A glowing review of Eastbourne



In the VisitEastbourne Marketing & PR team we are always striving to raise awareness of Eastbourne as a visitor destination and generate positive coverage for the town. Each year we organise dozens of familiarisation trips for journalists and more recently, bloggers, so that they can experience Eastbourne and then write about it in all sorts of different media. We work closely with our tourism partners to arrange as much as possible for the travel writers, from accommodation to attraction visits, eating and drinking and more!

Over the past couple of years we have achieved some brilliant coverage for Eastbourne, including articles in the likes of The Telegraph, Express, Times, and many other national titles. It's always good to read a nice piece on Eastbourne when a lot of work has gone into organising as much as possible for that journalist so that they receive the best experience.

So you can imagine our delight this morning when we logged on to the VisitEastbourne twitter to read a brilliant review of Eastbourne and The Grand Hotel from Emma Bumpus who blogs as Career Traveller. The blog entry is nothing short of glowing, from raving about the accommodation to Eastbourne's stunning coastline and City Sightseeing Bus Tour. Read the blog entry for yourself and we guarantee you'll be wanting to book your own Eastbourne family experience!

The excellent feedback from those visiting Eastbourne continued this week following a familiarisation visit that Jenny and I organised last weekend for a group of 11 Spanish and Italian travel buyers. The group were given a whistlestop tour of the south east, including a visit to East Dean, Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters on Saturday afternoon, an overnight stay in Eastbourne and a tour of Towner on Sunday morning. Their feedback rated Eastbourne very highly in the list of places they saw - here's hoping they encourage more visitors to Eastbourne over the coming months!

Emma