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Argyll & the Isles Tourism Cooperative (AITC)We are the strategic destination marketing & management organisation for the whole of the Argyll & Bute region. We market the destination and represent the needs of tourism businesses to numerous stakeholders such as Visit Scotland, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Argyll & Bute Council, Forestry Commission, and Loch Lomond National Park Authority.
We also offer paid for marketing services for individual tourism businesses and suppliers across Argyll & the Isles.
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What we do
- We provide destination leadership & support - including support for investors
- We create, distribute, and curate destination marketing content
- We consistently monitor and improve discoverability for Argyll & the Isles, its businesses, and events
- We enable industry networking & opportunities for collaboration
- We offer skills and capabilities development
- We have a dedicated PR contractor creating bespoke promotional opportunities
- We support businesses in visitor product development
- We lobby and represent the needs of the destination on national and regional forums
- We promote the destination at travel trade events
- We have an expert supporting businesses with travel trade enquiries
What do our members benefit from?
We offer low-cost professional marketing benefits and services to tourism businesses and suppliers across the destination.When you join AITC, as a co-operative member, you also have a say in how we present our destination and the opportunity to vote on important issues. You join a community of businesses invested in the long term economic and community success of the destination.
Unique Website Visitors
Links to other websites, incl. direct members
Page views of our blogs
Social Media Following
Testimonials
"Great access to events and collaboration and forging relationships with other people but also, which has been so important in the last couple of years, is that lobbying power that they have, that communication through such a difficult and challenging period and being able to see what other businesses were doing, and that support they offered was really invaluable..."
FIONA MCLEAN | THE PIERHOUSE
“The opportunity to network has been really varied and vast, but knowing that they are championing you and that they understand who you are, and they market you accordingly, is really important. That [support] came across within the first few weeks and months of being a member...”
DAN THE MERMAN
Reach 400k+ visitors through our Wild About Argyll and Love Oban websites.
Have your business & local area promoted across our social media channels, in blogs, news articles, and print media.
Feature in our consumer newsletter and downloadable destination guides
Opportunity to be highlighted in our visitor campaigns presenting the destination through different themes
Opportunity to be presented and connected to Travel Trade Buyers
Be connected to suppliers and other businesses for business development opportunities
Join exclusive, free of charge, training workshops on a range of relevant themes
Connect with our members at our member networking events, Annual General Meeting and our Summit
Have your say about policy development, proposals and issues affecting your business and local area
Support from a local community agent for product development
How to get involved
It’s easy to become a member today. Our team is ready to support you at each stage of the process, so why not get started:
- Select your chosen membership tier.
- Complete the basic membership information form.
- Pay your membership fee either by monthly direct debit. Payment by invoice is also available. Please contact us if you wish to discuss.**
- Someone from our membership team will then be in touch to get you started!
**Please note that if payment is not received within one month of receiving your invoice, your membership will be cancelled and benefits removed.
Find out more
We are here to give our members the competitive edge they need to thrive.For this reason, we offer a comprehensive range of benefits and services specifically for members, over and above the wider industry representation function that we also perform.
If you're still uncertain which membership type is right for you, please get in touch using the Contact Us page.
You can also download our full membership pack below.