Discover Our Benefits
Articles
Be Informed!
Wedding Tourist writers source the best and most qualified information to pass on to its members. Delegate roles to your team members and distribute the information arriving regularly to your desk top, to give your company the resources it needs.
Collaboration
Reach Out!
One simple phone call to the Voice Line or your written message on the Members Forum will be added to the collective voice on all the issues we discuss. Take part in Surveys and opt to send pre-prepared Letters to MPs as you wish.
Lobbying
Be Heard!
Wedding Tourist Alliance will lobby on your behalf on the subjects you care about. We liaise with the major industry pressure groups and trade associations, so you don’t have to bear that expense or filter the wide range of information they provide. Currently, we are compiling evidence for these two key issues, and discussing many more.
• The proposed new laws affecting who can legally perform marriages and where they can be performed have only been consulted by government with celebrants. Wedding venues need to have their say on this proposal before it is too late.
• Business Rates – our Articles and News items track this debate as it is currently occurring in Parliament.
Engage! We advocate your position as stakeholders in your communities and the visitor economy with your DMOs, Local Councils and MPs.
Award Scheme
Be Recognised!
Our Awards Scheme recognises the places and individuals who make excellent contributions to Event Tourism in the Wedding Industry. Joining the Wedding Tourist Alliance helps internationalise the UK Wedding Industry by firmly establishing wedding venues as committed providers of guest services and cultural experiences, and as cultural experts. All members commitment to inclusivity, diversity and community leadership is rewarded with our Wedding Tourist Approved indoor/outdoor wall plaque for display at their premises, and a hyperlinked website logo for use by their guests. Members development with international services, best practice strategies and industry inspiration, participation and leadership is recognised and rewarded through our Awards and Ambassadors scheme. These rewards enhance industry presence and develop career progression in this dynamic sector.
Campaigns
Be Seen!
- Expanding the category of VisitBritain’s Best Wedding Venue to the whole of the UK
- Developing the Walking and Cycling resource on the B2C Wedding Tourist website
- Having wedding venues represented in Government Sample Surveys
- Getting a marriage landing page on Local Council websites (subject to the new law)
- Promoting UK weddings internationally
Tour Guide Service
Serve
Help your couples keep their guests entertained during their visit, with easy access to the Wedding Tourist Tour Guide service. Consider the facts:
- Most weddings include long distance travellers
- You can supply UK Tourism objectives of expanding the visitor experience
- You are not currently recognised as the cultural specialists you are
- This service will embed wedding venues in the visitor economy
- The data collected will be used to help describe your impact on Tourism
- You can associate with those who help preserve buildings, amenities and land
Exclusive Member Discounts For Annual Conferences
Unite
Gather with your fellow wedding venue owners and managers at the Wedding Tourist Alliance Annual Conference
- Review the successes of Wedding Tourist achievements and the journey for the future
- Six keynote speakers including DMOs, MPs, Industry Specialists, Industry leaders, Trade Association spokespeople, Building and Land experts, Sustainability spokespeople, Industry data analysts, Trend observers and Legal specialists.
- Optional pre-conference networking evening and optional post-conference networking walk or tourist destination outing.
Networking Events
Meet!
Get together for our social gatherings, held in major regional cities over the year. Try our tour guided well-being walks and learn how to set up your own walking groups with your like-minded fellow members, using our time-out template.
Translation & Interpretation Services
Appeal To Wider Markets
Fully bespoke or packaged translation solutions for all wedding literature and websites, with digital and print support as required. National interpreter network available for your clients’ key ceremony and speech requirements.
Seminars & Workshops
Take Part!
Sign up for our workshops and seminars, aimed at owners, management or staff.
- Love Thy Neighbour – Learn from accredited crowd security experts in a workshop dedicated to Antisocial behaviour responses, Noise regulations and controls, Dispute resolution, Community communication, Avoiding litigation, Staff training, Equipment and Transport options, Emergency response expectations.
- Photography Course – create your own photo library, best choice of camera equipment, photography fundamental rules in portrait, group shots and landscape, video camera options and drone use, storage options, practical demonstration and application segments incorporated.
- Housekeeping Managers 2 day Workshop – Defining excellence, Storage requirements and solutions, Substance safety and checklist, Signage, Stain removal, Product appropriateness, Allergies, First aid additions, Staff ratios, Rota creation, Staff training, Interviewing, Review criteria, Hosting staff meetings, Keeping records, Laundry credentials, Pre, during and post-event housekeeping requirements, day and night staff requirements, Pest control and infestation management, Air quality control.
- Planning Permission Symposium – Places for six people maximum to attend a Planning Permission Intensive with a national Planning Consultant for advice on preparing applications for projects such as New Builds, Extensions, Temporary Structures, Listed Building alterations and Change of Use. Advice and instruction on noise, vibration, traffic and parking assessments and sustainability credentials for successful planning applications.
More workshops are available for all your operations, staff, training, procurement and business development concerns. See our private members website for details.
