We are pleased to introduce Gillian Bell, our in-house Travel Trade Manager. She is supported by Ales Kosejk, who you may know from Visit Greenwich. Ales is on secondment two days a week to help develop our trade partnerships and Joanna Fitzpatrick continues to head up our box office team.
We are all excited about lots of new products on offer this year for groups/coach and tour operators.
LIVING CRETE HOLIDAYS Is pleased to welcome A.G.T.O TUESDAY 17th to SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER 2023 With us by your side, experience Crete’s amazing natural beauty, history and culture on the 5-day tour. Your…
There’s plenty for your group to enjoy at Waddesdon this year from new art to wine tastings. Start planning your group visit today.
Wedding Cake
This summer an exciting new art installation will open to visitors. Book your group a guided tour of Joana Vasconcelos’ extraordinary Wedding Cake, a 12-metre-tall ceramic sculptural pavilion in the form of a three-tiered cake. Open from 8 June. Find out more >
Brand-new Coronation Street Experience now with a mid-week offering which will allow you to visit the Coronation Street Experience Monday-Friday as well at weekends.
Finally, it feels like Summer has arrived and we have plenty of ideas on places to go out and about and enjoy the warmer weather. From birthday celebrations, English Wine week and Father’s Day suggestions to an amazing competition. For further inspiration and last minute half term events check out visitessex.com
Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 June
Celebrate the Tube’s 160th Birthday on a stunningly restored Art Deco train
· Enjoy time chatting to costumed actors from the 1860s and 1890s
· Take selfies against a 160th year giant #LoveTheTube backdrop
· Return Tickets available from Acton Town Tube station on the Piccadilly line via Heathrow
Join the Tube’s 160th birthday celebrations with a ride on one of London Transport Museum’s ‘Tube 160 Birthday Special’ heritage journeys. The world’s first underground railway opened in 1863 in London, since then the Tube has grown to become an iconic part of life in the capital for residents and visitors. On the weekend of Saturday 10 June and Sunday 11 June the public will have the opportunity to be transported to a bygone era of train travel with journeys on a pristine Art Deco-style 1938 vintage Tube train. The vehicle was one of the capital’s longest serving Tube trains and is a relic of London’s transport past.
Nessie story resurfaces after 90 years
The wait is finally over for global tourists to the Highlands and Monster spotters, as the newly imagined Loch Ness Centre in Drumnadrochit near Inverness will officially open its doors on Saturday 10th June.
The Loch Ness Centre, located at one of Scotland’s most famous tourist destinations, is nearing completion following a major refurbishment by Continuum Attractions, following its take over earlier this year. £1.5m has been invested in a full upgrade to enhance the visitor experience, allowing people to explore the legend and myths of Loch Ness through immersive tours and also via trips aboard the attraction’s famous research vessel, Deepscan.
Tourism and hospitality businesses have been taking advantage of specialist training to help them to succeed in the group travel market.
This month, Visit County Durham delivered an interactive group travel course, providing businesses with top tips and inspiration on how to stand out in this highly competitive market.
Durham is a popular destination for group travel, with a great selection of group-friendly attractions and accommodation, along with a dramatic coastline, historic city and stunning countryside.
Durham City’s group travel offer is now even better thanks to the introduction of a new coach drop-off and pick-up point.
From this month, coach parties visiting the historic city will alight on the other side of the River Wear on Framwelgate Waterside instead of the former drop off point at Freeman’s Place.
Durham County Council has carried out the work and its tourism service, Visit County Durham, is now promoting the new location to coach operators, highlighting the vastly improved arrival experience it affords both visitors and drivers.