Visit Northumberland brings together the expertise of Northumberland Tourism (the official Destination Management Organisation for Northumberland) and the proactive tourism team based within Northumberland County Council. The executive team are led by a private sector board, each board member has distinct responsibilities linked to the priorities of the organisation and the destination management plan.
Meet the team
Expert People
Meet the team
Holly Bray
Head of Marketing and Partnerships
Responsible for developing and delivering Visit Northumberland’s Marketing and Partnership strategy. Promoting destination and product development activity, whilst supporting partnership growth and showcasing outcomes from the Destination Management Plan.
Responsible for developing and delivering Visit Northumberland’s Marketing and Partnership strategy. Promoting destination and product development activity, whilst supporting partnership growth and showcasing outcomes from the Destination Management Plan.
James Nightingale
Online Marketing Executive
Responsible for Visit Northumberland’s online marketing activity, overseeing the visitor facing website, visitnorthumberland.com as well as the B2B and B2C e-marketing channels.
Responsible for Visit Northumberland’s online marketing activity, overseeing the visitor facing website, visitnorthumberland.com as well as the B2B and B2C e-marketing channels.
Jenni Meikle
Content & PR Executive
Responsible for PR activity, B2C social media channels and creative content on visitnorthumberland.com
Responsible for PR activity, B2C social media channels and creative content on visitnorthumberland.com
Sarah Davidson
Tourism Development Officer
Responsible for projects which raise the quality of the tourism offer through training programmes for those working in the industry and studying travel and tourism at colleges across the North East.
Responsible for projects which raise the quality of the tourism offer through training programmes for those working in the industry and studying travel and tourism at colleges across the North East.
Lyndsey Pennington
Partnership & Finance Lead
Responsible for liaising with partners and building strong business to business relationships. Managing partnership package sign ups, renewals and dealing with all financial processing.
Responsible for liaising with partners and building strong business to business relationships. Managing partnership package sign ups, renewals and dealing with all financial processing.
Sarah O'Connor
Administration Support Assistant
Sarah provides administrative support to the partnership and marketing teams with social media & newsletter creation and web updates on visitnorthumberland.com.
Sarah provides administrative support to the partnership and marketing teams with social media & newsletter creation and web updates on visitnorthumberland.com.
Amy Elwick
Partnership & Product Development Assistant
Amy assists the Partnership team in liaising with current partners and increasing the partners we work with. She is also involved in working alongside businesses on projects.
Amy assists the Partnership team in liaising with current partners and increasing the partners we work with. She is also involved in working alongside businesses on projects.
Ben Fleming
Partnership & Product Development Assistant
Ben currently works with our existing partners and responsible for increasing the number of partners we work with. He is also involved in the projects that we develop and run.
Ben currently works with our existing partners and responsible for increasing the number of partners we work with. He is also involved in the projects that we develop and run.
Neil Carney
Head of Destination Strategy
Responsible for cementing Visit Northumberland’s position as the county’s voice for tourism, working with stakeholders and partners to establish strategies and build the evidence base to lead destination, product and visitor experience development.
Responsible for cementing Visit Northumberland’s position as the county’s voice for tourism, working with stakeholders and partners to establish strategies and build the evidence base to lead destination, product and visitor experience development.
Get in touch
If you would like to know more about one of our services please use one of the contact methods below.
Email: info@visitnorthumberland.com
Tel: 01670 794 520