CTA is hosting a FREE webinar series on social media which aims to help members get the most out of social media campaigns. If you’re a novice to using social media as part of your marketing and sales, or a veteran with the battle scars to prove it, you will certainly all learn something. The [...]
CTA supplier members can get access to ETOA’s City Fair event for a preferential rate of £650, compared to the standard non-member rate of £950. For 2020, the event is being staged in an innovative virtual format where buyers and sellers have an online meeting with the system geared to automatically take you to your [...]
This year’s British Tourism & Travel Show (BTTS) has been postponed until 24-25 March 2021, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The show had previously been postponed until October, following an earlier postponement from its regular March slot. However, the magnitude and unprecedented scale of the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent government restrictions have hit [...]
Following increasing media coverage and concern about the developing coronavirus situation, the British Tourism & Travel Show has been postponed to The 11 to Fri 12 June 2020 at the NEC Birmingham. The British Coach Tourism Awards has also been moved, to take place on the second day of the show, Friday 12 June at [...]
CTA is once again a Partner with the British Tourism & Travel Show which takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 25-26 March. CTA will be holding a Members’ Reception at 3pm on the first afternoon in the main exhibition hall. No need to book, just drop in and see us. If you haven’t already [...]
CTA members enjoyed a fantastic Fam trip in London earlier this month in an event organised by Shakespeare’s Globe and The View from The Shard. The group enjoyed a guided tour ofThe Globe, a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse, followed by a buffet lunch at The Swan Bar is The Globe’s on-site restaurant with [...]
CTA, in partnership with RB Coaches, Ashford International Hotel, Visit Kent, DFDS and Calais Tourist Office has organised a Fam Trip for CTA members. The itinerary runs from Sunday 26 April until the afternoon of Tuesday 28 April. It includes two nights' accommodation with all breakfasts and dinners included. This is a great opportunity to [...]
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 [...]
BTTS returns to the NEC on 25-26 March 2020 and will welcome more than 40 new exhibitors this year. There is still limited stand space available with an opportunity to meet more than 3,000 decision-making coach tour operators, group travel organisers and tour managers, and increase awareness of your business, capture quality data and generate [...]
CTA member Coach Tours UK Magazine is running a free FAM trip for coach operators and GTOs, in Buxton, Derbyshire on Monday 27 April 2020. This promises to be an excellent event with some great things planned, and a chance to explore a new area, with many hidden gems to add to your future tour [...]
At this year’s CTA Conference, we are offering a number of prime Sponsorship Opportunities The following packages are available to CTA Supplier members which will provide excellent branding opportunities that will be acknowledged at the event and in all the Conference literature and digital communications. The sponsorship packages will be offered on a first-come, first [...]
Shakespeare’s Globe and The View from The Shard have teamed up with CTA to offer members a rare glance across London’s history within a single day. Join an exclusive familiarisation trip to their iconic venues on 4 February 2020 to experience the Long View of London package. There are a limited number of places available [...]
Bookings are now open for our flagship event for 2020, the Conference & Workshop which takes place on 23-25 February at the Doubletree Hilton York. We have a fantastic location, right on the edge of the city walls, and are planning our best Conference yet with a range of topical speakers alongside the ever-popular Workshop [...]
ITO Tours was delighted with the response it had at its Floriade stand at World Travel Market. It says that its package prices for Floriade 2022 will be published for the UK travel trade around March 2020. And in readiness for that it is planning an exciting Floriade Fam trip around the middle of 2020 which [...]
Registration for the British Tourism & Travel Show is now open! Returning to the NEC on 25-26 March, BTTS will be full of exciting new ideas to help plan your trips and tours for 2020. Register for your free ticket today to discover the best of the British Isles and beyond. BTTS 2020 will feature [...]
VisitScotland invites you to their premier business to business travel trade event, VisitScotland Expo, to be held at the new P&J Live conference centre in Aberdeen on the 1st & 2ndApril 2020. The combination of pre-scheduled appointments and trade show provides an ideal platform for you to develop your Scotland programmes. It gives you the [...]
CTA is once again a partner with World Travel Market London and will host our regular reception at 11am on 4 November at the Fox bar, Excel London. CTA members get access to the invitation-only Monday in addition to the show open days. Here is your exclusive registration for you to book as a CTA [...]
CTA has negotiated a special partnership rate for CTA Supplier members who want to take part in BIM, Britain & Ireland Marketplace, organised by ETOA. BIM is ETOA’s B2B workshop dedicated to UK and Irish product, and takes place on Tuesday 28 January at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The event presents the best [...]
CTA member ITO Tours UK is keen to talk to fellow operator members about visits to Floriade Expo 2022 which will be held in Almere near Amsterdam for 180 days from April to October in 2022. ITO Tours is now starting to introduce the Floriade Expo 2022 to the travel trade and wants to get in touch [...]
The CTA Christmas Networking Event is being held in Coventry on Sunday 24 November 2019 and promises to be one you really won’t want to miss! Hosted by Doubletree Hilton, the event will be a great opportunity to catch up with industry friends and colleagues ahead of the festive period and will include a fabulous [...]
Places are still available for CTA operators for a special Christmas event at Tilbury on board Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ flagship Columbus on 19 December. Photo: CTA board member Paula Ward and communications director Helen Bowron met up with CMV’s Deborah Rixson (centre) on board the Columbus for a sneak preview. The Christmas event is [...]
