High profile ambassadors speak up for Herefordshire

Visit Herefordshire is to launch its Ambassador Programme at Hampton Court this Thursday, November 26, with many of the high profile ambassadors for the county in attendance.


Visit Herefordshire has signed up a wide ranging team of world renowned personalities, as its ambassadors to carry the message that Herefordshire is a wonderful county to visit and relocate to.

During the evening the new 2010 visitor guide for the county, which has a number of quotations from our Ambassadors, will be revealed.

Peter Hands, Chairman of Visit Herefordshire who has worked for several months tracking down the “Good and the Great” to enlist their support in promoting Herefordshire, said: “It has been along process but I am deeply heartened by the responses I have received to date, given that everyone is so busy with their own professional careers.

“Ambassadors who have already signed up include John Challis, Quentin Letts, Mathew Engel, Sir Roy Strong, Richard Johnson, Ian Storey, Walenty Pytel, Sam Llewelyn, Kate Bliss, Kevin Sheedy, Eleanor Oldroyd, Miranda Richardson, Lord Alex Carlile; Julian Lloyd Webber, Colin Addison, Robert Rogers and Brian Huggett.”

Ian Storey, world famous tenor, commented: “I really look forward to returning home to Herefordshire as I am always away performing in various opera’s around the world. It is just the most tranquil county I know”.

Jane Lewis, tourism marketing manager for Herefordshire, said: “It is quite amazing who we have discovered with connections to the county, I am delighted that we have been able to recruit such great Ambassadors and we thank them for their contributions to the new visitor guide.