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There are thousands of talented people working behind the scenes in tourism, hospitality, events and destination marketing. Are you one of them? Join me, Kelly Ballard, as I chat with award-winning business owners and those making magic in attracting and delighting visitors in the West of England, UK. If you're wanting to connect with and learn from others in the visitor economy, this show is for you. For more information about me and the show, visit www.visitorelves.co.uk
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Send us a Text Message. In my final episode of Series 3, I have a special guest, the wonderful and oh-so-stylish Lorraine Jarvie, General Manager of the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath. This hotel has a five-star (red) rating and is one of the top 2% in the country. With 40 bedrooms and 140 staff (180 during busy periods), the Royal Crescent is not on…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to this week's podcast, where I’m going behind the scenes of Bristol City Centre and talking to Tom Swithinbank. Tom's work involves helping businesses become more sustainable and making the city a more appealing place to visit. Tom works for Visit West, specifically for the Business Improvement Districts, which supp…
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Send us a Text Message. In today's episode, my conversation with Graham MacVoy, Managing Director of the visitor attraction Wake the Tiger in Bristol, truly blew my mind. Wake the Tiger is the permanent 'baby' created by the team running the unique Boomtown festival. The pandemic has much to answer for, but it gave Graham and his directors the head…
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Send us a Text Message. In today’s podcast, I’m heading to the Somerset levels to chat with Vicki Jones, owner of the award-winning Tractors & Cream glampsite. Vicki and her husband Bryan worked in the hotel trade before they decided to upsticks and create their own hospitality business. After feeling the pain of putting up the yurts each year, the…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this, the final episode of the lost weekend, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian discuss death, wrong numbers and being unable to commit to yoga. ---------- How…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Sarah Bagg, founder of ReWork Consulting, about getting the best ticketing or booking system to support your business needs. As a marketer, I've worked with several solutions, and I've noticed that most of them lack the automated link from email to CRM system. As a result,…
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Send us a Text Message. In this podcast episode, we focus on increasing bookings from inbound travellers or overseas tourists through the travel trade. My guests are Jon Chamberlain, Head of Marketing for VisitWest, and Mike Newman of B2Me Tourism Marketing. Jon has been working for 11 years to promote Bristol, Bath, and the surrounding areas as a …
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this episode, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian resort to the irritable bowl once more, and perform a modern rendition of Little Red Riding Hood. ---------- H…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this episode, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian drink some more sad beverages. ---------- How Austenian do you like your shadows? Why not tell us by emailing …
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Send us a Text Message. Today's Marketing Insights is all about the 'groups' market. For many years, the domestic group travel or coach tour industry has been an important part of the UK’s tourism industry. Groups have historically been guaranteed business for many tourism organisations, with up to 50 people on a coach coming often during week day …
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Send us a Text Message. Today’s episode is all about email marketing and the simple things you can do to make it work more effectively to drive bookings. Joining me on the show is Sarah Orchard of Get Fully Booked. Sarah runs a marketing programme that helps small independent accommodation businesses improve their marketing and increase their direc…
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Send us a Text Message. If large open-air events or air shows are your thing, you'll love this episode. In today’s podcast, I chat with Simon Hough, Head of Commercial Activities and Hospitality at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), the largest military airshow in the world. We chat about the event and everything that goes into its creation…
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Send us a Text Message. Today's episode is the first of my Marketing Insights series. In it, I’m talking to the lovely Claire Robinson, founder and Creative Director of WeekendCandy.com, about the world of influencer marketing and how to work with Influencers in 2024. Claire shares several tips on how to find the right people to work with and get t…
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Send us a Text Message. Digital marketing is constantly evolving, and it can be a challenge to keep up. I recently had a conversation with Jarrod Lopiccolo (CEO) and Kate Sikora (Managing Partner) from Noble Performs, a digital agency that specialises in travel and tourism marketing. With over 20 years of experience in the US, they established a UK…
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to episode 35 of the Visitor Elves podcast. Today, I’m joined by Fiona Matthews, Creative Director of Super Culture, an organisation that creates cultural experiences in Weston-super-Mare. Super Culture creates large-scale events such as the annual light festival GLOW and Whirligig and works on initiatives involving …
