Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) members stand ready to “supercharge” the recovery of Britain’s tourism industry from the Covid-19 pandemic.
During this year’s English Tourism Week, BGC Chair Brigid Simmonds published a statement welcoming the UK Government’s decision to ease travel restrictions.
She called the move a “huge boost” for casinos in London who, she said, “will now be able to play their part in the recovery from Covid.” Alongside her role as BGC Chair, Simmonds serves as a director for the Tourism Alliance, an organisation representing the UK’s tourism industry.
In this capacity, she claimed to be well aware of the pandemic’s impact on the people and businesses who rely on this sector to make a living, and went on to add that Britain’s land-based gambling operators hadn’t escaped the wider tourism industry’s general downturn.
“In my current role as the Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council I have seen the impact the travel…
