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Great Exhibition of the North
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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
eastwood hall hotel nottingham
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.
PERFECTLY PLACED IN BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE SURROUNDINGS to check out click here
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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 update in the latest edition of Group Travel World by clicking here
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:
- Receiving Rurual Development Funding
- The government's guarantee for EU-funded programme
- Trading with the EU
- VAT for businesses (which includes TOMS)
- 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
gdpr
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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CEO to speak at ABTA Conference
Group Travel & Escorted Tours Conference – 26th September 2018, London
The Event: The group travel and escorted tours market is evolving quickly. Are you keeping pace with this growing and lucrative market?
CEO Wendy Hartley-Scarff is delivering a session at the above Conference – “Engaging & Working with Group Travel Organisers”, a great opportunity for AGTO to highlight our Association to a wider audience and a chance to highlight what GTOs want from suppliers to help be successful in the ever evolving landscape of Group Travel.
Discounted attendance fee for AGTO members; Click here
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Group Travel & Leisure Show - 11th October 2018 - Hall 19, nec
Visit Britian's leading event for people who organise group trips & holidays
AGTO will be exhibiting again this year to continue with our membership recruitment drive and to network with like-minded people within the group travel industry to listen and to learn from the great seminar programme being offered during the day. Further information & registration click here
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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 oppotunities 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