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to the first Visitor Elves episode of 2024. I hope you had a good Christmas season and your plans for 2024 are shaping up. In today's conversation, I'm going behind the scenes of Ashton Gate Stadium, home of Bristol City Football Club, Bristol Bears, and Bristol Flyers, with the wonderful, Dublin-born CEO Mark K…
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Ho ho ho Jingles Babes, 12(ish) hours, 8 movies/TV specials/TV movies/Comedy Special, 2 exhauasted hosts (and maybe 2 special guests). It's the 12 hours of Christmas - the annual tradition that gets more insane every year. How did this start? Why do we keep doing it? Why are we ringing in innocent podcasters? WE WATCHED Santa's Got Style (2022) Rud…
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Ho ho ho ho ho ho! It's double Christmas! It's what happens when a year round Christmas podcast actually does episodes in Decemeber. December means traditions and our little podcast is no different. Our longest Christmas podcast tradition is The Baggs Family Christmas where our guests are Sarah's brothers, Julian and Jeremy Baggs. We've put them th…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this episode, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian play the beloved 1999 children's classic LEGO Racers. ---------- How painful do you like your chocolat? Why no…
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Send us a Text Message. In this festive episode just before Christmas, we have a returning guest, the lovely Kathryn Davis, Managing Director of VisitWest, shedding light on the key aspects of the recently launched Destination Management Plan (DMP). The VisitWest regional area, including Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset, bri…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this episode, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian discuss some of their most favourite foods, and their most harrowing of childhood memories. ---------- How qui…
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Send us a Text Message. Today's podcast episode features the delightful George Combe, talking about the growth and popularity of the Mendip Activity Centre in North Somerset. Spread across 250 acres, Mendip Activity Centre is the largest independent activity centre in the West. With a dry ski slope, toboggan run, watersports on the river, rock clim…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this ND Snack It And See, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian try their most daring instant food offerings yet. Will they fizzle or sizzle? ---------- How broke…
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Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! American Dad is a TV show. We're not dead! We're UNDEAD! Back for our Halloween Special with one of the most famously unhinged Halloween Special of all time - The Paul Lynde Halloween Special. Watch it with us: The Paul Lynde Halloween Special - TX Date - 29 Oct 1976 - YouTube ---------------------------------------------- B…
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Send us a Text Message. With one in five households having someone with an impairment or disability, it is crucial for businesses in the visitor economy to prioritise accessibility. Your consideration and awareness of this market can make or break a visitor's decision to choose your business. Supporting people with access needs has always been esse…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- The cracks really start to show, as the siblings struggle to keep it together in what will surely go down as one of their most fatuous episodes ever. --…
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Send us a Text Message. It's been a while but I'm excited to be back with my 30th episode featuring the team behind the Bristol restaurant absolutely smashing it on TikTok - Urban Tandoor. Urban Tandoor are now apparently the most followed Indian restaurant account on TikTok, with many of their posts reaching views into the millions. In today’s epi…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- In this episode, Sarah, Jeremy and Julian discuss classic screensavers and Hungry Jacks' most mystifying burger. ---------- How functional do you like y…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- Another exciting ND Snack It And See episode where Sarah, Jeremy and Julian lose even more of their grip on reality and discuss every conceivable type o…
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Clinking signet rings, hotel prank calls and a weird reference to Elvish... By popular demand, Jamie Laing and Tom Lucy are BACK for CHAPTER TWO ‘Tom’s Ring’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mere hours after Jamie and Tom’s friendship is propelled into a different dimension, the two friends find themselves back in the shower, only this time the only thing separating the…
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Chewing gum whilst giving head, pulling on public transport and free drinks when your married?! Presenting co-hosts of the podcast, Pop Off Lewys Ball, and Isla Loba… ‘All Tied Up’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A sunny afternoon in Shoreditch House. A stolen metallic pink mini Telfar bag. At what lengths will Isla go for feminism and fashion? And will the culprit be …
