Cruises for Groups

V&A Museum of Design Opens in Dundee

100th Anniversary RAF

CHICAGO The Musical Returns to London

Terracotta Warriors in Liverpool

Great Exhibition of the North

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open at Westminster Abbey

Celebrating 250th Anniversary Captain Cook, Royal Museums Greenwich

AGTO Showcase Fam Trip

AGTO Attends all Major Trade Shows

Welcome to the Official Website for the ASSOCIATION OF Group Travel Organisers 

Email: agto@agto.co.uk      Tel: 020 8253 4505

The AGTO is an independent organisation representing the interests of those who organise tours and trips for groups as well as those who provide services for group travel.

The Association has over 200 supplier members that provide GTOs with information on everything from tours,  hotels and destinations to museums, galleries, gardens and attractions.

Our supplier members can support you with organising day trips, overnights, short haul or long haul excursions as well as offering exclusive fam trips and educationals. For more information just click on the 'Special Offers' link below.

The AGTO also offers our Organiser members an exclusive Organisers Liability Insurance Scheme as well as free legal advice and much more.

AGTO - The Organisation For Organisers!

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Photo credits: VisitBritain, VisitScotland, VisitEngland/VisitGreenwich, Dean & Chapter of Westminster

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SHOWCASE & AGM

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22/23/24th FEBRUARY 2019

Don't miss out on what will be an exciting & informative weekend of excursions, networking meetings, entertainment - making new contacts and reconnecting with old friends.

Showcase Itinerary - Click here

Showcase Booking Form - Click here

PERFECTLY PLACED IN BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE SURROUNDINGS  to check out click here

Premier Sponsor

 

EVENTS DIARY AND TRADE SHOWS 2017/18

 

AGTO attends all the major trade shows during the year. It also exhibits at many of the regional trade events.  For the latest Events Diary listing, click here

 

Read the Latest Newsletter

Last one in the current format, next edition will be revamped with look, feel and content.  Click here

RECENT ARTICLES APPEARING IN THE PRESS

 

See AGTO's latest in the Press, click here

 

STOP PRESS

PUBLICATION TRAVEL gbi TO CEASE TRADING AFTER WTM

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NO DEAL BREXIT?

Here is a link to the 24 No Deal Brexit Papers that have been published this week.  Click Here

For the main part, these are not tourism related.  However, there are tourism-related implications and these include:

  1.    Receiving Rurual Development Funding
  2.    The government's guarantee for EU-funded programme 
  3.    Trading with the EU
  4.    VAT for businesses (which includes TOMS)
  5.    Erasmus+ in the UK

 

 

PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE EFFECTIVE 1ST JULY 2018

What is the EU Package Travel Directive?

Information from Towergate plus a protective policy click here

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The new legislation came into effect on the 25th May and with all the hype around the new elements of the ruling we can be forgiven for getting a little worried, but advice from our Advisors, Travlaw is:

KEEP CALM

AND

DON'T PANIC!

Special Bulletins were issued to all members in May highlighting the changes together with some FAQs received from AGTO members.

To read the Special Bulletins click here  FAQs click here

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AGTO ATTEND GROUP LEISURE & TRAVEL EXHIBITION & AWARDS EVENING

See who won at the 2018 Group Leisure & Travel Awards, as we look back on another glittering occasion when the best attractions, destinations, shows and companies for groups were recognised, based on the votes and nominations received from readers of GLT magazine.

A great evening where AGTO sponsored Best Guided Tour which was won by Woburn Abbey & Gardens

See all the winners  click here

Picture gallery of the evening click here

Picture gallery of the Show click here

New venue for 2019 -  The 2019 Group Leisure & Travel Awards will take place on Wednesday 9th October at the Hilton hotel at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.

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AGTO have again partnered with WTM London as an Association Partner giving AGTO a number of publicity & PR opportunities prior & during the event 

GTO members will have access for the 3 day event, including the "Invitation Only" Monday, plus opportunities to meet and network with like minded people. For AGTO members registration click here

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SCOTLAND DEVELOPMENTS  

GREAT NEWS – SPECIAL OFFER

 

Especially for AGTO GTO members National Trust Scotland has replicated the deal we have for GTOs with the National Trust in the UK – free entrance to NTS sites – some 88 properties and 76,000 hectares of countryside & gardens.  Further information click here