The Attainment and Wellbeing Scrutiny Inquiry Panel have recently started to review issues around wellbeing in Schools across Swansea. As part of this inquiry they have decided to visit a number of schools to look at good practice. They made their first visit to Morriston Comprehensvie School today. They spoke to the Headteacher and chair of […]
Tourism Panel speaks to local business
November 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Tourism Inquiry Panel recently met with a number of people who are knowledgeable about this subject including represenatives from the Business Improvement District (BID), Swansea Bay Tourism Partnership, an events organiser and a senior lecturer in Tourism Management at the Metropolitan University. The Panel found the meeting hugely benefical with a number of key issues being […]
Survey to help improve tourism in Swansea
November 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
TOURISM operators are being asked to fill in a survey to help improve Swansea Bay as a visitor destination in future. The survey has been made available online and comes in response to a request from a Tourism Inquiry Panel set up by Swansea Council Members. Councillors put the Tourism Inquiry Panel in place to […]
Tourism and the public realm in Swansea
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Tourism Inquiry Panel met on the 26th September to look at destination planning in relation to environment and transport issues as part of their review of Tourism in Swansea. The Director for Environment and officers from the Tourism and Marketing Section attended the meeting to take part in a question and answer session. The discussion […]
Scrutiny of Council performance
September 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A scrutiny panel has been set up to look at the Council’s performance targets. The Panel is made up of the members of the Scrutiny Programme Board, who are the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Council’s three scrutiny boards, along with the Chair of the Council. The role of the Panel is to consider […]
Tourism Inquiry Panel
August 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Tourism Inquiry Panel met for the second time on the 15th August to look at the work of the Tourism and Marketing Section at Swansea Council. Councillors discussed the presentation made by the section on: The vision towards 2020 Tourism and its contribution to the local economy The strategic priorities Who is targeted, and Marketing Swansea Some […]