{"id":26431,"date":"2020-05-26T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26431"},"modified":"2020-05-26T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T16:26:47","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-73-visitbritain-launches-campaign-showing-love-for-great-britain-for-planning-post-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26431","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 73: VisitBritain launches campaign \u2018Showing love for Great Britain\u2019 for planning post COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26432\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Visit_Britain_England.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"102\" \/>VisitBritain has launched a marketing strategy to get people talking positively about visiting once the COVID-19 crisis has come to an end, and has invited everyone to join the conversation.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>VisitBritain writes:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"field-label\">What do I get?<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"field-events-key-selling-points\">\n<li>An opportunity to be part of our marketing response to the COVID-19 outbreak<\/li>\n<li>Join our social activity to share British popular culture and themes to markets<\/li>\n<li>Free of charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"event-description\">\n<h3 class=\"field-label\">What is it?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"field-body event--body-details\">\n<p>In these uncertain times, we remain committed to sharing everything that is great about Britain and wanted to keep you updated on the work we\u2019ve been doing behind-the-scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst we can\u2019t actively promote travel to Britain, we\u2019re working hard to plan our response to COVID-19 across the business. This means that when the time comes for us to promote travel to Britain once more, we will have maintained a warm dialogue with consumers to ensure Britain remains top of mind.<\/p>\n<p>The below provides an overview of our planned global response to the current situation across VB\/VE consumer marketing channels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social &amp; website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will be sharing content focused on five themes linked to popular British culture designed to help consumers beat the boredom and frustration (including quizzes and trivia):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Film &amp; TV (e.g. British series on Netflix, film and TV locations in the UK)<\/li>\n<li>Literature (author itineraries, literary locations)<\/li>\n<li>Food &amp; Drink (British recipes from iconic restaurants, food traditions and culture, pubs)<\/li>\n<li>Music (famous musical city itineraries, Spotify playlists, music locations)<\/li>\n<li>Heritage &amp; gardens (virtual museum tours, British traditions, outdoor spaces, British animals)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As restrictions are lifted and we begin to anticipate travel to the UK, we will move into sharing inspirational content so that consumers can beginning planning their visit.<\/p>\n<p>This is a difficult and worrying time for all of us and your obvious business priority is supporting your local members and partners, but if you would like to join the conversation and align to these five themes on your social channels you can do so via\u00a0@lovegreatbritain #lovegreatbritain\u00a0on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>@<a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visitbritain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VisitBritain Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lovegreatbritain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VisitBritain Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lovegreatbritain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love Great Britain Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitEngland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VisitEngland Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visitengland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VisitEngland Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ext\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EnjoyEngland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EnjoyEngland Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See also an opportunity to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/share-your-heart-warming-stories-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">share your heart-warming stories with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Recovery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A group has been established to support the industry once Britain and markets move into the recovery phase. We will continue to update you regularly.<\/p>\n<p>We are working on making more guidance available to support SMEs during this period. Please follow our corporate website and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/newsletter_signup\">subscribe to our industry newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for more information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitbritain.org\/showing-love-great-britain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VisitBritain has launched a marketing strategy to get people talking positively about visiting once the COVID-19 crisis has come to an end, and has invited everyone to join the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26433,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26431\/revisions\/26433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}