§ Baroness Anelay of St Johnsasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who are the members of the hospitality industry best practice forum; what is their remit; to which Minister or Ministers will their report be presented; and by what date will their report be published. [HL 1267]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThere are 11 members of the Strategic Board of the Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Sector Industry Forum and their names are on the attached list. In addition, there are 18 members of the Industry Forum Action Group representing a broad spectrum of interests in hospitality and tourism. A list of their names and organisations is also attached.
Their remit is to devise and take forward a scheme to strengthen the competitiveness of the tourism, hospitality and leisure sector by improving key operational management skills and business processes in order to create a world class tourism industry.
The Industry Forum project will operate for five years and quarterly reports will be issued to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and copied to the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Tourism Industry Forum Strategic Board Members Name Bob Cotton Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association Tim Bartlett Chief Executive, British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions David Battersby Managing Director, Hospitality and Leisure Manpower Robin Broke Chief Executive, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions Gary Crossley Group Editor, Reed Catering Titles Robert Hayward Chief Executive, Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association Stuart May Tourism Advisor, Department for Culture, Media and Sport Ian McKerracher Chief Executive, Restaurant Association Miles Quest Director, Wordsmith and Company Brigid Simmonds Chief Executive, Business in Sport and Leisure
Tourism Industry Forwn Strategic Board Members Name Sheila Thomson Tourism Advisor, Department for Culture, Media and Sport 156WA
Tourism Industry Forum Action Group Members Name Michael Hirst Chairman, Business Tourism Partnership Marc Verstringhe Honorary President, European Catering Association International David Wood Chief Executive, Hotel and Catering International Management Association Alan Parker Whitbread Hotel Company David Michels Chief Executive, Hilton plc Graham Grose Thurlestone Hotel, Devon David Williams Ambassador Hotel, Llandudno Giles Shepard Ritz Hotel, London Andrew Coppel Chief Executive, Queen's Moat House Paul Dermody Managing Director, De Vere Hotels David Bland Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Bass plc Michael Flexman Accor Ian Burke Chief Executive, Thistle Hotels Declan Swan Director, Hospitality Training Foundation Caroline Horrigan Chief Executive, Travel, Tourism and Events Services Professor Peter Jones Centre for Hospitality Industry Productivity Research Malcolm Bell Chief Executive, South West Tourism Paul Hopper London Tourist Board
§ Baroness Anelay of St Johnsasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who are the members of the Visitor Reception Group; what is their remit; to which Minister or Ministers will their report be presented; and by what date will their report be published. [HL1268]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyI refer the noble Baroness to my Written Answer on 22 March (WA 181), in which I listed the members of the working group of industry representatives and government officials set up to consider the recommendations in the British Tourist Authority report First Impressions. That Written Answer also gave details of the group's remit and stated that it would report progress to the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting by March 2002.
§ Baroness Anelay of St Johnsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the names of those who will carry out the new "scoping" study on environment benefits in hotels; to which Minister or Ministers will their report be presented; and by what date will their report be published. [HL1269]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyAt the Tourism Summit on 6 March it was announced that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport would shortly fund a scoping study to identify the benefits of extending to hotels the Envirowise programme on environmental best practice. The department expects to commission AEA Technology to carry out this work and that it will be completed by the end of July. The report will be presented to Janet Anderson, the Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting.