Collaborate, communicate and create value. A promotional partnership for the BCP Tourism Industry
Become a Partner with the Official Tourist Boards for Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole. Join us and raise your profile on our official Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole tourism websites. There are a number of opportunities available to showcase your business whether you are an accommodation, attraction or transport provider, a restaurant, café, bar or retailer or local business services.
Choosing the right partnership for you
If you run a Hotel, Guest House, B&B, Caravan/Camp site or Self Catering holiday property you'll want to feature on our Accommodation pages.
If you're a local attraction or activity, you'll want to feature on our Things to do pages. This membership is also appropriate for event organisers and transport providers.
Head here to list your food and drink establishment, from cafes and restaurants to catering businesses and local producers. A food and drink partnership with tourism could be perfect for your business.
This partnership option allows Individual retail suppliers to feature on our shopping pages.
Local business services can also sign up to partnership and will sit under our shopping page. These businesses include Finance and Insurance Companies, Education Providers, Photographers, Food Suppliers and Design Agencies.
We also have a number of advertising opportunities available if you are just looking to take advantage of the great traffic our webpages receive.
Read more on our Advertise With Us page and remember if you’re a tourism partner you’ll receieve discounted rates.
Who we are and what we do
As the official tourist board for the resort, it’s our mission to market Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as an inspiring holiday destination, encouraging visitors from the UK and overseas to experience the best of the South Coast lifestyle.
Industry Liaison
We work closely together with our members and partners via the Destination Management Board (DMB) and respective Marketing Groups and various other sub groups including the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Attractions Group and Transport Group.
We run professionally staffed Resort Tourist Information Centres throughout the year. Located at Pier Approach in Bournemouth and in the Poole Museum adjacent to Poole Quay. We received nearly 7 million visitors to Bournemouth Seafront to include Lower Gardens and Pier Approach where Bournemouth Tourist Information Centre is based and nearly 35,000 visitors to Poole Tourist Information Centre/Museum.
Re-investment
It is important to highlight that we are a non-profit making organisation. All income generated from partnership fees and paid for initiatives are directly re-invested into promoting the destination and creating business for you.
What a tourism partnership can do for you
Helping to rebuild the future
Into 2022 we will continue to build and maintain confidence and trust amongst past, present and potential visitors and influence them to book their staycation in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Our strategic focus is to deliver a 'Feels like Campaign' via our digital and social platforms and various marketing, and PR activities.
Promoting your Business - Partnership Benefits
We are responsible for delivering integrated marketing and communications campaigns to promote Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. We cover all aspects of tourism marketing, social media and PR, including digital marketing through our mobile and consumer friendly offical websites: bournemouth.co.uk, pooletourism.com and visit-christchurch.co.uk.
We have produced engaging blogs and itineraries during each phase of lockdown to suit local audiences and when appropriate, theses have been used to support relevant projects including the VisitEngland national “Escape the Everyday” campaign.
We have created digital content to showcase how our partners have been agile and flexible in responding to safety and lockdown measures offering online food services, activities and virtual events.
Our team organise regular press and blogger trips to Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch which highlight the beautiful resorts with specific itineraries and partner support, 2021 highlights included visits from Melissa Riddell (Belfast Radio Presenter and influencer), Garry Spence (The Scottish Daily Mail), Gemma Louise-Bond (That Belfast Girl) and a collaboration with VisitEngland and Greg Rutherford.
By joining our Partnership, you will gain access to some fantastic tailor-made benefits designed to help promote your business to the visitor market. Our websites offer a trustworthy and official tourism resource to showcase and promote your business and will help to maximise traffic to your business with branded and non-branded searches.
Travel Trade Partnership
We work closely with coach and group travel organisers to promote the destination and your business nationally and internationally.
We attend 3 to 4 large industry shows during the year and by becoming a travel trade partner, we will market your business to potential and future clients, who often visit more than once. As part of the package we produce a Group Travel & Coach Guide and send regular newsletters to our coach database promoting our partners. You will also be able to benefit from familiarisation visits and networking events.
Travel Trade Partnership
We work closely with coach and group travel organisers to promote the destination and your business nationally and internationally.
We attend 3 to 4 large industry shows during the year and by becoming a travel trade partner, we will market your business to potential and future clients, who often visit more than once. As part of the package we produce a Group Travel & Coach Guide and send regular newsletters to our coach database promoting our partners. You will also be able to benefit from familiarisation visits and networking events.
Our travel trade partnership is made up of attractions and accommodation providers. Find out more here or be part of the scheme please fill out this form.
