Tourism Trade Bodies & Associations

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Regional Industry/Tourism Bodies & Associations

For details of all local area tourism partnership offices contact us

Click on the title links below for more information about the trade bodies and associations themselves:

Allen Valleys Tourism Visitor Network

Allen Valleys Tourism Visitor Network are a group of 40 independent local businesses with the common aim of providing the best possible experience for their visitors, customers and guests.

Alnwick Tourism Association

Alnwick Tourism Association is a voluntary organisation that promotes tourism to the Alnwick District for the benefit of  local businesses and wider community.

Bellingham & District Tourism & Trade Association 

Email: glennseedall@btinternet.com

Greenhead and Gilsland Tourism Partnership

Greenhead and Gilsland Tourism Partnership are the providers of accommodation, services, food & drink, entertainment, and products in the area around the villages of Gilsland and Greenhead.

Hadrian's Wall Northumberland Network 

Email: sgregory001@tiscali.co.uk

Haltwhistle Tourism Association 

Email: val@gibbshillfarm.co.uk

North East Hoteliers Association

This hotel association has 27 members operating across the 4 sub regions within North East England. Monthly meetings bring members together to discuss and address issues within the business and tourism community.

Contact: Damon Roberts, Chairman, at damon.roberts@thistle.co.uk

Tel: 0871 3769029

North Northumberland Tourism Association

North Northumberland Tourism Association was founded in 1985 and is the oldest established tourism association in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

Rothbury & Coquetdale Tourism Association (RACTA)

Rothbury & Coquetdale Tourism Association (RACTA) is a voluntary organization consisting of diverse businesses in and around Rothbury and in Coquetdale.

South East Northumberland Tourism Association (SENTA) 

SENTA’s aim is to support South East Northumberland’s tourism, heritage and culture

Welcome Northumberland Tourism Association

Welcome Northumberland Tourism Association was inaugurated at a public meeting in January 2007. This voluntary organisation has 100 members across Northumberland.

Wild Redesdale

Email: info@otterburntower.com

National Industry/Tourism Bodies & Associations

Click on the title links below for more information about the organisations themselves:

Association of Leading Visitor Attractions

Association for museums and art galleries, heritage sites, cathedrals, leisure attractions, gardens and conservation sites.

British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions

Founded in 1936, BALPPA is the non profit-making Trade Association which represents the interests of owners, managers, suppliers and developers in the UK's commercial leisure parks, piers, zoos and static attractions sector.

British Beer and Pub Association

Formerly known as the Brewers & Licensed Retailers Association.

British Holiday and Home Parks Association

Created by park owners in the 1950s. It is the nationally recognised representative of the parks industry and is consulted by Government on all changes to legislation affecting park businesses, and works pro-actively to affect change, improving the regulatory environment in which parks operate.

British Hospitality Association

The Association exists to ensure that the views of the British hospitality industry are represented in a forceful, coherent and co-ordinated way to government and policy makers in the UK and internationally, in order that its members' businesses can flourish.

Business in Sport and Leisure

BISL is a trade organisation, a lobby, an umbrella body. It represents the key players in the sport and leisure industry.

English Heritage

English Heritage exists to protect and promote England’s spectacular historic environment and ensure that its past is researched and understood.

Meetings Industry Association

The MIA is the United Kingdom's principal trade association for the conference, meeting & events industry. By encouraging excellence and ethical standards, your best interests are assured.  The MIA exists for the benefit of its members and conference buyers.  They enable members to maintain and develop the quality of the services they provide through delivery of member benefits. 

National Trust

Working to preserve and protect the buildings, countryside and and coastline of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in a range of ways, through practical conservation, learning and discovery, and encouraging everyone to visit and enjoy their national heritage.

People 1st

People 1st is the skills agency for people working in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sector. It is a publicly funded body and its role is to raise the skills and qualifications of the staff in these industries.

Restaurant Association

The Association has become a potent voice for the industry, leading the debate on issues such as deregulation legislation, licensing reform and the Smoking White Paper, and challenging other government initiatives where appropriate, both actual and potential.

The Tourism Alliance

The Tourism Alliance seeks to establish and maintain a favourable operating environment for all businesses involved in the delivery of tourism, particularly in England. Their main purpose is to lobby government both in England and Brussels on the key strategic issues facing the industry.

Tourism Management Institute (TMI)

TMI is the professional institute for people working in Destination Management. A network of over 300 tourism professionals, who share news and ideas.

The Tourism Society

The Tourism Society is the professional membership body for people working in all sectors of the visitor economy with the aim of driving up standards of professionalism in a fast-growing global industry which can have major social, economic and environmental impacts on communities and nations.