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RA Members Benefits
Membership Opportunities
Membership starts from as little as £60 for rural locations and buy using these benefits you can make substantial savings for your business. Collectively, the savings more than cover your membership fee.
Examples of how you can make savings:
Automatic membership of Visit Chester and Cheshire - saving £90
Subsidised advertising campaigns around the 3 F&D festivals
Discounts on staff training and development
On-line booking through www.visitchester.com and www.visitcheshire.com
Preferred supplier discounts with Villeroy & Boch 30%
Membership Benefits
Monthly members e-newsletter
Regular e-mail bulletins - covering the latest industry news, upcoming events and business opportunities
Quarterly members' meetings, events, meet the supplier and workshops to meet and network with like minded businesses
Useful numbers listing for suppliers
Members' directory and reciprocal benefits (on-line)
Members discounted rates to the Cheshire Awards for Tourism Skills
Annual Conference
Business Development
Free on-line HR advice and support an exclusive members benefit worth £125
(subject to eligibility)
Free access advice on-line through Inclusive Access
Discounted 'Welcome to Excellence' training courses
Professional advice on Careers, Tourism for All and Business Development from dedicated advisers based in our Chester, Reaseheath and Macclesfield offices
Business to business information through our extranet - from marketing advice to information on new legislation, training and development opportunities
Business survey information from our members giving you the state of the market
Monthly marketing reports telling you about producer prices and trends
Marketing Benefits
You receive all of the following simply by being a member of the RACC:
Discounted entries in the following guides:
Chester & Cheshire Visitor Guide 2008, savings from £60 to £335
Chester & Cheshire Groups Guide 2008, savings from £80 to £260
Chester & Cheshire monthly Welcome Guide
Discounts on our promotional marketing activities
Entry on www.visitchester.com and www.visitcheshire.com, our official destination websites with links to your own website and on-line booking service
£250 discount off graphic design with Access Advertising
(when spending over £1000)
Free use of Cheshire's image library (over 100 images to choose from)
Chester and Cheshie branding toolkit on CD to use in your publicity
Opportunity to be included in visits by travel journalists and tour operators
Access to free destination research and intelligence data
Free marketing advice from the Visit Chester and Cheshire marketing team
Business Benefits ~ Save £££s
Barclaycard Merchant Services - joining fee waived and substantial savings on card transactions (PDQ machine and service)
Pelican Publishing Group membership discount - joinnig fee waived, reduced membership fee and substantial savings on food and drink, linen and catering equipment supplies
Institute of Hospilitality - joining fee waived
Abbey Business Banking - free business banking
Discounted insurance services from Risk Services
Discounted services from Lanes for Drains
Money Off legal and financial advice, utilities, forgery protection systems, wine merchants, printer services and RNID equipment
Discounted crockery, cutlery and glassware from Villeroy Boch
Membership starts from as little as £60 for rural locations and buy using these benefits you can make substantial savings for your business. Collectively, the savings more than cover your membership fee.
Examples of how you can make savings:
Automatic membership of Visit Chester and Cheshire - saving £90
Subsidised advertising campaigns around the 3 F&D festivals
Discounts on staff training and development
On-line booking through www.visitchester.com and www.visitcheshire.com
Preferred supplier discounts with Villeroy & Boch 30%
Membership Benefits
Monthly members e-newsletter
Regular e-mail bulletins - covering the latest industry news, upcoming events and business opportunities
Quarterly members' meetings, events, meet the supplier and workshops to meet and network with like minded businesses
Useful numbers listing for suppliers
Members' directory and reciprocal benefits (on-line)
Members discounted rates to the Cheshire Awards for Tourism Skills
Annual Conference
Business Development
Free on-line HR advice and support an exclusive members benefit worth £125
(subject to eligibility)
Free access advice on-line through Inclusive Access
Discounted 'Welcome to Excellence' training courses
Professional advice on Careers, Tourism for All and Business Development from dedicated advisers based in our Chester, Reaseheath and Macclesfield offices
Business to business information through our extranet - from marketing advice to information on new legislation, training and development opportunities
Business survey information from our members giving you the state of the market
Monthly marketing reports telling you about producer prices and trends
Marketing Benefits
You receive all of the following simply by being a member of the RACC:
Discounted entries in the following guides:
Chester & Cheshire Visitor Guide 2008, savings from £60 to £335
Chester & Cheshire Groups Guide 2008, savings from £80 to £260
Chester & Cheshire monthly Welcome Guide
Discounts on our promotional marketing activities
Entry on www.visitchester.com and www.visitcheshire.com, our official destination websites with links to your own website and on-line booking service
£250 discount off graphic design with Access Advertising
(when spending over £1000)
Free use of Cheshire's image library (over 100 images to choose from)
Chester and Cheshie branding toolkit on CD to use in your publicity
Opportunity to be included in visits by travel journalists and tour operators
Access to free destination research and intelligence data
Free marketing advice from the Visit Chester and Cheshire marketing team
Business Benefits ~ Save £££s
Barclaycard Merchant Services - joining fee waived and substantial savings on card transactions (PDQ machine and service)
Pelican Publishing Group membership discount - joinnig fee waived, reduced membership fee and substantial savings on food and drink, linen and catering equipment supplies
Institute of Hospilitality - joining fee waived
Abbey Business Banking - free business banking
Discounted insurance services from Risk Services
Discounted services from Lanes for Drains
Money Off legal and financial advice, utilities, forgery protection systems, wine merchants, printer services and RNID equipment
Discounted crockery, cutlery and glassware from Villeroy Boch
