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Business support

Welcome to your essential hub for business support!

This is your guide to growing and sustaining your local tourism business.

There’s tailored advice across key areas. Whether you’re looking for free and paid opportunities to promote your venture, seeking general business and tourism advice, or require specific support as an accommodation provider, you’ll find the resources you need here to help your business thrive in the local tourism landscape.

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Promote your business

Free digital and print opportunities to promote your business. Plus paid opportunities for extra exposure.

Learn about promotion
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Business and tourism advice

Connect to the right support, with a list of useful organisations.

Getting advice
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Training and skills

Our dedicated online training courses for you and your staff, and external training opportunities and webinars.

Training programmes

Free image library

An image might speak a thousand words, but a GREAT image can truly bring your marketing materials, features, and promotional print to life for potential visitors. We love supporting everything that helps promote our amazing Isle of Thanet and the unique charm of our towns—Margate, Broadstairs, and Ramsgate and our surrounding villages. That’s why we’re delighted to offer local businesses high-resolution, professional images completely free of charge.

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Tourism Matters Newsletter

To hear the latest tourism news, sign up for our free monthly industry newsletter, aimed at everyone working in our local tourism, leisure and hospitality businesses.

Stay up to date on the latest news
Each edition is packed with the latest local, regional, and national news, training, awards, and campaign opportunities to help your business thrive.
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”"Thanet Tourism is an invaluable one-stop resource providing up-to-the-minute business resources, advice, and insights, saving businesses time. Their range of workshops, research, and creative content feels like an extra pair of hands for solopreneurs, SMEs, and larger organizations. All delivered by a personable, friendly team providing consistently high-quality service. A gem in the Isle."

Bryony, BeeBee Communications