Access all areas.MERSEYSIDE'S tourism and hospitality industry is being urged to open its doors to more disabled people. A special conference tomorrow will highlight the economic benefits of making facilities more accessible. The conference -entitled Why would I want disabled customers? Capturing the disabled pound -will also touch on new disabled law coming in this October October: see month. . It has been organised by Merseyside Merseyside, metropolitan county, NW England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Greater Liverpool metropolitan area and comprised five metropolitan districts: Wirral, Sefton, Liverpool, Knowsley, and St. Helens. Disability Federation together with Liverpool council and regeneration Regeneration (biology) The process by which an animal restores a lost part of its body. Broadly defined, the term can include wound healing, tissue repair, and many kinds of restorative activities. body The Mersey Partnership. Speakers will include council leader Mike Storey who will tell delegates: ``Open your business to disabled visitors and you will reap the rewards''. He will launch an on line version of the Liverpool City Centre Access Guide that features the accessibility to disabled people at public venues in Liverpool. |
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