There are few types of getaways more British than staying in a pub – boutique pubs with rooms, traditional inns, and affordable accommodation, all across the UK.
What does a stay in a pub look like now for couples, families, ramblers, dog owners, beer lovers and others? How does the personal touch in a smaller property combine with Covid-secure practices? What kind of experiences are available for your 2020 staycation?
Join our Zoom where we’re talking to travel experts and the folks from Stay in a Pub about what our next break could look like.
BGTW Talks Travel: Great British Stays
WHEN: 29 July 2020
TIME: 14:00 – 15:00 BST
WHERE: Via Zoom
Cost: FREE
BGTW Talks Travel discussions are part of a series of online events to bring people together and help our members and other travel professionals move forward. By connecting leaders in the world and featuring the latest travel opinion and developments, we help keep you at the forefront, creating and innovating.
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The Great British Stays – Pubs Panel*
Paul Nunny, Founding Director of Stay in a Pub
A chartered accountant by profession, Paul has previously been a director of Adnams brewery and Lay & Wheeler Wine Merchants. He currently holds non-exec positions at Sambrooks Brewery, Beer Academy and Cyclops Beer and is Treasurer of the British Guild of Beer Writers. Paul was responsible for the creation of Cask Marque, the national accreditor of beer quality and he founded Stay in a Pub in 2013 recognising that overnight stays were a valuable third income stream for pubs. He has a real passion for the great British pub and sees staying in a pub as an excellent alternative to faceless hotel chains and impersonal booking experiences.
Melanie Phipps, Marketing and PR Manager, Stay in a Pub
Melanie joined Stay in a Pub in December 2019 with 10 years’ experience in marketing and social media platforms. She has previously worked for Facebook and Google and together with her qualifications in business and communications, Melanie speaks Spanish and has lived and worked in Madrid.
Sophie Braybrooke, Senior Marketing Consultant, Stay in a Pub
Sophie is a marketing and communications specialist with 28 years’ B2C and B2B experience in a broad range of sectors including brewing, education, and travel. In addition to in-house roles, she also established her own high-profile events management business specialising in golf and celebrity endorsed charity fundraisers. She joined Stay in a Pub as a marketing consultant in December 2019.
Daniel Neilson
Daniel is a writer specialising in the good things in life. This, obviously, includes beer, pubs and great food. He has edited more than 30 guides for Time Out and is the author of CAMRA’s Wild Pub Walks and the Travel Writer’s Field Guide. He has also edited The Great Outdoors and beer magazine Original Gravity, as well as contributing to The Guardian, Rough Guides, Songlines and YHA’s The Journey. He is an editor at adventure journal Sidetracked.
HOST: Jennifer Howze
Jennifer Howze is Communications Director of the BGTW, cofounder of BritMums and a family travel blogger at Jenography.net. Previously she was the Times Online Lifestyle Editor and Alpha Mummy blogger. She has written for The Wall Street Journal Europe, Travel+Leisure, Frommer’s Budget Travel, The Guardian and The Times, among others.
About BGTW Talks Travel events
BGTW Talks Travel discussions are part of a series of online events to bring people together and help our members and other travel professionals move forward. By connecting leaders in the world and featuring the latest travel opinion and developments, we help keep you at the forefront, creating and innovating.
The event is free to attend.
Questions? Let us know. Hope to see you there!
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