We were delighted to hold the online launch of Visit Looe on Wednesday 6th October 2021.
If you weren't able to join us or if you'd like to watch again, we have included a recording of the webinar for you to enjoy at your leisure, just scroll down this page.
About our webinar
Sustainable tourism and delivering a quality experience were our themes as these are important factors in securing Looe's future as a destination of choice for the year round visitor.
We were delighted to be joined by a panel of fantastic speakers:
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Robin Barker, director of Services for Tourism Ltd. Robin’s company runs the tourism awards for South West England (including the county schemes for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset) and also manages the Beautiful South Awards. Robin spoke about how to stand out from the crowd with a high quality visitor experience.
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Chris Hines, director of A Grain of Sand, co-founder of Surfers Against Sewage and former Sustainability Director at the Eden Project. Chris discussed how communities can work together to become more sustainable.
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Malcolm Bell, CEO and marketing director of Visit Cornwall, a Fellow of many industry bodies and has been an expert advisor to the European Commission. Malcolm shared an overview of why regenerative and sustainable tourism is vital to the visitor economy in Cornwall.
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Callum Deveney, Head of Nature Reserves at Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Callum focused on Looe Island and its credentials as one of the UK’s most stunning marine locations.
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Karen Wells-West, owner of The Sanctuary, an award-winning eco-tourism, bed and breakfast business at Golant. Karen shared her passion for zero-carbon living and explained how sustainability is proving a magnet for guests.
The speakers also provided some answers to the questions that they ran out of time to answer on the day.
Business opportunities
If you have a business or organisation that visitors to Looe should know about, we have membership and advertising opportunities to get you noticed.
A basic business listing is free and we have Silver, Gold, Platinum and Partner memberships to help you share your information (including photos and videos) across our site.
We can also include your adverts so that visitors are reminded of your services when they plan their visit and when they are in Looe.
Contact us for more details.
