HL Deb 10 November 1999 vol 606 cc156-8WA
Baroness Anelay of St Johns

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which organisations have been invited to attend the meeting of the Tourism Forum which will be held in December and will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. [HL4641]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Responsibility for the Tourism Forum now rests with the English Tourism Council (ETC). Invitations to the first meeting of the reconstituted forum, to be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in December, have been sent to the following organisations:

  • Arts Council of England
  • Association of British Travel Agents
  • Association of Leading Visitor Attractions
  • Association of Recognised English Language Services
  • BA Holidays Ltd
  • Bournemouth Tourism
  • British Airports Authority
  • British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions
  • British Holiday and Home Parks Association
  • British Hospitality Association
  • British Incoming Tour Operators Association
  • British Resorts Association
  • British Tourist Authority
  • British Waterways
  • WA 157
  • Business Tourism Partnership
  • Caterer and Hotel Keeper
  • Confederation of British Industry
  • Confederation of Passenger Transport UK
  • Council for Travel and Tourism
  • Countryside Agency
  • Countrywide Holidays Association
  • Cumbria Tourist Board
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport
  • English Association of Self Catering Operators
  • English Heritage
  • English Tourism Council
  • Granada Group
  • Heart of England Tourist Board
  • Holiday Care Service
  • Holiday Which? Consumers' Association
  • Hospitality Training Foundation
  • International Council on Monuments and Sites
  • Local Government Association
  • London Transport
  • McGregor M/C Ltd
  • Museums and Galleries Commission
  • National Council of Hotel Associations
  • National Trust
  • New Millennium Experience Company
  • North West Tourist Board
  • Rank Group plc
  • Seaview Hotel
  • South East England Tourist Board
  • South Warwickshire Tourism Ltd
  • Springboard UK
  • Sustrans
  • Teesdale Traditional Taverns
  • Telford and Wrekin Council
  • The Marketing Department
  • Tidy Britain Group
  • Tourism Company
  • Tourism Concern
  • Tourism Enterprise and Management
  • Tourism for All Consortium
  • Tourism Management Institute
  • Tourism Society
  • Travel Channel
  • Tussauds Group
  • UK Sports Council
  • University of Central Lancashire and Oxford l3rookes University
  • Virgin Rail Group
  • West Cornwall Leader Project
  • West Country Tourist Board
  • Whitbread plc

The forum is intended to be as representative as possible of the tourism industry. Other organisations may be invited as their interests are identified.