Where quality group organisers meet the best of the travel trade
The Group Leisure & Travel Show is a brilliant one day exhibition where serious GTOs and leading coach operators come to discover ideas, offers and the experts to help them create memorable group trips and holidays.
Taking place this year on 5th October in the city of Milton Keynes, visitors are attracted by a specialist range of exhibitors that really understand groups, including top attractions, DMOs and tourist boards, accommodation providers, ticketing agencies, coach companies and tour operators.
Find out how you can exhibit and generate group business at the most popular event for GTOs.
Where quality group organisers meet the best of the travel trade
The Group Leisure & Travel Show is a brilliant one day exhibition where serious GTOs and leading coach operators come to discover ideas, offers and the experts to help them create memorable group trips and holidays
Visitors are attracted by a specialist range of exhibitors that really understand groups, including top attractions, tourist boards, accommodation providers, ticketing agencies, coach companies and tour operators.
Find out how you can exhibit and generate group business at the most popular event for GTOs.
So many memorable group visits are created at the show, like these...
How a group organiser met the team from The Royal Mint at last year’s Group Leisure & Travel Show and then organised a memorable trip for the Newton Abbot Travel Club. GTO, Carol Swiecicka said the highlight was getting their hands on the new King Charles coin before it was even released to the banks.
Gina Savill-Turner of Upminster and Cranham Residents’ Association had found contacting tourist boards for help difficult. She said being able to meet Visit Ely at the exhibition in 2022 was a "breath of fresh air" and her group was "blown away" by their trip there.
A visit to Richmond wasn’t on the radar when organiser Andrew Moss headed to the GLT Show last October, but it turned out to be a winner for his NHS Retirement Fellowship group after the "enthusiasm of the people we met on the VisitRichmond stand."
Take a look at the 2022 video highlights
Our 2022 survey says…
The results from our 2022 surveys illustrate the ongoing positive response to the Group Leisure & Travel Show.
What did exhibitors tell us?
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95% said the show produced good leads for groups business.
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95% said they met the right type of people.
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100% said they liked the Marshall Arena venue in Milton Keynes.
What did visitors tell us?
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95% said their show experience was good or very good.
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98% said their visit to the show gave them good ideas to help plan future group trips or holidays.
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92% said they would visit the exhibition if it was held at the Marshall Arena again.
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88% said they plan to, or are likely to plan to visit the show again in 2023.
Avoiding scams and travel highlights with Matt Allwright
Seminar sessions and appearances subject to change.
Join experienced traveller and journalist Matt Allwright who will be giving his insights and tips on avoiding travel scams and how to travel safely at this year’s Group Leisure & Travel Show.
Matt has been a presenter on the popular TV consumer investigation programmes Rogue Traders and Watchdog for more than 20 years and has worked on a number of other shows including The One Show, Morning Live, Housing Enforcers, You’ve Been Scammed, Rogue Restaurants, and The Food Inspectors.
He joins travel pundit, Simon Calder as well as TV gardener and presenter Frances Tophill, to complete a great Seminar Theatre line-up for 2023.
2023 Seminar Speakers
The Seminar Theatre at the Group Leisure & Travel Show will once again be open to all visitors, and features a fantastic line-up of celebrity and specialist speakers, including the UK’s number one travel expert, Simon Calder; TV presenter Matt Allwright; and TV gardener and presenter, Frances Tophill.
Frances Tophill
Simon Calder
Matt Allwright
Some testimonials from our last exhibition…
Paul Brandwood, The Royal Mint - 2022 Exhibitor
“Everyone we have spoken to has been really good quality contacts and I feel like we are going to get a lot of business off the back of this.”
Andrew Niven, Bodmin Jail Attraction - 2022 Exhibitor
“This is the first time I’ve exhibited with Bodmin Jail and it’s exceeded my expectations in terms of the quality of group organisers here. I think it’s so important to come to events like this.”.
Katie Weller, National Gallery - 2022 Exhibitor
“The groups market is really picking up for us and if we don’t come to shows like this, we’ll fall off the radar. I love the Marshall Arena as a venue too.”
Pat Lake, Chippy Active Trips - 2022 Visitor
“My group are always looking for ideas of where to go, we go out every month, and you can only find them by coming along to somewhere like this, or by reading Group Leisure & Travel magazine.”
Mike Herring, Kings Cliffe Old Blokes Club - 2022 Visitor
“This show is a major source of information to help inspire our group trips, with ideas about places we can go to. By talking to someone face to face, it is a totally different experience to trying to do it on the telephone.”
Barbara Tester, Day Explorers Group - 2022 Visitor
“The room was buzzing with enthusiasm, not only from the group organisers, but from those on the stands. The speakers were excellent, with a variety of topics.”
Contact Us
Whether you want more info about exhibiting or visiting, phone us or use our contact form, and we’ll get straight back to you.
Postal Address: YPL Exhibitions & Events, 8 Vermont Place, Tongwell, Milton Keynes MK15 8JA
EXHIBITING INFO & STAND AVAILABILITY
Senior Group Sales Manager
Sharon Yandell
+44 (0) 1908 613323
> Email Sharon
EXHIBITING INFO & STAND AVAILABILITY
Media Sales Executive
Lisa Milton
+44 (0) 1908 613323
> Email Lisa
VISITING INFO
Event Organiser
Libby Goodwin
+44 (0) 1908 613323
> Email Libby
Official Media Partner
Learn more about Group Leisure & Travel magazine, the official media partner of the Group Leisure & Travel Show. Group Leisure & Travel is a monthly magazine, available in both print and online e-magazine editions, for group travel organisers. The aim is simple: to provide ideas, contacts and advice for people organising all types of coach tours, group trips and group holidays in a vibrant, enjoyable and quality format.
Event date is subject to ongoing Government rulings on public assembly and therefore the organisers reserve the right to make appropriate changes if required affecting the date or venue at their absolute discretion.