International Tourist Guide Day 2010 . .

. . was celebrated during
BRITISH TOURISM WEEK 15 - 21 March

Report

Reports from previous Years

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March.
Best of Britain and Ireland Show

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THE THANK YOUS

Thank you to all these guides for working to raise the profile of what we can offer.

The organising team:
Eileen Cox, Chris Docherty, Angela Hughes, Julie Tan and Marc Zakian

People 1st liaison:
Philippa Owen – also Hazel Docherty on the day

Lead guides for the 8 trails:
Chrissie le Marchant and Janie Dymock (South West), Ian Jelf (Heart of England), Sue Grimditch (Manchester), Laura Rhodes (North East), Clarissa Fell, Andy Rashleigh, and Donna Nathan (London)

Volunteers staffed the Welcome Desk, the Guild stand promoting walking tours and 2012 venues walks, helped on Visit London Stand, did panoramic coach commentary from Olympia to Houses of Parliament for coach operators from around Britain, and took visitors on our guided trails:

Maggie McLeod from Scottish Tour Guides Association (wearing their newly commissioned tartan, which was much admired)

Mary Badger (Cotswolds),Elizabeth Eastwood (St Albans), Sue Francis (Cambridge), Roger Fowler (Bristol & Bath), David McAnirn (Northern Ireland), Mary Moore (Heart of England), Viv Robinson, (South West), Maeve Mamilton Hercod (South East)

London guides: Keith Bates, Robina Brown, Amanda Bryett, Marilyn Collis, John Colmans, Hugh Dixon, Wolfgang Florek, Edward Foster, Donal O’Hagan, Keith Harding, Tim Hudson, Marielies Jackson, Linda King, Nadia Marchant, Julianne Marriott, Howard Medwell, Isabel Moore, Kaare Nielsen, Simon Rodway, Justin Roxburgh, Richard Smith, Mark Stevenson, David Thompson, Anna Troiano and Felicity Whittle

Not forgetting the “landladies” who hosted visiting guides:
Tony Anderson, Eileen Cox, Margaret Machin, Eve Milner, Philippa Owen, David Thompson

And the photographer: Peter Jamieson