British Tourism & Travel Show opens at 10am at the NEC Birmingham today (Wednesday 16 March).

The largest domestic tourism showcase of the year, the two day event is expected to attract over 3,000 visitors from across Britain and Ireland.

Over 260 leading visitor attractions, venues, destinations, hotels, transport providers, associations and DMOs will be exhibiting.

To view the full exhibitor list, please visit www.tourismshow.co.uk/who-exhibits.

Free Keynotes

Wednesday 16 March

  • The Tourism Society’s Question Time panel: Featuring Bernard Donoghue, chairman of the Tourism Alliance and director of Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA); Mari Stevens, director of Marketing at Visit Wales; Gordon Innes, CEO of London & Partners; Vanessa Markey, head of Great Britain at Tourism Ireland; and Steve Brown, chairman of the National Trust’s Midlands Region Advisory Board.
  • Adam Henson from the BBC’s Countryfile: My life on the land
  • Simon Weston CBE, charity campaigner and British Army veteran: Travelling through life
  • Anthony Rawlins, founder of Bristol-based digital agency Digital Visitor: Social media targeting for tour operators
  • Alf Scrimgour, the CPT’s operations & tourism executive: CPT quality coach operations – booking the best for you!

Thursday 17 March

  • Hudson’s ‘heritage attractions’ panel: What makes a good heritage visit? Featuring Sarah Greenwood, publisher of Hudson’s Historic Houses & Gardens; Ian Lacey, marketing and travel trade manager (visitor services team) at the Houses of Parliament; Nick Moorhouse, director of operations at Hatfield House (one of the Treasure Houses of England); and Ray Biggs, access manager at Grimsthorpe & Drummond Castle Trust.  Representatives from the National Trust and National Trust for Scotland will also be in attendance.
  • Nick Greenfield, head of tour operator relations at ETOA: Isn’t all travel experiential? A look behind a trend that goes from strength to strength
  • Michael Portillo, presenter of the BBC travel documentary series Great British Railway Journeys
  • Andrew White, walking expert: Walks around Britain

Free visitor registration

British Tourism and Travel Show takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 16-17 March 2016 (open from 10am to 5pm on Wednesday, and 10am to 4pm on Thursday).

To register for a free trade ticket, please visit www.tourismshow.co.uk and enter priority code BTTS200 (direct link: www.eventdata.co.uk/Visitor/TourismShow.aspx?TrackingCode=BTTS200).  Free registration is also available on the door.

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Media enquiries & press pass requests to:

Emma-Louise Jones
t: +44 (0)1273 645134
e: [email protected]
Twitter: www.twitter.com/DiversifiedUK
Website: www.divcom.co.uk 

Event enquiries:
David Maguire, Event Director
t: +44 (0)1273 645127
e: [email protected]
Website: www.tourismshow.co.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tourism_show
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TourismTravelShow 

Exhibitor enquiries:
Lloyd Jones, Sales Manager
t: +44 (0)1733 889 684
e: [email protected]

 

Notes:

High res images available upon request.

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