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We welcome all attractions, activity and experience providers, event organisers - including tour guides - into MWT membership.
Whether you're thinking of starting a new business or holding a new event - or if you want to attract more visitors to the one you've already got, MWT can help.
By supporting us you'll also be supporting the vital work we do to promote Mid Wales as a fantastic place to visit.
Whether you're thinking of starting a new business or holding a new event - or if you want to attract more visitors to the one you've already got, MWT can help.
By supporting us you'll also be supporting the vital work we do to 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. Our members' website entries have clear calls to action (look at the buttons for 'Visit website' and 'Book ticket' as examples). MWT is not a booking agency, so we don't sell attraction or event tickets on your behalf.
Our advice is tailored to you - but generally speaking, we advise all members to a) have their own website and b) give visitors the option to book/buy tickets online. To get the most out of membership, we advise you to update your web listing on Visit Mid Wales regularly. You can do this via the Guestlink platform (if you have a listing on the national Visit Wales website, this will also update your entry on there). We provide lots of help and support to do this. |
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)
- Events may automatically appear on the Visit Wales website too, if they're eligible - check VW criteria here
- Accommodation widget (this is a free plug-in to your own website that draws from our extensive database, to show people where to stay if they're visiting your attraction/activity/event)
- Appear on things to do and event widgets that are plugged into other members' websites (increasing your exposure)
- 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
- Use our ‘Online Chat’ which connects you directly to the MWT Cymru team
- 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? - that's fine, you can also keep in contact with fellow members via our closed, 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 too.
Our 5 day a week (friendly) helpline is here for you too! If you have any questions then 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:
- Benefit from savings on a range of products and services:
- Leaflet distribution & branded Show Me Wales/Visit Mid Wales stands
- 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 as well as the practical skills I need to use Guestlink.
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.