Dame Irene Hays Awarded Prestigious Tourism Society Award
The Tourism Society is proud to announce Dame Irene Hays as the recipient of the 2025 Tourism Society Award, recognising her outstanding lifetime contribution to the development and success of the UK tourism industry. The Award was presented last night by Lord Thurso, President of...
Careers in the Tourism Industry
This edition of the Tourism Society Journal is dedicated to one of the most important aspects of our society: Careers in the Industry. At the very heart of the Tourism Society lies a fundamental mission to promote, support and develop careers in the diverse and dynamic world of tourism. (more…)
Tourism Society New Board
At their first board meeting, 5 new co-opted board members joined the Tourism Society Chair Deborah Heather, and 12 full board members to set the strategy for the future of the Society and plans to celebrate the Tourism Society's 50th Anniversary in July 2027. See https://thetourismsociety.com/about-us/whos-who/...
Newsletter January 2025
Happy Chinese New Year! Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025! We hope the year has started on a high note for everyone. Below, some of our members share their exciting updates. We’re thrilled to welcome many of you to Prospects 2025 tomorrow at Immediate Media’s offices...
Tourism Society welcomes the government consultation on accommodation registration
The Tourism Society is pleased to support the government’s call for evidence on tourism accommodation registration, in response to the growth and impact of short-term holiday lettings. We are encouraging all of our members with relevant experience of this sector and its related impacts and issues...
Tourism Society welcomes Government response to De Bois Review of DMOs
The Tourism Society, the professional membership body for people working in all sectors of the visitor economy, welcomes the government response to the independent review of destination management organisations in England, published on 20 July 2022. The actions set out in the response, if handled effectively,...
The Tourism Society Welcomes a New Chair
The Head of Secretariat, Alison Cryer, of the Tourism Society is delighted to announce the new Tourism Society Chair Deborah Heather, who was elected at the 45th Anniversary AGM. Deborah is Chief Executive Officer of QIA Services, the parent company of Quality in Tourism (QIT), with...
Yorkshire Tourism – An update from Tourism Society Yorkshire chairman, John Gallery
As many colleagues will know, the destination marketing organisation (DMO) for Yorkshire, Welcome to Yorkshire, was placed into administration at the end of March 2022. The lead up to this was the loss of two chief executives in three years for a variety of reasons,...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours for Tourism
The following Honours were published yesterday. Congratulations to all from the Tourism Society. Sally Jane Balcombe. Chief Executive, VisitBritain. For services to Tourism. OBE Nicholas De Bois. Chair, VisitEngland Advisory Board. For services to Tourism and to the Economy. OBE Terence Hugh Brannigan. Chairman, Tourism Northern...
Tourism Consultants Network event March 29th 2022 – Responding to sustainability
At a time when the call for tourism to be more sustainable is louder than ever, this on-line TCN event, in conjunction with the Tourism Society, looked at sustainability policies and challenges for the sector and ways of supporting more business response. Richard Denman, director of...
