We are delighted to welcome 17 new members who have joined us since the start of the new membership year! We look forward to hearing your exciting news and updates in the coming months, and hope to see you at one of our many events soon.
TOUR OPERATORS / DMCS / OTAS
Events Made Special is a destination management company in the UK offering a bespoke service. We are a reliable, experienced and knowledgeable event management company based in London with excellent product knowledge of the UK, providing a range of services to the MICE, luxury travel and events industries. Our products and services include: incentive programmes, corporate meetings, conferences, team building activities, gala dinners, product launches, accommodation, exclusive venues, special events, special interest programmes and wedding planning.
Go West is an inbound tour operator of 32 years’ standing. We provide accommodation throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe in all categories: transportation, tours, special interest itineraries, sports, educational programmes, ferry, Eurotunnel and Eurostar tickets, theatre/show tickets, meals, guiding services and VIP travel services. All via our offices and representatives in the UK, Central Europe and Asia with multi-lingual staff. Specialists in pilgrimage tours and halal arrangements.
Livertours Liverpool is a locally based professional guiding service offering a range of bespoke destination tours. Using only the most qualified guides in the Liverpool City Region, guests can choose from a range of pre-built walking tours or ask for something more bespoke. All itineraries are tailored to suit the interests and needs of every visitors.
Timberbush Tours are one of Scotland’s longest running tour operators, offering a wide range of award-winning 1-3 day tours of Scotland. Our 5* accredited tours depart daily from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness and take your clients on a journey of discovery around some of Scotland’s most beautiful locations. We also have a dedicated Private Tour department, who create bespoke Highland tours catered to your clients’ requirements – be it whisky, history, golf, or the culture.
ACCOMMODATION
IHG is one of the world’s leading hotel companies. Our purpose is to create Great Hotels Guests Love® through providing true hospitality to all. We have 12 distinctive hotel brands including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, HUALUXE® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, EVEN® Hotels, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood® Suites as well as one of the industry leading loyalty programs IHG® Rewards Club.
Lake District Country Hotels is a collection of three beautiful 4-star country house hotels, situation in the heart of the Lake District. Set in acres of landscaped gardens and secluded woodlands and with stunning views of Lake Windermere and the surrounding Lakeland fells, our hotels offer the best in Lake District scenery along with the ultimate in relaxation and indulgence. Our hotels offer stylish and spacious accommodation where you can truly unwind and relax. Crisp linen and comfy beds, cosy lounges and delicious menus prepared from the very best seasonal and locally sourced produce.
ATTRACTIONS
Blair Castle is nestled in the stunning Perthshire countryside, a 90-minute drive from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness just off the main A9 route 7 miles north of Pitlochry. There is much to explore at Blair Castle, a 5 star visitor attraction, not only the 750 years of Scottish history across 30 rooms which showcase the finest furniture, porcelain and much more but also the incredibly beautiful gardens and grounds surrounding the castle. Blair Castle is the ideal place for families and groups to spend time, there is also a gift shop and restaurant to be enjoyed.
For the finest collection of premium Scottish product, there’s only one town to visit. Hawick in the Scottish Borders has a rich manufacturing heritage and an international reputation for producing quality goods. From the ‘Home of Tweed’ and some of the best cashmere and knitwear producers in the world today to the first whisky distillery to open in the Scottish Borders since 1837. This special collection of weavers, knitters and distillers are all located between the four bridges of Hawick, and quite simply, nowhere else will you find such a wide range of premium Scottish products all made in the same town.
Manchester City are the current Premier League Champions and deliver the most immersive stadium tour football. The stadium tour takes you on player’s matchday journey and uses state of the art technology to bring the stadium to life on. Currently we have the following Tour experiences available: Etihad Stadium Tour, Etihad Stadium Tour with a LEgend, Countdown to Kick Off Tours on matchdays, Stadium Tours with a pub quiz. New educational workshops will launch in January 2022. We are proud to say that we are more than just a stadium tour, our experiences are truly entertaining leaving our guests with memories that last a lifetime.
The National Gallery’s main aim is to care for the collection, to care for it for future generations and to study it, while encouraging access to the pictures for the education and enjoyment of the widest possible public now and in the future.
DESTINATIONS
Visit Devon is the official DMO for Devon, and is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company working in partnership with its 600 plus members and numerous associated businesses across the visitor economy. Working closely with industry partners and the wider travel trade, we welcome enquiries from across the globe, being the ideal destination for visitors of all categories, from FITs, groups of varying sizes, business visits and events. There is good accessibility and it is the only county in England with two coastlines, 2 national parks, numerous areas of outstanding natural beauty as well as 3 UNESCO sites.
Visit East of England operates in Norfolk, Suffolk, east and south Cambridgeshire, including Cambridge and Ely, and north Essex, including Harwich and London Stansted. As well as running Visit Norfolk and Visit Suffolk, it works with local destination organisations, local authorities and New Anglia LEP to promote the area to domestic and inbound tourists. It works closely with The Broads Authority to promote the Broads National Park. It has a strong relationship with VisitBritain and VisitEngland and has overseen two significant overseas campaigns, The Friendly Invasion in ‘North America’ and ‘Anglia is GREAT’ in the Netherlands.
TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS
Lovetovisit.com is a new digital platform intent on revolutionising the tourism and culture sector. Inviting every kind of business, from paid and free attractions to theatres, events, and travel companies, the platform is inclusive and aims to change the way people find and connect with experiences. Operating a completely results-based model for partnerships and offering an on-platform booking experience for consumers, Lovetovisit.com takes on the heavy lifting so that everyone wins.
We help tours and attractions grow your business. Redeam’s platform digitally connects supply and demand in the Things To Do sector, enabling the touchless, seamless and automated passing of product and booking data back and forth. Our middleware solution helps Experience operators sell more tickets, offer guests a better check-in process, reduce manual processes and fraud, and improve payment reconciliation. We work with some of the newest and most exciting and iconic brands in activities an entertainment.
TRANSPORT PROVIDERS
Hays Coaches are a family run private coach operator based in central Scotland between Edinburgh and Glasgow. We specialise in tour groups from all over the world, providing a high class service to all our customers and their guests and clients.
South Western Railway provides rail services to the South West of England from London Waterloo, as well as connecting the commuter belts to not just London but Hampton Court, Bournemouth, Southampton and Portsmouth.
The Steam Dreams Rail Company offers nostalgic days out and holidays by steam, mainly from London across the UK. We run scheduled trains on the mainline and can also provide charters from any UK station, including Southampton Docks to central London. During the Summer we provide a shuttle service by steam train from London to WIndsor, running on a weekly basis and specifically aimed at the oversees inbound market.
