Boost: A marketing support programme for York and North Yorkshire tourism and hospitality businesses
Tourism and hospitality business across York and North Yorkshire can benefit from a fully-funded programme of practical marketing support called ‘Boost’, delivered by The Tourism Network (Susan Briggs).
This practical, action-oriented programme of activity has been developed to help you market your business more effectively, saving time and money. It’s created and delivered by Susan Briggs from The Tourism Network. Susan has over thirty years of successful tourism marketing experience. It’s for visitor-facing tourism businesses such as accommodation providers; visitor attractions; activity and experience providers; creative, retail, food and drink businesses.

Who is it for?
This programme of activity has been developed for businesses across York and North Yorkshire. Visitor-facing tourism business can all benefit from this support:
- accommodation providers
- visitor attractions
- activity and experience providers
- creative, retail, food and drink businesse
This programme is funded by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and is open to businesses within York & North Yorkshire.
What does it include?
The Boost programme is very practical, with ideas and advice you can implement immediately. We cover subjects such as essential marketing activity, how to attract visitors out of season, encourage direct booking, effective mailings, building engagement on social media.
You can choose how you’d like to access the support, as it’s available in a variety of formats: in-person group workshops, some live Zoom calls, short on-demand pre-recorded sessions, and guidance notes. The whole programme is delivered free of charge.
Running from September 2025 – March 2026
For more details, please see www.tourismnetwork.co.uk/boost (full programme available in September).
Click here to Sign up – don’t miss out!
“Every workshop I’ve attended throughout the year both in person and on Zoom has taken us to another level and provided us with a much more professional business that has increased sales, brand awareness and premium. I watched some of the pre-recorded videos several times and learnt from each one”
– Archie, food and drink business
BOOST: A marketing support programme for York and North Yorkshire tourism and hospitality businesses
This practical, action-oriented programme of activity has been developed to help you market your business more effectively, saving time and money. It’s created and delivered by Susan Briggs from The Tourism Network. Susan has over thirty years of successful tourism marketing experience. It’s for visitor-facing tourism businesses such as accommodation providers; visitor attractions; activity and experience providers; creative, retail, food and drink businesses.