...for a wide range of marketing and business development benefits, including:
In addition to Shakespeare Country Members, there are schemes for Shakespeare Country Groups and Shakespeare Country Conferences & Events. These will promote your business on the dedicated website, and enable you to benefit from and participate in marketing activities. Groups and Conferences & Events are only available to Shakespeare Country Members. The easiest way to sign up for Shakespeare Country Members, is to sign up online using Guestlink. Just log into Guestlink in the usual way, click on Welcome, then on Online Signup, and select the scheme and level. (Full instructions are available, please click here). Alternatively, contact Ann Baylis for a form.
To find out more about Shakespeare Country Members, Groups, and Conferences & Events, please click here
If you have any questions, please contact Ann Baylis, Membership Officer:
For all businesses whose Membership of South Warwickshire Tourism Ltd has lapsed, or who have cancelled their direct debit payments and for all NEW Members, the Membership Start Date for Shakespeare Country will be 1st August 2010.
For any Member that had paid South Warwickshire Tourism Ltd in full for a year, has not cancelled payment and has not received any refund from the Liquidators, then Shakespeare Country Tourism Ltd will honour the Membership Renewal Date and the new Membership Scheme will start on the appropriate anniversary.
If you need to discuss renewals in more detail, please contact Tony Merrygold
In July 2010 Shakespeare Country signed a contract with Barclays Bank to provide discounted credit card processing services to our Members.
The low rates start at 1.25% for Consumer Credit Card Transactions and 15 pence on Consumer Debit Card Transactions.
There are options for normal credit card machines or processing of web based transactions. As part of the deal, Barclays Bank are waiving their normal joining fee - a saving to Members of £150.
For information on this offering please contact Tony Merrygold on 07802 455 217 or Tony.Merrygold@Shakespeare-Country.co.uk
If you use Streamline for your credit and debit card payments and you have any general enquiries, Streamline's contact number is 0800 010 166. You will be asked to quote Shakespeare Country as the Lead Provider's Organisation and the Lead Provider's reference. Contact Tony Merrygold for the Lead Provider's reference.
If you have any queries regarding the Guestlink part of the system please contact the Guestlink Helpdesk on 0845 166 2217 or via email to helpdesk@guestlink.co.uk
Download Visit Britain's guide to improving accessibility within your tourism business.
Download a copy of the Visitor Economy Strategy for Coventry & Warwickshire 2005 - 2009. Published by Warwickshire County Council on behalf of Coventry & Warwickshire Tourism Officers' Group.