Membership

What is membership?

The contribution made through membership goes directly into supporting work to develop the visitor economy for the Bristol region - without this financial investment the Visit Bristol and Meet Bristol team could not deliver the work that they do.

You in turn then receive opportunities to promote your business with a series of benefits and services designed to help you better reach a visitor audience, with specially designed marketing and business engagement programmes to assist in maximising opportunities within the business and leisure tourism industry.

As well as providing specialist marketing, sales and development opportunities, each member is also directly investing in the work undertaken to promote Bristol and the surrounding areas as one of the primary visitor destinations in the UK and Europe. This investment allows us to buy into campaigns and events where we can promote Bristol to journalists, the media, the travel trade, business agents and digital influencers to name a few. With the visitor economy to Bristol and South Gloucestershire currently worth more than £1.3bn* to the local economy, we need to be able to invest to ensure we maintain this significant return to the businesses in the city region.

Why membership?

We aim to get to know the businesses we work with to enable us to better promote them. By knowing the objectives, aims and markets of a particular business, we can better match them with available marketing opportunities as well as other potential partners.

“Joining Destination Bristol has opened up a good repertoire of marketing opportunities for my business giving us direct access to millions of potential guests. It’s a valuable tool for all businesses in Bristol trying to tap into the tourism sector. I would highly recommend working with the team at DB.” Carla Brooks Director Brooks Hotels Ltd

Membership levels

There are 4 different levels of membership available depending on your objectives and size of your business.

Bronze - the basic level of membership for micro businesses  

Silver - the standard level of membership for those interested in general leisure marketing opportunities, including group business. 

Gold - for those wanting to focus on both the leisure and business tourism market, especially in developing opportunities within the business events, conference and meeting market.

Partner - the premium level of membership aimed at those businesses who want to significantly support and help develop the tourism industry and receives a unique level of business support and inclusive marketing opportunities.

Membership categories

Membership is broken down into a range of categories. Click on the relevant category below to see a detailed explanation of what our membership programme includes and the costs for your business:

• Membership for accommodation
• Membership for visitor and cultural attractions
• Membership for event management and suppliers
• Membership for meeting and conference venues
• Membership for sport and leisure activities
• Membership for food and drink
• Membership for independent retail stores and centres
• Membership for spas and wellbeing centres
• Membership for nightlife and entertainment
• Membership for travel and tours
• Membership for academic and educational
• Membership for public events

For all membership enquiries please contact Faye Batchelor on 0117 946 2201 or faye.batchelor@destinationbristol.co.uk.

*2016 Economic Impact Survey