Podcast

Welcome to the Visitor Elves podcast, where we take you behind the scenes of tourism, hospitality, culture, and events in and around the West of England and Wales.

Each episode dives into the stories, insights, challenges, and victories of inspiring people and businesses shaping the industry.

Conversations with Kelly

Ep.46 Royal Crescent Hotel Bath with Lorraine Jarvie

Royal Crescent Hotel: managing this luxury hotel in the heart of Bath with General Manager Lorraine Jarvie. In this episode, I made a rare trip to meet face-to-face with the super stylish Lorraine...

Ep.45 Bristol BID’s Tom Swithinbank – Transforming Bristol City Centre

Tom Swithinbank Project Manager for Bristol BID's - making Bristol city centre a more sustainable and enjoyable place to visit.In this episode, I’m going behind the scenes of Bristol City Centre and...

Ep.44 Wake The Tiger – creating a visitor attraction

Wake the Tiger: the creation of an amazement park with Managing Director Graham MacVoy. Wake the Tiger is the visitor attraction created by the creative and immersive Boomtown festival owners. The...

Ep.43 Tractors and Cream glamping with Vicki Jones

Tractors and Cream, Somerset: hotelier turned Glampsite owner Vicki Jones talks life, marketing and building a YouTube channel. In today’s podcast I’m heading to the Somerset levels to chat with...

Ep.42 Ticketing systems with Sarah Bagg

Ticketing Systems: Make your ticketing system work for you. In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Bagg, founder of ReWork Consulting, about ticketing, EPOS, and CRM systems –...

Ep.41 Inbound travel trade and your business

Travel Trade: the opportunity for growing high spending international travellers to the West.Today's podcast episode is all about how the travel trade can really help take our region to the world...

Ep.40 Group travel in 2024 with Steve Reed Tourism

Group Travel: The state of the domestic group market in 2024, with Steve Reed Tourism. For many years, the domestic group travel or coach tour industry has been an important part of the UK’s tourism...

Ep.39 Email marketing tips with Sarah Orchard

Email Marketing: Tips on making your email work harder to drive bookings with Sarah Orchard of Get Fully Booked. Do you have a monthly email newsletter where you send exactly the same version to...

Ep.38 Royal International Air Tattoo with Commercial lead Simon Hough

Behind the scenes at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Cotswolds, with Head of Commercial Activities and Hospitality Simon Hough. If large open-air events or air shows are your thing, you'll love...

Ep.37 Working with Influencers with Weekend Candy

Influencers: who to work with, why and how in the visitor economy. Conversation with travel writer and content creator Claire Robinson from Weekend Candy. Working with the right influencers can help...

Ep.36 Noble Performs talking digital marketing trends in 2024

Noble Performs digital agency conversation: Digital marketing insights in travel and tourism 2024 with Jarrod Lopiccolo & Kate Sikora. In today’s conversation I spoke to Jarrod and Kate from the...

Ep.35 Fiona Matthews, Super Culture Weston-super-Mare

Super Culture not only creates large-scale events such as the annual light festival GLOW and Whirligig but also works on initiatives that involve the entire community.We often travel to experience a...