Friday, 11 February 2011

VisitBritain closes Business tourism department

Hot off the press - so to speak - we understand that the WHOLE team at VisitBritain business tourism are facing the chop.

This includes Simon Mills , who has only been there a year, joining the soon to be defunct team in 2010 from the Hong Kong Tourism Board in London. We feel sorry for him and his team - probably promised so much yet given so little.

Hold on - is not London hosting the Olympics soon - is not that an event ideal for getting business leaders into the UK ?

Cut backs are one thing - stupidity is another.

If VisitBritain stopped trying to sale and actually market it would be an improvement - selling is best left to commercial companies - not Government quangos.

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