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Goodbye OHTIA Welcome OHTCIC. John Mitchell Outer Hebrides Tourism Industry Association. Outline. OHTIA recent achievements New organisation – OHTCIC Key Contacts. Outer Hebrides Destination Branding. Creation of a top quality, eye catching brand and identity for the Outer Hebrides - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Outer Hebrides Tourism Industry Association
Goodbye OHTIA
Welcome OHTCICJohn MitchellOuter Hebrides Tourism Industry Association
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Outline
• OHTIA recent achievements
• New organisation – OHTCIC
• Key Contacts
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Outer Hebrides Destination Branding
• Creation of a top quality, eye catching brand and identity for the Outer Hebrides
• Currently used on website, promotional material and nature interpretation material
• Available for use by accommodation businesses
• Commitment from VS to use in their marketing of the Outer Hebrides
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Outer Hebrides Destination Website
• A truly top quality destination website for the Outer Hebrides, created and supported by the industry leading tourism web developers
• Established as the go to source of information for the Outer Hebrides
• Top quality inspirational images• Professionally written information• Every tourism business has basic listing for free• OHTIA members have options for enhanced listings
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Website facts and figures
• 700 Accommodation businesses• 1000 Activities and Attractions
• 700 Events• More and more pages every year
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Social Media
• Professional presence on Facebook, Twitter and Google+• Thousands of Google hits• 3500 likes on Facebook• 2000 Twitter followers
• Creates and maintains awareness in the Outer Hebrides• Helps drive traffic to the destination website
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Moving Forward to 2020
• A new organisation needed – completely outgrown the OHTIA as an association
Outer Hebrides Tourism Community Interest Company
• Launched at this conference• All OHTIA members will move across to OHTCIC
• OHTCIC will drive industry contribution to delivery of Tourism Outer Hebrides 2020
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Directors
Lewis• Donald Macarthur• Linda Macleod Brown• Lorna Eller• Ian Fordham• Anne RyanHarris• John Mitchell• Sue Hill• Graham MacLennan• Jan Visser
North Uist• Andrew Ross
South Uist / Benbecula• Alan Graham
Barra• Guy Adams
Hotels Sector• Kenneth Mackenzie
More directors needed – especially in Uists and Barra!
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Staff
OHTIA Project Staff (until June 2014)
Anne Ryan(Tourism Development Officer)
Mairi Thomson(Tourism Development Assistant)
OHTCIC Staff (from June 2014)
Mairi Thomson(Industry Support Officer)
• Website maintenance• Business listing maintenance• First point of contact for industry• First point of contact for consumer
enquiries• General support for industry
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Final Points / Future Developments
• Moving forward to 2020.• A new organisation OHTCIC required.
• Continued development of website.• Continued awareness and pressure on Ferry Capacity - critical !!!
• Development of membership base of OHTCIC.• Continued liaison with partners.
• More local involvement.