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Sexting, losing your virginity behind the back of the Albert Hall and checking nudes… Presenting Miles Nazaire, and Liv Bentley… ‘The Coffee Cup Boy’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ On an early morning Sunday in Chelsea, Olivia unleashes her fantasies on an unsuspecting coffee shop worker. Will the coffee be too hot to handle? ‘I need to visit this coffee shop’ Good He…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- The siblings watch the aptly-named Horrible Histories and tire of talking about it after about 20 minutes. ---------- How canopic do you like your jars?…
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Sex in graveyards, stalking dates and post-coital high fives … Presenting Catherine Bohart, and Helen Bauer… ‘Piece o’ Pussy’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ After a Trusty Hogs recording, Catherine and Helen push their friendship even further and test their electricity… How many sparks will fly in the studio? ‘Trusty Hogs in a whole different light’ The Financial Time…
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Hard nipples, pretending to fall asleep during sex & The Bible … Presenting Sophie Duker, and Olga Koch… ‘Meltdown’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ On a futuristic space station far far away… Olga and Sophie unite in freezing cold temperatures. Will their sizzling chemistry melt the ice away? ’Pulsating!’ The Observer ‘The Girl with a Prawn Tattoo’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A 6am slack …
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Thrusting, tent sex & ‘pulling’ at the market… Presenting Micky Overman, and Sarah Keyworth… ‘Juliet is Going To Die’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah, The Ruler of The North must give the land’s sacrifice, Juliet, one last gift before the ceremony. Is the sacrifice worth saving? ’The rights to the film must be sold!’ The Sunday Times ‘Cum On My Tulips’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In…
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Farting during ejaculation, socks on during sex and… thorny bushes? Presenting Roman Kemp, and Tom Grennan - the hottest new erotic fiction novelists with their debuts… 'Love Baking' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Breakfast show host, Roman Kemp must be in bed by 7.30pm every night. But when he meets Cherry Berry at a baking competition, his world is flipped upside-do…
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Sexy nose bleeds and… using a penis as a gear stick? Presenting Hayley Morris, and Christopher Hall - the hottest new erotic fiction novelists with their debuts… ‘Eternal Flame’⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a dimly lit spin studio, Instructor Chris finds himself in an unexpected position when he is greeted by a mysterious stranger… Who’s going to come out on top? …
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Post pod coitus and vapes in strange places… Presenting GK Barry, and Joe Baggs - the hottest new erotic fiction novelists with their debuts… ‘Soho Whore House’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What happens in the disabled toilets stays in the disabled toilets… When one thing leads to another Joe Baggs makes a shocking discovery about himself - he will never be the same…
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Forbidden love, nude FaceTimes and aphrodisiac sweets. Presenting Jamie Laing, and Tom Lucy - the hottest new erotic fiction novelists with their debuts… ‘Brown Belts’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How can a shower feel so dirty? What happens when a secret fantasy comes true? A tale of dominance and untold sexual desire between two friends. ‘I’ve not felt this turned o…
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Once upon a time, two famous friends sat down to tell each other a story. A naughty story ... That they had written ... About their friend. 'Sex sells' their agents had told them. 'Worth a go!' the friends thought. Join GK Barry, Roman Kemp, Sophie Duker, Jamie Laing, Hayley Morris and many more, for this brand new podcast: Write Me Dirty. Coming M…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- The siblings at long last reveal what they've been devoting all their precious mental energy to. Bob Brier's 'History of Ancient Egypt' course is wonder…
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Squirming, writhing and going bright red. Just a few of the reactions you'll get from our guests on this show. Join us for the ULTIMATE, INTIMATE test of friendship, and prepare to be thoroughly turned on (...or off) as we hear celebrity friends read their home-written erotica to each other. It's adult storytelling at it's very best A JamPot Produc…
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Send us a Text Message. In this final episode of Series 2, I am bringing you my story. I’m being interviewed by my Visitor Elf sidekick Shonette Laffy, Digital Marketing Manager of Visit West and fellow freelancer. During my conversation with Shonette, I share how I got into the visitor economy and what life was like in marketing before the interne…
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Ho ho ho, Jingle Babes! American Dad is a TV show. Our reccomendations: Headgum // Dead Eyes Azumanga Daiou The Animation (Azumanga Daioh: The Animation) - MyAnimeList.net ---------------------------------------------- Buy Sarah's art at: www.redbubble.com/people/itsaduckblur/shop AND here's Sarah's very cool Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/s…
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Psychologically verified ADHD-haver Sarah and spergs Jeremy and Julian give advice with a neurodiverse twist, talk about food and get nostalgic about the pop culture of their childhoods. ---------- A full night of sleep isn't enough to save this episode, as the siblings' condition continues to deteriorate. ---------- How caramel-free do you like yo…
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