Be the Destination: Insights from Philip Turner on Growth, Community, and Tourism

“If you can’t BE the destination, be the destination WITHIN the destination” so says Philip Turner, founder and owner of Chestnut Group, and keynote speaker the 2025 Larking Gowen Tourism Business Survey results seminar, held on 12 June in Norwich.

If you missed being there on the day, let this special episode of Tourism Business Chat take you into the room where it happened, and hear Philip cover everything from his backstory, to his approach to growth and investment, staying as an East Anglian business, the importance of the relationship with your bank, the power hospitality holds in communities, his run in with Jeremery Clarkson, and more in between.

Find out more about Chestnut Group

Watch the full video of the Tourism Business Survey results seminar here.

Find the full 2025 survey results brochure here!

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