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Prime Minister Praises Manchester After Conference Success
26 September 2008
As the Labour Party Annual conference comes to an end the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has praised the event
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The New Media Team's prime focus is the maintenance of www.visitmanchester.com the destination website for visitors to Greater Manchester.
The site provides detailed listings for accommodation, attractions, bars, restaurants and events in the region. The team ensure this is an up to date and comprehensive list, capturing details of shows, gigs, exhibitions and nightlife through the city region. The team manage a process where data from the site is sent to other websites such as www.visitbritain.com and www.wanadoo.co.uk to promote Manchester to an even wider audience.
The New Media Team is responsible for maintaining the database that drives the Marketing Manchester family of websites, ensuring it meets industry standards, that it is future-proof, and that it is able to communicate with other similar "destination management systems" around the country. So successful has this been, that other local destinations and organisations are using the data to populate their own sites and systems.
Current projects:
- Development of the online accommodation booking system in partnership with www.laterooms.com
- Events and attractions interoperability with visitBritain
Stuart Aiken - New Media Manager - Marketing Manchester