The South West Tourism Alliance

About Us

Virtual Team

The South West Tourism Alliance has no offices and no staff team. The following contacts are working as a virtual team on transition work or funded projects that are co-ordinated under the Alliance umbrella.

General enquiries:
0117 230 1262
info@swtourismalliance.org.uk

Sustainable Operations
Independent charity Sustainability South West has stepped in to ensure that practical support for the tourism sector continues after the closure of South West Tourism. Neil Warren, South West Tourism's Sustainability Strategist, has moved into an new role with Sustainability South West and is continuing to focus on supporting the tourism sector to find practical opportunities to becoming more sustainable - particularly in relation to how businesses operate, getting visitors involved, transport issues and protection of the natural and historic assets that attract visitors.
Neil can be contacted:
07703 517475
neil.warren@sustainabilitysouthwest.org.uk

Sustainability - Strategy
University of Plymouth will continue to manage the strategic development of sustainable development with Sustainability Researcher, Emma Whittlesea and through the REAP  project.  Emma can be contacted:
emma.r.whittlesea@plymouth.ac.uk

Research
Ongoing research for the South West Tourism Alliance is being managed by The South West Research Company.  www.tswrc.co.uk
contact:
Paul Haydon
07914 856503
phaydon@tswrc.co.uk
or
Diane Goffey
07967 365309
dgoffey@tswrc.co.uk

Training and Quality
Key training programmes will be maintained with the support of the South West Tourism Alliance by the Purple Coud Consultancy
Contact:
Helen Jones
07794 065353
helen@purplecloudconsultancy.co.uk