Resource - TMI Hot Topic 2017

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Presentations from Hot Topic in Sheffield 2017. Please note that some of the images have been removed to reduce file size.

Networking Evening
Jules Gray - Sheffield Beer Week

Speakers TMI Hot Topic 2017

• Kurt Janson, Tourism Alliance - Big Issues affecting Rural Tourism Destinations
• Andy Tordoff, Rural Development Programme - Rural Tourism Infrastructure grants – calls, process and how to apply
• Mark Holroyd, New Forest National Park and Duncan Wise, Northumberland National Park  - Developing the UK National Park experience
• Roger Carter and Nigel Russell, Team Consulting - Case studies of best practice from Ireland and Australia
• Andrew Keeling, Hotel Solutions - Here to Stay - Rural Accommodation Trends
• Tom Naylor-Leyland - How we built Yorkshire’s Food Capital (no powerpoint)
• Anthony Pickles, Head of Tourism Affairs, Visit Britain - Rural Tourism Trends
• Dave Jackson, YMCA Somerset - Gone to the beach. A unique approach to tourism training in a rural environment

WORKSHOP 1 - Rural Accommodation - Innovation, Trends, Characterful Stays

• Andrew Keeling, Hotel Solutions (Chair)
• Lindsay Rae, Peak District - Growing and developing the visitor economy within Derbyshire
• Steph Curtis-Raleigh - Glamping: A Maturing Market
• Andy Woodward - "Can You Afford To Go It Alone" - where are your guests coming from?

WORKSHOP 2 - Food Tourism and Local Food and Drink Initiatives

• John Sheaves, Taste of the West (Chair) (no powerpoint)
• Beth MacLeod, Knockderry House - A personal food journey (images only so not uploaded)
• Katie Read, Lakes Distillery - insights into the people, place and passion that are making whisky history