Welcome to Wales 1000 Things

Last night was Canmol - The Chartered Institute of Marketing's first ever Welsh marketing awards [Canmol is Welsh for praise, by the way!]

From the 60 initial entries, a panel of judges whittled them down to a select 15.
5 of those entries were given awards for their fantastic and innovative use of marketing.

That's right, 1 of those 5 was the all singing, all dancing, multi channel, full integrated online activity tourism awesomeness that is Wales1000things.


Obviously we are all very pleased, and would like to thank the Academy, our Commander in Chief Gill and all of our families for their patience and ongoing support.
Cheers!

For the full rundown on the Canmol awards and the CIM click here.

You may have noticed this error in our new Wales Active magazine.


I looked after the production and print of the magazine and during the proofing process this mistake made it past four separate pairs of eyes, mine included. I suppose during the final proofing we all focussed on the spelling instead of the context.

Sometimes with all the proof reading in the world these things sneak through and I can only apologies to the good folk of Swansea Bay, Mumbles and Gower and to all those working hard to draw visitors to it's lovely coastline.

Of course we knew these three beautiful beaches are on the Gower Peninsula and not in Pembrokeshire.

Jon on our team lives on Gower and spends tons of his time windsurfing and paragliding in the area.

In short, it's a genuine error that I feel pretty awful about, especially as this has now escalated to be featured in the local press and BBC website.

My team mates have offered to take me out for a drink to regale me with tales of their own of marketing faux pas in the hope that it will make me feel better.

Better make it large one ;)
Beth

I get loads of emails asking me for recommendations for places to stay and things to do in Wales. With so much stuff going on and loads of great places to spend the night, it's very difficult for me to reply to these specifically.

So the best places to start looking for answers to these types of questions would be the places to stay in Wales and things to do in Wales search functions on visitwales.co.uk

Or check out the recommendations on The Visit Wales Official Blog

The guys at Call of the Wild have just let me know they have won Welsh Small Business of the Year 2008.

Set up in 1998, Neath based Call of the Wild has grown to be not only one of the biggest tourism companies in Wales but also the UK.
Having won the National Team Building Company of the Year Award 2008, this is another shining example of the quality of the work they do including Stag and Hen parties, Team Building and Adventure Holidays.

Congrats guys.
keep up the good work :)

The new Mountain Biking Wales site launched last night.
Check it out at mbwales.com

Big thanks go to all the guys and girls at S8080 for making it happen.
Especially Simon, for putting up with my daily phone calls and average Thursdays.

Have a good weekend, folks.

Welcome to Wales1000things.com
Make yourself at home, have a look around, check out our story or have a peek at some photos and videos from your favorite area of Wales.

There's so much to see if you need a hand, try one of these:
See everything!
The overall top rated images
The top rated Adventure photos & videos
The top rated Mountain Biking photos & videos
The top rated Other Stuff!

Thanks for the visit, let us know what you think: hello@wales1000things.com

Sorry it's been so long since we last spoke.
Since then, we've all recovered from the Grand Slam, enjoyed the random flurries of snow in the past few weeks and put our clocks forward by an hour.

Currently, I'm working on a new, improved and gorgeous looking Mountain Biking Wales site and Beth is working on our new Active magazine.
Stay tuned for more info...