot Street and West Avenue, Bath.
The Bath and North East Somerset Council (Various Roads, Bath) (Prohibition of Parking) (Designated parking Places) Order 2013 will come into operation on 20th May 2013 and a copy, together with a map and a Statement of the Council's Reasons for making the order may be inspected at The Planning Desk, One Stop Shop, 3-4 Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1JQ and at the offices below during normal office hours.
Any person who desires to question the validity of, or any provision contained in the order on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or on the grounds that any of the relevant requirements of that Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, may within six weeks after the date on which the order was made, apply to the High Court for this purpose.
If you have any queries about your membership of Bath Tourism Plus, please contact the membership team: 01225 322423

Carly Somerville

Membership Assistant

Bath Tourism Plus

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