The British Tourism & Travel Show 2018 has announced the launch of a new ‘Destination Europe’ area, when it returns next year to the NEC Birmingham on 21-22 March. Growing on its success of attracting thousands of group travel organisers, coach operators and tour organisers every year, this dedicated new area will appeal to key…
British Tourism & Travel Show’s industry survey reports continued rise in domestic tourism The domestic tourism industry was out in force at the British Tourism & Travel Show last month, on 22-23 March – checking out the latest offerings from 260 leading visitor attractions, venues, destinations, hotels, transport providers, associations and DMOs from across the…
The second Domestic Tourism Industry Snapshot Survey, completed before and at the British Tourism & Travel Show by operators, DMOs, visitor attractions, destinations and hotels, showed continued positive growth for the sector and upbeat opportunities ahead. The survey found that 67% of respondents saw an increase in domestic visitor numbers and bookings in 2016, and…
The UK’s best coach tour operators, destinations, visitor attractions, hotels, and tourism industry suppliers, were honoured last night (22 March) at the 2017 British Coach Tourism Awards. The prestigious awards ceremony, which took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham following the first day of the British Tourism & Travel Show, brought together over…
If you weren’t able to attend the show yesterday, there’s still plenty of great content to enjoy today on National Group Travel Organiser Day – including Keynotes by Julia Bradbury and Joel Brandon-Bravo (UK MD of Travelzoo), The Association of Group Travel Organisers’ Question time, and Hudson Heritage’s panel discussion on film tourism. The Association…
British Tourism & Travel Show – the largest domestic tourism showcase of the year opens at 10am at the NEC Birmingham today. Thousands of domestic tour operators, travel organisers and agencies from across Britain and Ireland are expected to attend. Here’s some of today’s seminar highlights: TravelGBI’s panel discussion: featuring George Clode, editor of TravelGBI;…
British Tourism & Travel Show – the leading annual event for the UK and Ireland’s multi-billion pound domestic tourism industry – is expected to attract thousands of tour operators, travel organisers and agencies when it opens at the NEC Birmingham this week, on 22-23 March. “We’ve got over 60 new exhibitors at the show for…
“I believe that we really need an all encompassing domestic tourism show in the UK and, British Tourism & Travel Show fills that role admirably. It is the only place where you can explore all that the UK & Ireland has to offer in one place. The atmosphere is great and we can really do…
“It is important to consider all aspects of the holiday, in order to identify any potential issues or barriers which might affect the customer’s experience.” This year, Tourism for All – national charity and UK Voice for Accessible Tourism – will be hosting an accessibility forum at the show (stand G66/G67). Here Raymond Veal (CEO of…
Jessamy Chapman, editor of Group Tourism & Travel Magazine, catches up with TV presenter Julia Bradbury about her career promoting the great outdoors. Julia will be appearing in the Keynote Theatre at 1pm on 23 March.