Spring has launched a magazine-style website celebrating the Suffolk Coast, www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk, which is set to revolutionise the area’s tourism.

The website, commissioned by Suffolk Coastal District Council, is packed with interesting articles and photography, interviews with locals and visitors, on-line booking and clear information on travel, events and local venues.

What’s unusual is that this website will be updated every few days, meaning there’s always something new for visitors to see. People are encouraged to submit their own photos and stories, and the site has links out to popular social networks like twitter and facebook.

Fiona Johnson, of the council’s economic development unit, comments “This site is a great way for us to show the world the many and various attractions of the area. We hope that locals and visitors alike will want to share their views with us, and are delighted to be able to offer such a rich source of information as part of our tourism marketing.”

Tourism brought in an estimated £1.6 billion to Suffolk last year, according to Choose Suffolk, and many of the county’s most famous locations including Aldeburgh, Landguard Fort in Felixstowe, and Snape Maltings are in the Suffolk Coastal area.

“Websites are incredibly important for tourism now,” says Erika Clegg of Spring, “and we are proud to have worked with Fiona to create a really compelling on line presence for this beautiful part of Suffolk.”

Spring Design & Advertising, the creative agency based in Southwold, is bucking the recession by winning a flurry of new accounts.

Commissioned by Choose Suffolk to work on the Visit Suffolk tourism account, the agency has spent the past few weeks on photoshoots across the county in preparation for the launch of a London ad campaign later this month. Their workshops on marketing at this week’s tourism conference proved highly popular with over 100 delegates attending to pick up some Spring top tips.

Spring is also working alongside Choose Suffolk to create the branding for ‘Bring the Torch to Suffolk’, an exciting opportunity for the county to join together and generate bright ideas to ensure that the Olympic Torch comes to Suffolk on its tour of the UK.

The agency is delighted to have been appointed by Tim Rowan-Robinson of Aldeburgh Hotels and Restaurants for his new venture The Crown at Woodbridge, and is currently working on logos and a website as the first stage of a gorgeous launch suite that will complement this exciting new addition to Suffolk’s foodie destinations.

And away from tourism, Spring is working with Leap to spread their name. Leap provides information hubs in towns across the county, for adults who are looking into courses and further education. Spring is working on adshel posters, bus backs, PR and print information. The agency has also been commissioned by the eastern region’s ‘Make Your Mark’ initiative, to raise awareness of the scheme’s activities and benefits through PR consultancy and printed materials.

Other significant wins include three of the county’s best loved businesses – an independent school, a land agent/auctioneer and a food producer/ retailer. And in the digital sector, the agency and its web affiliates Shelton are delighted to win a number of new accounts, including the East of England Trading Standards Authority’s online business information resource and the up market vintner Private Cellar.