Visit Dorset Online Membership Package for Accommodation 2018 - Share our passion, work with Visit Dorset and be part of it !
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Visit Dorset Online Membership
Package for Accommodation 2018
Share our passion, work with Visit Dorset and be part of it !
The official
tourism
website for
Dorset
Dear accommodation provider
Welcome to our Visit Dorset 2018 membership of Broadchurch brought a healthy awareness of
information pack. Dorset to millions of ITV viewers and we were
thrilled to see the wonderful Dorset scenes in
For those of you that don’t know us, the Visit Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk film.
Dorset Tourism Partnership is a destination
management partnership for Dorset. We Our industry events continue to be incredibly
promote Dorset as a world class destination popular and a hugely useful opportunity for our
to attract visitors and support the tourism members to meet us and network with other
industry through marketing, PR and strategic tourism businesses.
partnerships.
In 2018 we will continue to build on our success
We have had a busy and exciting year, including by adding even more new content to the Visit
the re-launch of the Visit Dorset website at the Dorset website, including engaging new video
beginning of the year, which not only looks features and a Visit Dorset blog area that will
amazing, but has become even more helpful to offer new opportunities for our members to
potential visitors with improved functionality reach potential visitors. We’re keen to increase
and heaps of new content that will help them membership across the county and continue
find and spend money with your businesses. to deliver value to your business and the wider
Dorset visitor economy.
Our social media following has grown
phenomenally and been a fantastic medium to Best wishes,
support our wider marketing and promotional
activity.
The Visit Dorset Team
There’s also been lots of media interest in Dorset,
including national and regional press features
and filming requests for TV series. The final series
2 Million 74% are
visitors 6 Million new visitors
per year page views to the site
per year
50K+
75K+ social
email media
subscribers followers
Inspiring Helpful Strong search
content functionality engine ranking
ONLiNe bOOKiNG
According to recent VisitBritain research, over 90% of
travellers prefer to book their accommodation online.
With this in mind, we have made it easy for providers
to manage and sell their availability online via leading
online booking providers and our own Visit Dorset
channel.
Accommodation listings on the Visit Dorset website are
viewed thousands of times per year and having online
booking enabled can make Visit Dorset a lucrative
www.visit-dorset.com
booking channel.
Contact us to find out more about making your
accommodation bookable online.
http://www.seeklogo.net
Membership Options - comprehensive packages for 2018
We have several different Visit Dorset membership levels for 2018 so you can choose a package to suit your own
business needs. All packages include a page for your accommodation on visit-dorset.com.
Choose your website membership package from the options below:
2018 Accommodation Membership Website Package Options
Bronze Silver Gold Platinum
Price (inc VAT) £220 £295 £470 £800
Appear above Appear above Appear above
Priority in search results Bronze in Silver in search Gold in search
search results results results
Name, address, grading, awards, telephone, web &
email link, facility & opening info. ü ü ü ü
Number of images - you may change these images
throughout the duration of your membership. 1 5 10 20
Description (number of words) 300 500 Unlimited Unlimited
Inclusion on Dorset Visitor App ü ü ü ü
Availability information ü ü ü ü
Online booking functionality ü ü ü ü
Option to use Visit Dorset interactive map widget ü ü ü ü
Option to purchase additional website and email
advertising ü ü ü ü
Promotion of your Special Offers or late availability ü ü ü ü
Display your TripAdvisor rating and latest reviews ü ü ü
Display Facebook and/or Twitter social media feed ü ü ü
Display a YouTube promotional video ü ü ü
Downloadable content i.e. vouchers, brochure, menu ü ü ü
Inclusion in What's Nearby navigation ü ü ü
Related products i.e. if you have another entry on the
site for an event, restaurant ü ü ü
Contribute guest feature to our Visit Dorset blog ü ü
Appear in highlights carousel on accommodation
category landing page i.e. Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, etc ü ü
Appear in highlights carousel on specific town landing
page i.e. Wimborne, Weymouth, etc. ü ü
Appear in highlights carousel on specific town category
page i.e. Self Catering in Bridport, etc. ü ü
Appear in highlights carousel on the accommodation
landing page ü
Appear in homepage highlights carousel ü
Appear in main image gallery on category page i.e.
Hotels ü
• Search results are ranked by listing level, then randomly assigned for members at the same level every 24hrs.
• Highlights carousels feature a rotating selection of members, randomised every 24hrs.
Average listing views per year...
PLAtiNUM
50,000 views
GOLD
12,400 views
siLVeR
5,500 views
bRONZe
4,800 views
Search results Highlights carousels
Upgrade to Gold or Platinum membership and your
listing will feature in Highlights carousels in prominent
positions on high traffic landing pages.
Upgrade your package and
receive higher ranking in
our search results
Don’t just take our word for it!
Below are just a couple of testimonials from our current members:
“Visit Dorset is a fantastic site and we have a lot of traffic from it. I think this will still hold the majority of my
external online advertising”
Simon Miles, Lyme Bay RIB Charter
“We use the Special Offers section of the Visit Dorset website regularly, usually to promote last minute
discounted availability. We find more often than not we will then sell the offer, often that day! The team are
always quick to react and offer support with any issues. It makes it so easy to use and a very cost effective way
of advertising to a broad audience.”
Hayley Clausner, Berehayes Holiday Cottages
extra Online Marketing
Opportunities
Members can choose to take advantage
of homepage banner advertising or
e-newsletter advertising to increase the
visibility of their business on the www.
visit-dorset.com website!
Quality standards
The Visit Dorset Accommodation Charter outlines the minimum
standards of service provision required by the Visit Dorset
Tourism Partnership. We require all new members to sign the
charter as part of our standard terms and conditions.
We also support the National Quality Assessment Scheme, the
AA scheme, and the Dorset Approved Visitor Accommodation
Scheme (DAVAS).
How to book your Visit Dorset membership package
Simply complete and return the Accommodation Online Membership form for your area.
Terms and conditions apply. For more details go to www.visit-dorset.com/trade
or email tourism@dorset.gov.uk
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