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Students celebrate Iconic Cornwall

The students display the promotional merchandise they produced for the event (click image to enlarge)

Cornwall College students hosted Iconic Cornwall at the Camborne campus last week to celebrate the unique identity of Cornwall and the arrival of the Olympic Flame in the county.

The event, which consisted of a conference with guest speakers focusing on the Cornish tourism industry in the morning and a series of Cornish-themed workshops in the afternoon, was organised and developed by a group of Events Management foundation degree students as part of their course.

Tanya Bellingham, Curriculum Area Manager for Travel & Tourism, said: "The students have worked very hard to co-ordinate a great event, which ran really smoothly and all the delegates seemed to enjoy. It was also good for the students to see the amount of work and preparation involved in hosting such an event and gave them a great chance to meet key stakeholders in the industry and find out about the issues they face first-hand."

Manda Brookman, Executive Director of Cornwall Sustainable Tourism (CoaST) who was invited to speak at the conference, said: "The students have done a great job in holding this event. Their hospitality was very welcoming and there was a great range of speakers who were really animated and passionate about their topics. It was also a great opportunity for people in our industry to get together and I really feel that events like this are beneficial for everyone involved."

Sandy and Gary Pulfrey, owners of The Hen House in Tregarne, a bed and breakfast in Manaccan near Helston, attended the conference in the morning. Sandy said: "This was a very good conference and the speakers were outstanding and really interesting."

Gary added: "Normally at these events all the talking happens in the breaks, so it was great to have a chance to discuss things with others. I think we can definitely use the information we've found out today within our business."

Abi Beckett, 21 from Redruth, was one of the students involved in organising the event and delivered the opening and closing speeches in addition to introducing each guest speaker. Abi said: "My role today involved public speaking, which I've never done before, so this was a great confidence boost for me and something I can now use in future job roles. I think the event was a great success and even though the planning was stressful at times, I've thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it."

Dave Linnell, Principal of Cornwall College, said: "Events like this really highlight the quality and experience of our teaching staff at the College, and their ability to pass on their knowledge to our students, resulting in successful, relevant and highly praised events such as this one. I would like to congratulate all those involved and I'm glad that both the students and the attendees found it so beneficial."

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