SECTA Members' Web Site

• What is SECTA
• SECTA Visitors' Web site
• Late Availability Scheme
• Accommodation Inspection
• Meetings
• Newsletter
• Press Releases
• Trade Show
• Forms and Information to Download

This SECTA Members' Web site provides information for Members and those interested in joining SECTA. If you have any comments on these pages, or any information you would like to see added to them, please contact the Chairman of SECTA.

SECTA also has a Visitors' Web site designed to encourage visitors to come to South East Cornwall, and to promote the use of SECTA Members' services. 

The South East Cornwall Tourism Association (SECTA), represents around 150 tourism related businesses throughout South East Cornwall, including accommodation and service providers, attractions and those in associated trades. To view the current list of members, please click here.

SECTA's remit is to:

• represent and protect the interests of its Members through its membership of, or  liaison with, partner organisations, both nationally and locally
• promote South East Cornwall as a visitor destination while preserving the unique character of the area
• promote facilities and services offered by SECTA Members
• lay down a Code of Practice and Minimum Standards for accommodation and undertake inspections, where necessary
• promote high standards in all amenities offered by Members
• research, negotiate and operate services and opportunities of direct benefit to its Members
• provide a forum for Members to submit ideas, exchange information, provide mutual support and encourage debate.

To find out how SECTA achieves these aims, and brings tangible benefits to its Members, please see Joining SECTA.

SECTA Visitors' Web site

SECTA has its own Visitors' Web site, www.secta.org.uk, which aims to attract visitors to South East Cornwall and introduce them to Members' services. One of the key benefits enjoyed by Members is an automatic free entry on the Web site consisting of their current business contact details.

Changing or Enhancing Your SECTA Web Site Entry

If you wish to:

• update or change your web site entry
• apply for an enhanced entry on the Web site, consisting of up to 150 additional words plus two colour photographs e-mail and website links, for only £20

please contact:
Caroline Petherick, Tel: 01503 262671
Email: news@secta.org.uk

Late Availability Scheme

The Late Availability Scheme (LA) helps members in two ways:
1) If you have some space available – especially in high season – and you’re in the scheme, you can advertise the space where it shows, giving you a good chance of filling that extra-valuable last room. There is a prominent button on the home page of the SECTA website, leading straight to a short-list of accommodation providers who have space in the current week.
2) Each time you update your LA, the change registers on the SECTA website. This raises it higher in the search-engine rankings, making it all the more likely that enquirers will visit the SECTA site – and, through it, your own site.

There is an annual joining fee of £10, and you are given an access code unique to you. You will also receive clear instructions on what to do next. Whenever you have availability you want to advertise, log in and click on a button. This can be done whenever you wish, and if your accommodation becomes full you can cancel the Late Availability indicator on the Web site. At the end of each week all late Availability indicators are automatically reset.

Joining Late Availability
Complete the Late Availability Application Form, email news@secta.org.uk or phone 01503 262671, saying you would like to join; and send a £10 cheque, made payable to SECTA, to Caroline Petherick, SECTA LA, Windsworth, St Martin by Looe PL13 1NZ.

Codes and instructions will be emailed to you once your application has been processed.

Accommodation Inspection

For the benefit of visitors and Members alike, SECTA aims to maintain quality standards among its accommodation providers, using as a benchmark the minimum standards which were required by the Cornwall Tourist Board. To this end, SECTA requires, as a condition of membership, that members providing accommodation pass an inspection. If a member has not already passed inspection by any other organisation, such as the AA, RAC, South West Tourism (SWT) or any other body inspecting under the National Quality Assurance Scheme (NQAS), then they may join the SECTA inspection scheme. SECTA employs an Inspector, and a small charge per inspection is levied to cover the cost of the programme. Please contact the Chairman or Secretary for more information.

The Association meets on the last Thursday of each month at 2pm, usually at the Hannafore Point Hotel, Marine Drive, West Looe. Meetings are held from September to May inclusive and speakers are invited to make presentations on a wide range of subjects of interest to Members. The Association is represented by a Committee elected annually by its Members.

See News & Events for the Meetings Diary

SECTA maintains contact with Members via its monthly newsletter, SECTA News. Contributions should be sent to Caroline Petherick by the 10th of the month.

Caroline Petherick Tel: 01503 262671
Email: newsletter@secta.org.uk  

Press Releases 

From time to time SECTA issues Press Releases on topics of interest to a wider audience. Current Press releases are available on the News & Events page.

Trade Show

The annual SECTA trade show provides an opportunity for Suppliers of Goods and Services to exhibit to SECTA members and the general public. The show, which is held each Febraury, receives wide advertising and is well attended. For more information visit www.sectatradeshow.co.uk.