Meet the team
Martin Peters - Chief Executive
Martin has over 30 years’ experience in tourism and place marketing. On a national level, he is a former Chairman and Director of the British Association of Conference Destinations, he helped to establish the British Cities Marketing Board and chaired that organisation for a number of years.
He was appointed as Vice-Chair of VisitEngland's Destination Management Forum in June 2011. He sat on the national ‘future funding for tourism’ think tank and was part of the national advisory group working with government to explore the introduction of Tourism Business Improvement Districts (TBIDs) into England.
His particular skills base is developing strategic partnerships of operators and destinations to create a genuine ‘sum of the parts’ effect. He oversees five area tourism partnerships and leads on the highly successful Stay Play Explore short break campaign.
He has a highly developed understanding of
the dynamics and challenges of managing tourism in destinations and the DMO
structure. He is a respected figure in the industry and was recognised in 1997
when he was made a Fellow of the Tourism Society.
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Janine has 20 years’ experience in tourism and marketing and specialises in developing and delivering strategic marketing objectives for destinations. She also has particular experience in developing events in response to strategic opportunities and manages both the Loogabarooga and Edible Forest Festivals.
Janine
joined the company from the BBC where she worked in local radio. She holds
several CIM qualifications and accreditations. Nationally Janine represents the
destination on many forums and bodies. She works regularly with VisitEngland to
advise on destination engagement with marketing activities.
