Golden sands, a calm sea breeze and clear blue skies, it’s the holiday dream for most, and judging by many adverts it’s the reality. However, what you see isn’t always what you get. The internet has made booking holidays easier than ever. Sadly it has also opened up consumers to extensive dishonest marketing. The old…
With TV shows like Ancestors and Who Do You Think You Are? attracting well known celebrities to explore their family history, ancestral travel has continued to rise in popularity in recent years. Genealogy is reported to be one of the second most popular hobbies. The forthcoming 400th anniversary of the historic voyage of the Mayflower…
Big speaker announcements are coming in fast for this year’s British Tourism & Travel Show, as it adds experts from VisitEngland, AGTO, Tourism Alliance, Tourism for All, the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, Green Bus and Coach, Digital Visitor, and Travlaw to its business seminar line-up.
British Tourism & Travel Show has launched this year’s BTTS ‘Industry Snapshot Survey’. Open to tour operators, GTOs, travel agencies, DMOs, visitor attractions, destinations and hotels across the UK and Ireland, the findings (to be announced next month) will provide a ‘snapshot’ of how the domestic tourism sector has fared over the last 12 months…
Our next speaker Q&A features Wendy Hartley-Scarff, CEO of the Association of Group Travel Organisers. Here she talks about everything from trends, personalisation, and sustainable tourism, to who inspires her, what’s next for the AGTO, and her favourite destination to visit.
Which key tourism trends will be shaping travel and tour itineraries in the year to come? That was the question the British Tourism & Travel Show posed to some of its regular visitors ahead of its next show in March. Their expert predictions provide a snapshot of some of the trends driving staycation/excursion bookings this…
Isn’t it interesting how a crisis or environment of austerity can suddenly galvanise people to rise out of the doom and gloom and pull together to make amazing things happen. Take Salisbury and the Novichok ‘incident’. Catastrophic though this was, it caused the community, councils, businesses and media to pull together and, would you believe,…
Steven Salmon is International Manager at the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT) and a new speaker for 2020. In his second day Keynote session (10.30am on 26 March), he’ll be discussing all things Brexit; including how it has changed/will change the opportunities available ‘over the water’ to British coach operators.
Boasting more exhibitors than any other UK travel trade event this year, British Tourism & Travel Show is back at the NEC Birmingham on 22-23 October. For the 2,800+ visitors that annually attend, including many of the UK and Ireland’s biggest tour operators, travel organisers, GTOs, coach operators, tour wholesalers and agencies, it offers a…
Which trends will be shaping travel itineraries in the year to come? That’s exactly what the British Tourism & Travel Show asked a few of its regular visitors. While their responses were varied – they all agree that experience-driven tourism and travel will be even bigger in 2020
Competition among Britain’s coach friendliest tourist destinations and attractions is hotting up, as the newly announced British Coach Tourism Awards shortlist reveals who is in the running for 2020.
The BTTS Domestic Tourism Industry Snapshot Survey was completed before and during The British Tourism & Travel Show (20-21 March) by over 80 leading travel and tour operators, DMOs, visitor attractions, destinations and hotels. Its findings show continued positive-growth for the sector and many had an upbeat optimism for the opportunities ahead, despite the economic…
From big business deals, to standing-room only Keynotes, and dazzling entertainment up and down the aisles, the British Tourism & Travel Show wowed the domestic travel trade industry for 2019. The leading event for domestic tourism was ‘buzzing’ with activity over the two days, with 2837 attending the show last week at the NEC Birmingham…
The UK’s best coach tour operators, destinations, visitor attractions, hotels, and tourism industry suppliers, were honoured last night (20 March) at the 2019 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 hundreds of industry professionals to recognise and…
It’s been a fantastic first day at British Tourism & Travel Show, with a hive of excitement across the show floor, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! If you missed it, here are some video highlights. We hope to see you again tomorrow for day 2. BTTS 2019 Day 1 Highlights…
Thousands of domestic tour operators, travel organisers and agencies from across Britain and Ireland will be heading to Birmingham for the British Tourism & Travel Show this week. Doors open this Wednesday (10am, 20 March) at NEC Birmingham with around 2700 expected attendees – hoping to meet, explore and secure million-pound business deals with over…
With the show just over a week away (taking place on 20-21 March), British Tourism & Travel Show (BTTS) – 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 for 2019. From canal cruises to food and drink trails, guided…
After a successful inaugural edition, the Destination Europe area will once again join the eclectic line-up at the British Tourism & Travel Show. The ‘event of the year’ for thousands of domestic tour operators, coach operators, and travel organisers returns to NEC Birmingham on 20-21 March 2019. The Destination Europe area will feature a diverse…
