The largest tourism event for the UK and Ireland’s travel trade opens at the NEC next week Encore Tickets founder and CTA’s chairman John Wales, Visit Heritage’s founder Sarah Greenwood, and transport and travel consultant Allan Edmondson, are set to appear in The Tourism Society’s annual Question Time panel discussion at British Tourism & Travel…
The British Tourism & Travel Show – the leading annual meeting place for the UK and Ireland’s multi-billion-pound domestic tourism industry, has released a preview of its exhibitor show highlights for 2018. Taking place at NEC Birmingham on the 21-22 March, this popular two-day trade event will showcase the latest tours, attractions, packages, and incentives…
Award-winning broadcast journalist, writer and presenter Angela Rippon CBE has been confirmed to host a headline keynote session at the British Tourism & Travel Show, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 21-22 March 2018. Angela Rippon has been a familiar face and legendary voice in British broadcasting for over 50 years. Starting her career…
Justin East, senior creative director of innovation at Merlin Entertainments, has been confirmed to host a Keynote session at the British Tourism & Travel Show, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 21-22 March 2018. While most have heard of major theme parks and attractions like Legoland, Sea Life, Thorpe Park, Alton Towers, Madame Tussauds,…
Google’s industry head of travel, Ruairidh Roberts, has been confirmed to host a keynote session at the British Tourism & Travel Show, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 21-22 March 2018. As the travel industry moves towards an increasingly connected future[1], Google’s digital expertise is much sought after by businesses around the world. Roberts,…
Free visitor registration for British Tourism & Travel Show 2018, which returns to the NEC Birmingham on 21-22 March, is now open. According to Mintel, domestic tourism rose by 8.5% in 2016[1] – valued at around £127 billion[2], this thriving sector is continuing to grow and prosper. The British Tourism & Travel Show offers the…
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 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…
Thousands of domestic tour operators, travel organisers and agencies from across the country are preparing to converge at the British Tourism & Travel Show – the largest domestic tourism showcase for the UK and Ireland’s travel trade – next week on 22-23 March, at the NEC Birmingham. Albatross Travel Group, Bakers Dolphin Coach Travel, British…
British Tourism & Travel Show, organised by Diversified Communications UK, has released some of its interim findings from the 2017 BTTS ‘Domestic Tourism’ Industry Snapshot. The survey, which is still open, has been completed by a selection of nearly 100 tour operators, DMOs, visitor attractions, destinations and hotels to date. The initial findings are extremely…
TripAdvisor, Euromonitor International, Travel GBI, Hudson’s Heritage, and The Association of Group Travel Organisers (AGTO) are to host seminars at this month’s British Tourism & Travel Show, which returns to the NEC Birmingham on the 22-23 March. The event’s extensive free Keynote programme is renowned for attracting ‘inspirational’ big names discussing the key issues, opportunities…
British Tourism & Travel Show – the leading annual meeting place for the UK and Ireland’s multi-billion-pound domestic tourism industry, has released a preview of what’s new from exhibitors at this year’s show. Taking place at NEC Birmingham on the 22-23 March, the popular two-day trade event will showcase over 260 leading attractions, venues, destinations,…
If you attended in 2016, you may already be familiar with some of our returning exhibitors. Here’s just some of them talking about their 2016 highlights and the new and exciting developments they’ll be bringing to the show this year. “We are very keen to be at BTTS again, as we have been very successful at meeting…
With its picturesque countrysides and historic landmarks, England offers endless possibilities when it comes to day trip destinations. So much in fact, that 2016 was a record-breaking year for the English domestic tourism sector, according to new research. New figures from VisitEngland (www.visitbritain.org) show that Brits spent a whopping £45.3 billion on day trips across…
