Eden Business to Business event held at Rheged hailed a success

Eden tourism operators gathered recently to meet with front of house staff from hospitality businesses across Eden at a special business to business event.  The event, held at Rheged was organised by us in Eden District Council’s Economic Development and Tourism team.  It was the last Eden Business to Business event before Local Government Reorganisation and the formation of Westmorland and Furness Council on 1 April 2023.

This event was also the first to be held since the Covid pandemic. The aim of the session was to provide tourism operators with the unique opportunity to meet front of house staff on a one to one basis.  Those attending included Arragon’s, Bake4Eden, Beckstones Art Gallery, Dalemain Mansion, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith Toffee Shop and Settle to Carlisle Railway.  The businesses had the opportunity to promote themselves to all those attending the event. 

The event has been heralded a success.  Feedback from some tourism operators attending included, “Wonderful to attend an ‘in-person’ event”, “new relationships have been created” and crucially, “new business secured”. The event was valued as an opportunity to meet face to face with representative’s working in the area’s visitor economy and as a source for making new contacts.

We also used the opportunity to raise awareness of our work to promote Eden, Ullswater and the North Pennines as an all year round visitor destination.