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Tourist Information Service Report

Meeting: 06/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 88)

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To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure highlighting how public access to visitor information services is changing and how the challenges of those changes may be met by relocating the City’s `walk-in’ Visitor Information Service to Gloucester Guildhall and the Museum of Gloucester.

Decision:

RESOLVED that Gloucester’s Tourist Information Service relocates to Gloucester Guildhall and the Museum of Gloucester at the earliest practical opportunity.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure that highlighted how public access to visitor information services is changing and how the challenges of those changes may be met by relocating the City’s `walk-in’ Visitor Information Service to Gloucester Guildhall and the Museum of Gloucester.

 

The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure advised Members that the proposal to utilise both the Museum of Gloucester and Guildhall had been the direct result of discussions at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee of 28th January 2019.  She further advised that the transition would be staggered with appropriate training and signage provided to ensure the award-winning service continues to develop.

 

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Strategy commented that the proximity of the proposed sites to the Transport Hub and railway station was beneficial.  The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economy emphasised the importance of the service remaining resilient and the opportunity to bring the upper floors of the site currently occupied by the Tourist Information Centre on Southgate Street to be brought back into use given its prominent location.

 

RESOLVED that Gloucester’s Tourist Information Service relocates to Gloucester Guildhall and the Museum of Gloucester at the earliest practical opportunity.