Welsh tourism organisations and local authorities provided a very warm welcome to Coach Tourism Association delegates for their Spring Networking event which is likely to lead to a strong boost for tours and excursions to the area. The CTA event was sponsored by Visit Wales with strong support from Southern Wales Tourism who organised a [...]
CTA delegates will enjoy a very warm welcome in Southern Wales for the 2022 Spring Networking event which is based at the brand new Mercure Newport hotel and generously sponsored by Visit Wales, supported by Tourism South Wales and Newport County Council. The event kicks off with a reception at the Riverfront Theatre from midday [...]
Operator and wholesaler members enjoyed the first CTA Fam trip held since the pandemic which went to the Isle of Wight. The fam trip was inspired by the success of an earlier Johnsons Coaches’ ‘VIP Experience tour’ which Barry Cobb put together with Hovertravel, in 2019 following a successful auction bid at the CTA conference [...]
CTA’s Spring Networking event will take place in Southern Wales on 22-23 May. We will be based at the brand new Mercure Newport Hotel and the event includes a half-day Fam trip on Sunday with our AGM and a showcase and seminar on Monday morning. The half-day familiarisation visit around Southern Wales will be a [...]
We have so many wonderful photos from the CTA Conference & Workshop held in Liverpool on 6-8 Feb. Many thanks to Stuart Render for photography. Here is a video slideshow of the photos And here is a gallery of the images: [...]
A record attendance at this year’s CTA Workshop & Conference in Liverpool signalled a strong desire by CTA members to get back to business at our first in-person event for two years. The final tally of delegates for the event, which was generously sponsored by CTA Partner member Tourism Ireland, reached 200 with new registrations [...]
CTA members are invited to attend a special zoom event to celebrate St Andrew’s Day on Tuesday 30 November at 11am. With fantastic support from our Partner members CalMac Ferries and VisitScotland, the event will highlight the very special welcome that awaits your groups in Scotland. CalMac will be showcasing their exciting food and beverage [...]
If you are visiting World Travel Market in London, we’d love to see you at our drop-in on the Monday morning. Join CTA members for a coffee and catch-up in The Fox pub from 10am. If you are planning to attend the CTA networking drop-in, please register here. And if you haven’t already registered for [...]
We are delighted to open bookings for the 2022 Workshop & Conference in Liverpool which will take place from Sunday 6 to Tuesday 8 February. CTA Workshop & Conference 6-8 February 2022 Hilton Liverpool, L1 8LW Book your place now! We will be based at Hilton Liverpool which is ideally situated just minutes [...]
More than 140 CTA and CPT members attended the first of a series of Live Sessions on 30 March with the focus on The Road to Recovery. The event was the first in a series of three online events which will coincide with the proposed key dates for the reopening of tourism in England. A [...]
Update: Many thanks to those who attended the Burns Night zoom. It was a very informative and valuable session with great contributions from Lauren Hogg, VisitScotland; Andrew MacNair, CalMac Ferries; and Mary Jane Brett, Diageo plus a wonderful Address to a Haggis from Visit Arran's Sheila Gilmore. Presentations and extract from zoom video below: Robert [...]
Visit England is hosting a special online seminar ‘Coach Travel – building towards recovery’ on 14 January at 11am. The event will feature an overview from Robert Shaw, CTA chair, followed by presentations from John Johnson, Johnsons Coaches; Paul Cartwright A&P Travel; and Lucy Osborne, Leger/Shearings. The seminar aims to highlight the coach travel sector [...]
The plans for CTA’s flagship Conference & Workshop are continuing apace and we have secured some excellent speakers and can promise a first-class event with topical conference themes and the opportunity to meet and do business at the workshops and social networking sessions. Bookings are coming in thick and fast, so if you haven’t booked [...]
