New one stop travel shop for people with access needs
21st January 2010
Categories: Raising Quality
An alliance between DisabledGo and Tourism for All has helped OpenBritain become the foremost source of information for holidays aimed at people with access needs.
OpenBritain was launched in July 2009 by three Ministers with the aim to be a one-stop-shop for people with accessibility needs. The formation immediately received the support of all major disability groups and tourism organisations in both the public and private sectors.
The alliance means that OpenBritain will now benefit from the extensive database of venues reviewed regularly by DisabledGo. DisabledGo's website provides access information and details for over 70,000 venues throughout the UK, 50,000 of which will be made available through the OpenBritain portal.
Find out more about how you can register your 'accessible' tourism business directly with OpenBritain, and find out more about 'access in tourism' from our Raising Quality toolkit pages.
Quick Links
- Access Case Study - Discovery Museum
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Accessibility Case Study of how the Discovery Museum, South Tyneside became 'accessible for all'.
- Access Case Study - Guides and Tours, Tom Keating
- 282 Kb
Accessibility Case Study of how the Tom Keating, blue badge guide and tour services provider, became 'accessible for all'.
- Access Case Study - Locomotion Museum
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Accessibility Case Study of how the Locomotion Museum, Shildon became 'accessible for all'.
- Access Case Study - Self-catering, The Hytte
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Access case study for The Hytte self-catering property.
- Customer Tally
- 19 Kb
An Excel spreadsheet for analysing your customers by age, income, interest and origins
- Easy Does It - New Guide to Accessibility for Tourism Businesses
- 565 Kb
A new guide for tourism businesses from VisitBritain that looks at easy, practical and low-costs ways to improve the accessibility of your businesses.
- Hints and Tips for Entrants
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Guidance and instructions for entrants to the 2009 North East England Tourism Awards.
- Hospitality Assured Flyer
- 83 Kb
Hospitality Assured is the quality assurance standard from the Institute of Hospitality. Download this flyer to find out how this customer-focussed standard can help you improve your services and win more custom.
- National Accessible Scheme Flyer 2009/10
- 1.4 Mb
This flyer describes VB's National Accessible Scheme, the benefits of joining and how you can have the joining fee waived for 2009/10.
- Quality Planning Grid
- 87 Kb
An Excel spreadsheet for analysing your business and planning to improve quality. Includes examples of areas, topics and points to consider and the first section has been filled out as an example.
- Your Business and Disability Discrimination
- 113 Kb
This factsheet introduces the Disability Discrimination Act and explains the implications for your business. It helps you understand how to successfully comply with the Act, where to get more information and sources of help.
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