Tourism Ventures - consultancy services for the travel and tourism industry
Andrew Daines
Hello, and welcome to the Tourism Ventures website.
My name is Andrew Daines and I provide consultancy services on a freelance or contract basis. I offer a range of services to companies, organisations and institutions working as part of, or with, the travel and tourism industry. My key skills and specialities are digital marketing for the travel and tourism industry, the deployment of technology solutions, building and managing partnerships, delivering conferences and events (including all aspects of organising, through to delivering presentations, facilitating workshops, and chairing), project management, social media, accessible tourism and content creation / travel writing.
I have twenty years' experience, including almost fourteen years with VisitBritain, the UK's national tourism agency. During this time, I was able to work on a number of high profile digital marketing initiatives, including the international consumer website, visitbritain.com, the National Tourism Open Platform, a content management system for the UK's tourism businesses, and BritAgent, an e-learing programme for travel agents selling Britain around the world.
From 2006-2011, I represented VisitBritain on the European Travel Commission's Marketing and Technology Network, where I worked with the digital marketing experts from each of the national tourism organisations across Europe. I worked on the consumer website visiteurope.com, on a range of partner marketing initiatives, and was part of the team that organised and delivered the annual 'e-Business Academy'. I served as both vice-chairman and chairman of this group.
I am a full member of the Tourism Management Institute (TMI), the UK's professional association for destination managers. From 2006-2011, I represented VisitBritain on TMI's Council of Management / National Council, and worked as part of TMI's Events Group, working with colleagues from the UK tourism industry to deliver highly successful conferences and one-day events from 2007-2010.
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