2016 brochure launched at tourism group annual conference

November 27, 2015 at 12:22 am

Some of the Orkney Tourism Group team. From l to r: project officer Kerry Wilson, director Dawn Flett, joint chairs of the Orkney Tourism Group Kirsty Mainland and Ann Marwick and Eric Witham, from Eric Witham design and marketing, the designer who worked on the brochure. — From l to r: OTG project officer Kerry Wilson, Joint chairs of the Orkney Tourism Group Dawn Flett and Ann Marwick , Kirsty Mainland Retiring Chair and Eric Witham, from Eric Witham design and marketing, the designer who worked on the brochure. Missing from the photo is OTG joint chair Steve Sankey.

The new brochure from the Orkney Tourism Group for 2016 was launched yesterday at the group’s annual tourism conference, which was held in the Pickaquoy Centre.

The focus of this years conference was ‘tourism in the digital age’ with 400 local businesses invited to attend.

Speakers included Director of the Science Festival Howie Firth, head of customer experience at VisitScotland Vicki Miller, Industry relationship manager at VisitScotland Lee Inkster, outreach manager at the Media Trust Peter Murray, Online marketing executive at Promote Shetland Kirsty Halcrow and associate consultant at LMW consulting Nik Sennhauser.

Joint chair of the OTG board, Ann Marwick said: “Although we know this is a digital age and we know we’re moving forward with the website, the brochure is still a fundamental part of Orkney’s marketing.

“We always try to make the brochure the best it can be and this year we it’s very fresh, vibrant and lively and is linked to our website. There’s a visible connection between the two. ‘