Where has January gone? Soon it will be 'silly season' (the frenzied run up to Easter) for LDS Tourism Services and we will be dashing from one TIP to another, distributing all the last minute brochures and leaflets.
As usual, Team LDSTS is bustling about the countryside, distributing the latest leaflets and brochures to venues across the region. New promotional publications arrive every day from all corners of our service area, and we are frantically delivering the latest issue of What's On in Chester & Cheshire over the Bank Holiday weekend.
'Silly Season' has officially begun. For the last few weeks everyone at LDS Tourism has been working flat-out accepting deliveries of leaflets, servicing holders, talking with clients and generally making preparations for Valentine's Day and the half-term break. Next up: Mothering Sunday and Easter!
As long-standing members of the Chester Partnership (not to mention sole distributors for the group), we received an invitation to attend the official opening of the Visitor Information Centre at Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet on 4th March.
New leaflets and brochures continue to arrive at the Border Distribution Centre every day, including many from brand new clients such as The Trentham Estate in Staffordshire - which is currently undergoing a £100 million regeneration project aimed at creating a unique visitor destination of national importance.
Last year we kitted out a brand new Tourist Information Point (TIP) at Blakemere - a unique shopping hub set in and around a pictographic Edwardian stable block and cobbled courtyard in Sandiway, Cheshire.
According to a survey of 326 people by the Mystery Dining Company, British people feel that hotel staff "don't know enough" about their local area, which "significantly reduces the value of customer service provided".
We can finally reveal that our long awaited "brand new service" has been launched for the autumn/winter of 2009/10: LDS Tourism is now offering to build effective social media marketing campaigns for existing clients and other businesses.