Local businesses and stakeholders are invited to attend an open meeting, taking place at 6pm on Monday, July 1st at the Royal Hotel, Ross-on-Wye. The aim is to understand priorities and gather views about a Destination BID for Herefordshire.

Caroline Utting, Chairwoman of the Ross-on-Wye Tourism Association said: “With the uncertainty surrounding the future delivery of Visit Herefordshire, the Herefordshire Sustainable Food and Tourism Partnership (HSFTP), with the backing of Herefordshire Council has appointed The Mosaic Partnership to investigate the possibility of creating a Herefordshire Destination Business Improvement District (BID). This would be a new strategic and forward-thinking business led delivery body with the potential of generating over £500,000 pa to deliver the destination management of the whole County.”

The open meeting is the very first stage in seeing whether a ‘Destination BID’ would be the right model to use in Herefordshire. If you’re a business involved in providing accommodation, attractions, retail, food and drink, or use the Herefordshire brand to promote your activity, then this meeting will be useful. There is also an on-line survey that they would like as many businesses to complete as possible which can be found at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HSFTP2019A

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