After years of working on this project, it has been announced that Puy du Fou may be coming to Meppel! Of course, many steps still need to be taken and this requires careful further elaboration. But very proud of the result achieved so far.

At the start of the project, there were of course quite a few issues: is there sufficient marketspace, can a suitable location/plot be found, is it an interesting project for Puy du Fou, which stories would best suit a Dutch park? But step by step we got a little further. With highs and lows: from getting completely soaked during a possible site visit to a fantastic visit in the park in France.

Carolien was a guest in a podcast about lego for the LEGO Group… What is the relationship with her work and enthusiasm for the leisure sector?

The conversation started with Lego and logically the acquisition of the Legoland Discovery Center to The Hague. But the National Monument Oranjehotel was also discussed and the special stories that are told there. At the end it was still about Puy du Fou, which "is not yet in the Netherlands...". At the time of recording it was not yet known that they might come to Meppel. And they also talked about dispersion, undiscovered places, memories and souvenirs.

Listen to the episode here.

Leisure Link, in collaboration with Sweco, has been commissioned to draw up a new events policy for the city of Apeldoorn. We are very proud to have won this tender. It is a challenging assignment, because the new events policy must contain various domains (citymarketing, economy, culture, sports, social), have a concrete effect in subsidy frameworks and must also be completed before the end of the summer. And as an extra element: involving as many stakeholders and residents as possible during summer holiday! Leisure Link is happy to take on this challenge and the collaboration with Sweco.

During the the 'Vakantiebeurs', Carolien Nederlof gave a presentation on the most important priorities and choices in destination management. Based on  practical examples, many tips were passed on where to start and what you should pay attention to. For example, Carolien explained that when drawing up the marketing and communication plan for the Zaanse Schans, the selection of target groups was an important first step, especially since the Zaanse Schans wants more control over the visitors. But also daring to choose NOT to do something came up, for example when drawing up the action program for Hardenberg, where campaign periods and themes are clearly defined.

Making the agricultural sector in Westland visitable and experienceable is the ambition of the municipality and Visit Westland. In order to give this ambition an impulse, we wrote a projectplan containing various activities to stimulate agricultural tourism. This plan was subsequently submitted to the province of South Holland for an incentive subsidy.

Luckely, this subsidy has been granted! With this, the municipality of Westland can get to work with the project plan and take a major step towards linking tourism and attracting visitors with the agricultural sector.