Quality Cottages presents a series of videos showing local characters, ‘how to’ videos and specific interest films pertinent to a different Welsh region each month.

Solva, Pembrokeshire -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/08/2014 -- Quality Cottages aims to transpose its exacting standard of high quality content across to video footage with these creative short films.

The professionally shot videos aim to show Welsh characters and their interests - all the things that add that extra flavour to the area and make for an enriching holiday or place to live.

Its roving reporter, Polly meets a beekeeper in Conwy, North Wales, films the search for the perfect surf in winter, talks to a seaweed forager near St Davids and meets a family of ice cream makers in North Wales.

Quality Cottages recognises the increasing desire to connect more closely with the regions a holiday maker wishes to visit. It has a deep knowledge of Wales, and believes these videos show its dedication to the intricacies of its country.

Follow this link for our short films: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtlUfPZGBM6hXs0Gcb_-vamt4pNUQidrI.

The videos will accompany a regional monthly focus across all its social media channels:

Facebook will have focused regional features, shared content for locals and those planning a holiday . http://www.facebook.com/qualitycottageswales

Youtube, as well as hosting these films will show a series of slideshows featuring a selection of our holiday cottages in each region. http://www.youtube.com//qualitycottages

Blog. Weekly articles from each region, featuring anything from what's on, to historical interest and guest blogs http://www.qualitycottages.co.uk/aroundwales/

Twitter. will share with each local community and the media its local news and features.
https://twitter.com/QualityCottages

Pinterest: will feature mood boards for each region. http://www.pinterest.com/qcwales/

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Quality Cottages have created a new promotional video using music under the Creative Commons Licence.

Solva, Pembrokeshire -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/14/2013 -- The video uses a soundtrack borrowed under the Creative commons licence from http://dig.ccmixter.org. The snappy lyrics 'things I love, things I hate' has been created by Scomber who allowed his Daughter free range to tell of the things she loves and hates and added these lyrics to a great instrumental backing.

"A holiday is about creating a great moment, so we were looking for a soundtrack that captured the essence of a holiday, through a child's eyes" said Tim, General Manager at Cottages. "Creative Commons is a superb organisation. It allows companies of our size to use great, original music in our videos and to promote smaller musicians at the same time. This song and the images we have chosen evokes nostalgia in all of us in the office and embodies the essence of a family holiday."

Quality Cottages will soon team up with some local bands in Wales ('because of the bears' and 'the lovely somethings') whose great, folk style music will feature in future videos and can be found on another great source: soundcloud.com.

"We are living in a fascinating time at the moment with all the various way we can share our message through social media and online sources" says Hayley, Media Manager at Quality Cottages. "We are a family company who have always been keen to keep our personal message. It is, using one of our USPs. We know Wales so well, we know our houses. Now we can share all of this knowledge in a genuine environment, straight from us. Instagram for example allows our whole team to feed photos across Wales, Pinterest allows us to share styles and moods from our houses. It is highly personal.The new world of social media is such a breath of fresh air. We can now work with all our local contacts and share our message in creative ways. It is an exciting time to be in business!"

About Quality Cottages
Quality Cottages have over 50 years experience renting quality properties across the whole of Wales. They represent a wide range of styles, from barns and cottages, contemporary to traditional. Their philosophy is to specialise in Quality not Quantity. They personally inspect and select every property in their portfolio - each properties ambience is carefully evaluated. Their highly experienced, knowledgeable team take great pride and patience in assisting guests in the selection of their holiday.

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From industrial toil to diversity in tourism, Red Bull Divers jump into an old slate mine in Pembrokeshire.

Solva, Pembrokeshire -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/17/2013 -- It struck me as I watched world class divers plunge 27 metres into the 25 metre deep blue lagoon yesterday how much times have changed.

The Blue Lagoon has always been famous locally. Local boys and girls head here during school holidays to jump 'the wall' and adventure companies use the lagoon jump for the final adrenalin rush in their coasteering programmes.

And now, world class divers come here, see our jumps and raise us - 27 metres into the air!

Wales has some great examples of regeneration. It struck me yesterday that The Blue Lagoon is one - by default. Would the people who set the chargers many years ago to let the sea flood the mine, ever have foreseen it becoming a recreational hot spot for the area?

Collective folk memory surrounds the old slate mine. The Sloop pub in Porthgain, a fishing village that used to receive the slate from the Blue Lagoon has framed photos across its walls of this era. We have on our wall at home a framed copy of a bill of sale for slate direct from the mine. My Dad found this in ancestry papers - are the tiles on our farmhouse from the sunken mine?

Working in welsh tourism, It is heartening to see industrial tourism at work. There are lots of examples of it across Wales but this is the first time I have seen it used in a way that made my heart stop for a little while!

Other examples:
1) Penrhyn old quarry, Bethesda. Home to the longest, fastest zipwire in Europe.
2) Keepers Pond , Brecon Beacons. An old water source for nearby forges, now used by picnickers and hand gliders.

And don't forget our continuing industries, such as artesian woolen mills (Our favourite is in the same postcode as us, Solva Woolen Mill ) and the delicious whisky at Penderyn .

Tim Rees
General Manager
Quality Cottages

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