CTA is once again working closely with the British Tourism & Travel Show and will be a partner for the show and jointly host a reception for CTA members on the first afternoon. The show, which takes place on 25-26 March 2020 at the NEC, attracts more than 3,000 decision makers and is a great [...]
CTA members enjoyed fabulous sunshine for their annual summer networking event, held in Brighton on Sunday 28 July. The event, which included a reception at the Old Ship Hotel, courtesy of the hotel and Visit Brighton, before a ‘ride’ on the British Airways i360 and a BBQ, attracted almost 100 delegates. On the following morning, [...]
Devon’s Top Attractions and the CTA have created a fabulous three-night, four-day Devon familiarisation opportunity, exclusive to CTA members on 27-30 October 2019. We have a limited number of places available on the 'Devon Unlocked' FAM trip for CTA coach operator and wholesaler members - so please book early, don't delay! The Fam trip is [...]
Coach Tours UK magazine, which has just joined CTA as a member, is organising a free event for coach operators and GTOs in a visit to North Norfolk. Working with Creative Tourism Ideas & Solutions, Coach Tours UK Magazine is inviting all coach operators and GTOs to attend this FREE Day event at The Cliftonville [...]
In partnership with Devon’s Top Attractions, CTA has created a superb three-night, four-day Devon familiarisation opportunity, exclusive to CTA coach operators on 27-30 October 2019. We will have a limited number of places available on the 'Devon Unlocked' FAM trip for CTA coach operator members and the booking link will be live shortly, but do [...]
The leading exhibition dedicated to the domestic tourism industry, the British Tourism & Travel Show returns on 25-26 March 2020 at the NEC Birmingham and exhibition space is already 75 per cent sold. The event attracts more than 3,000 decision makers including coach tour operators, group travel organisers and tour managers who attend BTTS to source ideas [...]
A beautiful summer evening with a dinner cruise on the Thames in great company with CTA colleagues, what could be better? The 2019 AGM took place on board the MV Mercia, courtesy of CTA member Thames River Services, who put on a lovely evening dinner cruise which was enjoyed by more than 60 delegates. The [...]
CTA members will be made very welcome at the RDA’s Group Travel Expo which takes place in Cologne on 9-10 July. The annual event brings together trade buyers and suppliers from across the continent with an exclusive focus on coach and group tourism. “As in any industry, the coach travel sector has to keep re-inventing [...]
There is still time to book for the CTA Summer BBQ which takes place in Brighton on Sunday 28 July, followed by a Visit Scotland workshop on the Monday morning. We are staying at the beautiful Old Ship Hotel on the seafront with a drinks reception at 5pm sponsored very generously by Visit Brighton. Then [...]
The CTA AGM 2019 will take place on Sunday 16 June with an event that includes an overnight stay at the Clayton Hotel City of London and an evening cruise and dinner on board with Thames River Services. Please book as soon as possible and note deadline for receipt of bookings for the AGM event [...]
CTA members were prominent among the winners at this year’s British Coach Tourism Awards which were presented during the British Tourism & Travel show this month. The awards ceremony, took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham following the first day of the show. “Huge congratulations goes to all our winners in this year’s [...]
The 2019 CTA Conference & Workshop, hosted by Hallmark Cambridge, included a lively ‘Question Time’ panel on Low Emission Zones, presentations on Brexit, ‘Overtourism’ and Social Media, and the ever-popular Workshop which comprised more than 650 individual appointments between operator and supplier members. See a short video of the Conference presentations here ... Around 150 [...]
CTA members are invited to register now for Visit Scotland Expo and express interest in a number of exciting Fam trips being organised around the event. VisitScotland Expo takes place on 10-11 April 2019 at SEC Glasgow. You can register as a buyer here Qualified buyers (product/contracting managers) can pre-schedule appointments with over 250 exhibitors [...]
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE GOLF COURSE at the Hallmark Cambridge hotel is a 6,750-yard, 18-hole, par 72 course offering a wonderful challenge and a beautiful environment in which to relax and enjoy your game. For delegates to the CTA Conference & Workshop, there is a special rate available and a tee-off of 9-holes is planned for 13.00 [...]
Bookings are coming in fast for the 2019 CTA Conference & Workshop which takes place at Hallmark Hotel Cambridge, 24-26 February. Our latest speaker to be confirmed is Justine Perry, MD of Cariad Marketing, who was named Business Person of the Year 2018 in the SME National Awards. Justine will present on Social Media and provide [...]
DFDS is holding a very special fam trip this April to experience a mini cruise to Holland and a visit to Keukenhof. From 2 to 4 April 2019, DFDS Trade Sales Team will be showcasing the Mini Cruise Product from Newcastle to Amsterdam, taking in a visit to the wonderful “Keukenhof” whilst in Holland. DFDS will provide [...]
This year’s British Tourism & Travel Show features more than 41 new exhibitors among a total of more than 270 who will be ready to present their best coach group offers at the NEC on 20-21 March 2019. The show organisers have also confirmed that journalist, broadcaster and travel commentator Simon Calder will headline the speaker [...]
CTA members are invited to attend the premier business-to-business travel trade event, VisitScotland Expo 2019, to be held at the SEC, Glasgow on 10-11 April. A combination of pre-scheduled appointments alongside the trade show provides an ideal platform for operators to develop their Scotland product, and an opportunity to meet with more than 250 Scottish [...]
