Bronte Country website celebrates 15th anniversary
February 2012 sees the Eagle Intermedia Bronte Country website celebrate its 15th anniversary.
Launched back in February 1997, the Bronte Country website was originally set up by Eagle Intermedia Publishing Ltd. as an initiative to help promote the Bronte Birthplace and its environs in Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford. However the site quickly expanded to include tourist information on Haworth, Bradford, Saltaire, Kirklees and Calderdale, as well as other places in the West Yorkshire and East Lancashire Pennines having associations with the Brontes. The area was of course already world famous for its literary connections, but the Internet has proved a highly effective medium in communicating interest and helping visitors plan their travel arrangements from within the UK and abroad.
Today the Bronte Country suite of websites attracts hundreds of visitors a day from all over the world, and has (along with Eagle Intermedia's other Yorkshire tourist information sites) no doubt made a significant contribution in boosting Yorkshire's thriving tourism economy.
This view is backed up by the Bronte Country website's existing advertising clients, which include hotels, guest houses and self-catering holiday cottages in the area.
Says David Sisley of the Apothecary Guest House in Haworth: "The Apothecary Guest House in Haworth has been advertising on the Eagle Intermedia Bronte Country websites for almost nine years now, and we are delighted with the bookings and interest we have received since first joining the site way back in May 2003. Booking have increased, and we are receiving enquiries from all over the world because of our listings. Congratulations on the 15th anniversary – and looking forward to seeing how the site develops over the years to come !"
Meanwhile Ray Capeling of the nearby Ashmount Country House Hotel has reported similar results: "We have been advertising with Eagle Intermedia for the last six years and have always found the site produces good results for Ashmount Country House; visitors to Haworth are drawn to the Bronte web sites so we are very grateful for the business generated. Statistics show it's amongst the top performers for driving business forward in the area. Thank you Eagle Intermedia !"
Besides promoting accommodation the Bronte Country suite of websites provide access to information on places to visit, places to eat, events, how to get there, and even property for sale in the region. With links to related community organisations and charities in area the Bronte Country suite of websites also provide access to information of interest to locals as well as tourists planning their trips from afar.
Over the years since its original foundation the Bronte Country suite of websites has expanded to include "self standing" sections for Haworth, Bradford and Saltaire (which is of course also now famous in its own right as a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site).
For more information about this news item and the Bronte Country website, please contact Eagle Intermedia.
[News item posted February 2012.]
Bronte Country is designed, maintained and promoted by Eagle Intermedia Publishing Ltd.
