Introduction
The following represents a selection of activities carried out over the 12 month period to 1 January 2008. The list is not exhaustive, but gives a feel for the Association’s mode of operations.

Committee Representation on:
• ABTA UK Tourism and Leisure Committee
• British Tourism Development Committee
• DP-UK Management Group
• ENCAMS Seaside Award Criteria Steering Group
• LGA Tourism Executive (Observer)
• Lincolnshire Coastal Action Zone (CAZ)
• NW Coastal Forum Management Group
• Shadow Tourism Taskforce
• Tourism Alliance (Board Member)
• Tourism Together Board (the strategic alliance of public sector tourism interests)
• United Kingdom Beach Management Forum (UKBMF)
• 2012 Games Ministerial Advisory Group

Representation at:
• All-Party Parliamentary Tourism Group Meetings
• British Hospitality Association Centenary
• All Party Parliamentary Tourism Group Biennial Parliamentary Dinner
• British Urban Regeneration Association Seaside Network Conferences
• Defra - Evidence and Trends in Sustainable Tourism Seminar
• Enjoy England Tourism Awards
• ENCAMS Beach Management Conference
• LGA Tourism Conference
• DTI hosted Cross Whitehall Coastal Towns Conference (speaker)
• Partners for England Tourism Summit
• Partners for England Destination Management Charter Group Meetings
• Party Conference Tourism Fringe Meetings
• Regional Development Agency Meetings
• Tourism Management Institute Conference
• Tourism Society Debates
• VisitBritain Stakeholders Meeting
• VisitBritain Country, Coast and Nature Sector Club
• VisitBritain Accommodation Grading Meetings

Consultation Inputs including:
• DCMS/VisitBritain 2012 Games Consultation
• DCMS Select Committee Tourism Inquiry - written and oral evidence sessions
• DCMS sustainable tourism review
• DCLG Select Committee Coastal Towns Inquiry (oral evidence)
• Defra - Various inland and coastal water quality consultations
• Independent Casino Advisory Panel submissions
• Licensing Act implementation consultation
• Planning Policy Guidance Note PPG21 implementation
• EU Bathing Water Directive
• Representation to MPs on funding for Local Authorities
• Smoking in Public Places
• Submissions to House of Commons Select Committees and to Parliamentary Interest Groups

Lobbying Activities including:
• Meetings with Minister for Tourism
• Meetings with Conservative Shadow Minister for Tourism
• Routine contacts with President and Vice Presidents on all ‘issues’, consultations, etc.
• Routine contacts with DCMS, National Assembly for Wales, National Tourist Boards and English Regional Tourism Organisations
• Continuation of both Coastal Town and Local Authority Tourism Role Campaigns
• Written representation concerning EU and UK funding mechanisms, gaming and licensing law and the tourism impacts of changing support structure for tourism in England

A Selection of other Issues Addressed:
• Benchmarking and Best Value for resort theatres
• National & Local Area Tourism Statistics
• Retention of UK Beach Awards
• The Importance of the Car in the Domestic Market
• Tourism Society Global Warming Seminar (speaker)
• Tourism Society Transport Seminar (speaker)

Marketing/PR including:
• Promotion of www.britishresorts.co.uk
• Express Group January 2007 Holiday Supplement campaign
• Artavia Plan a Seaside Break card (8 resorts)
• IPC/BRADA A Joint Marketing Project (12 resorts) January 2007
• IPC/BRADA B Joint Marketing Project (6 resorts) Feb/Mar/Apr 2007
• Mirror Group Holiday Supplement (19 resorts) before January 2007
• Various promotional activities featuring member authorities
• Numerous Radio/TV appearances and interviews promoting UK domestic market and regeneration issues, including Radio 4, You and Yours and Trevor McDonald Tonight
• Trade and press facing hard copy British Resorts & Destinations 2007 and a public facing web site www.britishresorts.co.uk

Events:
• Annual Conference - Eastbourne 2007 (Southport 2008)
• Entertainment & Events Seminar – Skegness October 2007 (Southport 2008)
• National Search for a Star - Royal Leamington Spa November 2007 (Margate 2008) 11 resort competitions throughout the summer, culminating in a major national final.

PR Contacts
Numerous positive inputs into National Media, now established with all National Press, some Regional/Local Press and a wide selection of Television and Radio companies as the source for coastal and general domestic tourism comment and/or contacts.

Public Private Sector
Increasing contacts with public sector organisations directly/indirectly linked with tourism and/or economical development. Recent contacts include Artavia Advertising, Carrier Direct, Global Tourism Solutions (UK) Ltd., IPC Media Ltd., Mail on Sunday, Mirror Group Newspapers, Openwide International, Paul Raybould Marketing Limited, Reader’s Digest, Resort Marketing Ltd., Riviera Media and Wall's. Also developing much closer links with private sector associations including BALPPA, BACTA, BHA, CPT, Coach Tourism Council and the National Caravan Council. The use of accommodation at the Union Jack Club, London, is available to individual representatives of member organisations. A range of discounts, including travel insurance, is also offered.

Membership
Membership as at 1 January 2008 stands at 58 Local Authorities, 5 Tourist Boards and 13 Commercial members.