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We're happy to welcome any businesses or event organisers who provide attractions, activities, or experiences - including tour guides - into our membership.
If you're thinking of starting a new business, or holding a new event, MWT can help you. We support our members in numerous ways and promote Mid Wales as a fantastic place to visit.
If you're thinking of starting a new business, or holding a new event, MWT can help you. We support our members in numerous ways and promote Mid Wales as a fantastic place to visit.
We can help you attract more visitors
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Our aim is to generate more direct business for you, by empowering you to improve your own marketing and by generating referral traffic from our platforms to yours. We can also help by selling attraction or event tickets on our websites, commission free via TXGB.
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Membership Benefits
Marketing
- Entry on Visit Mid Wales
- Entry on Show Me Wales website
- Add an unlimited number of events FREE of Charge to our website platforms (cost for non-members is £15-£20 per event)
- Discounted leaflet inserts and advertising in our popular bedroom browsers and Tear-off maps, distributed to accommodation members throughout Mid and West Coast Wales
- Press & PR Support
- Opportunity to participate in our Attractions & Activities Pass Scheme
- Opportunity to be included in social media campaigns
- Be amongst the first to hear about destination marketing campaigns we're undertaking and how to get involved
- MWT member window sticker and certificate - display with pride
- MWT member logo to display on your own marketing collateral
Support
- 5 day a week support helpline/online chat
- Regular e-news updates
- Free attraction and activity passes
- Great support from the NFU and other fantastic suppliers - see our supplier directory
- Menu Exchange - request menus from other MWT member businesses and distribute your own (if you have a restaurant/café on site)
- Brochure Exchange - distribute your brochures/leaflets to other members
- Get extra help updating your listing on VisitWales.com (if your business/event is applicable - read more about working with Visit Wales here)
- Ongoing training and specialist support
- Hear from expert guest speakers at our tourism industry conference
- Come along to our member meetings and AGM and network with other businesses
- Get access to our exclusive members' area on this website, with exclusive content including latest tourism trade news & events
- Join our closed Facebook group for MWT members only and network online, wherever you are in Wales
- Come and see us at our office in Machynlleth, Powys
- Follow us on social media - we have corporate and visitor channels (links at bottom of website)
We understand that it can be tough running a business whilst simultaneously trying to keep up to date with the latest visitor and marketing trends. We're here to help.
We provide regular e-news updates with important industry news and opportunities. We also hold members meetings that allow you to network with other businesses, find out what's going on face-to-face, and pick up a few hints and tips along the way to help your business or event grow. Membership is a great way to feel connected to the industry.
Too busy to attend meetings? - you can also keep in contact with fellow members via our members' only Facebook Group. We also have an exclusive members area on this, our industry website, where you can access additional content and support.
Our attractions and activity pass scheme is a great way to encourage other members to visit your business/event for familiarisation trips - you can sign up for this free of charge (it's an exclusive membership benefit), and also request your own pass to visit other businesses.
Our 5 day a week helpline is here for you too. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give the team a call and if we can't answer your query , we probably know who can - save yourself time and frustration and get the answer you're looking for from a real person.
Our experienced team have worked in tourism for many years, either through associations or running their own businesses.
Make your life easier and become a member of MWT.
Representation
Collectively, our voice is stronger. We have 600+ members in Wales from all sectors of the industry including accommodation, attractions & activities, event organisers, retail, food & drink, national organisations and specialist suppliers, who help us to champion the tourism sector in Mid Wales.
We provide membership support and we undertake destination marketing campaigns to put Mid Wales on the map.
For MWT, a thriving visitor economy means a place where people want to live, work and invest. It's about inward investment, skilled jobs, better infrastructure and creating an environment where the next generation can stay and prosper.
By joining MWT Cymru you'll become part of the leading tourism organisation in Mid Wales. Supporting the work MWT does independently of government ensures that we all work together for the benefit of our industry. MWT represents the tourism business community on the Wales Tourism Alliance, Cross Party Group for Tourism, Mid Wales Regional Forum and other groups. This ensures our voice is continuously heard and we're protecting our industry in a way we can only do collectively.
MWT Cymru is a not for profit organisation, established in 1991 and owned by our tourism members. We are the ONLY regional destination management organisation for Mid & West Coast Wales - Mid Wales' counties are; Powys, Ceredigion and Meirionnydd (Southern Snowdonia).
We provide membership support and we undertake destination marketing campaigns to put Mid Wales on the map.
For MWT, a thriving visitor economy means a place where people want to live, work and invest. It's about inward investment, skilled jobs, better infrastructure and creating an environment where the next generation can stay and prosper.
By joining MWT Cymru you'll become part of the leading tourism organisation in Mid Wales. Supporting the work MWT does independently of government ensures that we all work together for the benefit of our industry. MWT represents the tourism business community on the Wales Tourism Alliance, Cross Party Group for Tourism, Mid Wales Regional Forum and other groups. This ensures our voice is continuously heard and we're protecting our industry in a way we can only do collectively.
MWT Cymru is a not for profit organisation, established in 1991 and owned by our tourism members. We are the ONLY regional destination management organisation for Mid & West Coast Wales - Mid Wales' counties are; Powys, Ceredigion and Meirionnydd (Southern Snowdonia).
Savings
Benefit from savings on a range of products and services:
- Purchasing for Business
- MWT website builds from £300+VAT
- Professional photography and video
- Specialist rates on credit card processing
- HR & Health & Safety advice
- And more...
Just to say thank you so much for the valuable time you gave me this morning, the time passed so quickly. From my point of view, the time spent was priceless. You have given me and my fellow trustees such food for thought.
Chris Shercliff - The Quilt Association / Minerva Arts Centre in Llanidloes. Read more testimonials from our members here.
Are there other strands to your business?
Food, Drink, Retail, Accommodation
If you have a café or shop on-site, or perhaps accommodation, you can benefit from a separate web entry so visitors can easily find you on a website search. Simply choose the multi-business option on the joining form.
Wedding & Business Event Venues
If you provide a venue for weddings or business events, please make sure you let us know so you can benefit from entries on the most appropriate sections of our websites. Choose the multi-business option on the joining form.
If you have a café or shop on-site, or perhaps accommodation, you can benefit from a separate web entry so visitors can easily find you on a website search. Simply choose the multi-business option on the joining form.
Wedding & Business Event Venues
If you provide a venue for weddings or business events, please make sure you let us know so you can benefit from entries on the most appropriate sections of our websites. Choose the multi-business option on the joining form.