FOLLOWING the closue of Thame’s Tourist Information Centre next March, the town hall’s One Stop Shop will be taking over some of its services.
The One Stop Shop (OSS) will become a TIP (Tourist Information Point), providing local information for visitors to Thame, but will not offer accommodation bookings or sell tickets on behalf of local theatre groups, etc. This is because it would not be cost effective since currently, the TIC staff spend the majority of their time selling tickets at very low commission rates and administrating and reconciling tickets sold with commission earned.
According to a report written and presented to the Town Council’s Policy and Resources Committee last night, because of staffing and work-space pressures, the TIP should be kept a simple as possible displaying local information that supports local business and should not include selling ‘knick-knacks’ or maps.
Anyone wishing to book accommodation will be able to do so via the two public access computers in the OSS but the council may need to purchase a third computer devoted to booking accommodation.
Three members of the OSS staff are to be trained by Tourism South East, at a cost of
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