Stag and hen party organisers have pledged to work with tourism leaders to prevent Brighton and Hove becoming a mecca for yobs.

The parties have attracted an increasing amount of negative publicity amid complaints of drunkenness and violence, leading to them being banned from some resorts.

Leaders of the tourism industry have suggested stag and hen parties should be forced to pay £1,000 damage bonds amid concerns the city would be swamped with large groups of same-sex drinkers with the liberalisation of licensing laws.

Under the proposals, groups would pay a deposit to their hotel on arrival. They would forfeit the bond if they caused trouble.

The bond would be used to fund the clearing up of vomit and urine on the street or even pay the cost of hospital treatment if local services were called upon during a stay.

Party organisers say they want to work with the city's tourism industry to ensure they have an input into shaping the future of the city's tourist strategy.

Redseven Leisure in Kemp Town, Brighton, has been organising such events in Brighton and across the country for eight years.

It already takes an accidental damage bond from its clients which protects the hotels, clubs, restaurants and bars they use.

Holly Lowe, marketing manager for Redseven, said it was in event companies' interest to ensure the industry has a future and works with its clients.

She said: "We want to get involved in the tourism strategy. I think the bond is a sensible idea in principle but it could put off tourism in the area."

She said hotels should only accept bookings from organised parties to deter people booking and arriving in the city for a weekend of binge drinking.

The organised weekends include activities such as go-karting and meals before going to a bar or club which leads people away from the culture of a binge-drinking stag or hen event, she said.

The parties are then told the itinerary and the clubs and bars have protection with the damage bond should any bad behaviour occur.

Redseven Leisure brought 10,000 stag and hens into Brighton and Hove this year.

Holly said: "We would encourage hotels to accept organised groups. We safeguard our suppliers and customers. We have a code of conduct. We are aware hen and stags are visible and their behaviour can be exaggerated but we don't want to get like Dublin where people were being chucked out."

Roger Marlowe, president of Brighton and Hove Hoteliers' Association, said the stag and hen trade brought a great deal of business into the city and it would be damaging to deter them.

He said many hens would spend hundreds of pounds in shops before partying and obviously stags would consume large amounts of alcohol.

"It's not all a bad thing. Hens spend money and a lot of money can be made out of the stags. We need to look at other cities to see how they have dealt with this."