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CEO Deirdre Wells has commented on the announcement that Hollywood based Sunset Studios are planning a new £700m film and TV studios in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire:

CEO Deirdre Wells welcomes the Government's new plan to build back the UK's tourism industry.

Nigel Huddleston MP, Minister for Tourism and Sport, received a warm welcome from Kent businesses during English Tourism Week in May as he enjoyed a tour around the Garden of England from Chief Executive Deirdre Wells OBE.

Last week, The Tourism Society held a very thought provoking and well attended discussion on the future of English Destination Management Organisations (DMOs).

Go To Places in partnership with Global Media and Travelmole held a roundtable discussion for senior representatives from over 20 Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) based all over the UK in order to share experiences, lessons learned and to update each other on plans for 2021.

Visit Herts has released its latest Tourism Economic Impact Study, which shows that before the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the county’s visitor economy had topped £2.4 billion for the first time ever, welcoming a record 29 million visitors in 2019.

CEO of Go To Places - Deirdre Wells sets out how the Kent visitor economy will respond, reboot and rebuild in 2021 and beyond.

Last week, CEO Deirdre Wells & other key figures from the tourism world came together to discuss ‘Tourism in the UK: Building for the Future and Supporting Further Growth.’

Go To Places held a seminar exploring innovation in the tourism and leisure industry in partnership with the University of Kent and Santander.

Visit Kent’s latest Tourism Economic Impact Study shows that the county’s visitor economy had topped a record £4.1 billion in 2019.

Delegates at last week’s City Nation Place conference heard a mixture of uplifting content and about the ongoing difficulties of destinations across the UK.