when & where?
Thursday 5th October 2023 at the Marshall Arena at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Exhibit in 2023
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2022 Seminar Programme
Every visitor to the show had the opportunity to enjoy some fantastic sessions featuring expert speakers in the Seminar Theatre. Not only could you listen to some interesting ideas and advice, but you could also ask your own questions too. Find out more about the 2022 line-up here.
Jane Archer
Just add water: planning a successful group cruise
Jane explained the options you have when thinking about organising an ocean or river cruise for a group. She explored how you could use mini and short break cruises to ‘test the water’ too. This can be a great way for GTOs to either try cruising for themselves, or an opportunity to take a group on something a little more accessible, before booking something longer / more adventurous.
About Jane…
Award-winning journalist and cruise expert Jane Archer has sailed to the ends of the earth – literally – during a 30-year career that has taken her to the Arctic and Antarctica, Greenland, the Galapagos and Kimberley in Australia, as well as on more than 300 ocean and river cruises around Europe, the Baltic, Caribbean, the Americas, India, Egypt and Asia. Her work appears regularly in national newspapers, lifestyle magazines, online and trade titles in both the UK and abroad.
Simon Calder
Senior travel editor Simon Calder
“I can’t tell you how much I look forward to coming to the Group Leisure
& Travel Show because we’re talking, meeting, exchanging ideas and getting inspired about all the opportunities there are to travel.”
Quiz Calder: Simon Calder answers your questions
He's Britain’s No.1 travel expert for a reason, so visitors used this opportunity to ask him their own questions.
About Simon...
Simon is the senior travel editor of The Independent, and an acclaimed television and radio broadcaster and commentator, featuring as the ‘go to’ expert on programmes including BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain and both the BBC and ITV News.
He makes a welcome return to the 2022 Group Leisure & Travel Show, with his sessions always popular with visitors as he shares his advice and experience with group travel organisers and coach operators.
Picture credit: Ash Mills.
Jennie Bond
Royal Insights with Jennie Bond
Royal commentator Jennie Bond has travelled the world with the Royal Family and visited many of their palaces and castles. At the show, she talked about life with the Royals, some of her favourite destinations around the globe, and also about her love of cruising.
About Jennie...
Broadcaster and journalist, Jennie Bond appears regularly on a wide range of television and radio programmes - from light entertainment to documentaries.
As the BBC's Royal Correspondent for 14 years, Jennie was at the heart of events that made headlines around the world: from the fairy-tale marriages to the adultery, the divorces and the deaths.
She's known to young and old for her exploits in the jungle of ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here when she was buried in a coffin full of rats and had to eat a variety of live insects.
Since then she has been a presenter on two of the BBC's most popular shows: Cash in the Attic, and Rip Off Britain. She also presented the highly successful BBC2 series Great British Menu.
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Past speakers include…
Gyles Brandreth
Television Personality and ‘Culture Vulture’
Carol Klein
Gardener and Television Presenter
Nicholas Owen
Newscaster and Television Presenter
Kate Humble
Writer & Broadcaster
Simon Reeve
Adventurer, TV presenter and Author
Joe Swift
TV Gardener & Presenter
Dan Cruickshank
TV Historian and Presenter
Chris Beardshaw
TV Presenter and Celebrity Gardener
Jasmine Birtles
Financial and Money Saving Expert
Jane Archer
UK’s Leading Cruise Expert
Alexis Conran
Fraud specialist and star of The Real Hustle
Julie Peasgood
Television presenter, journalist and actress
Simon Calder
Travel Editor, The Independent
Martin Roberts
Travel expert and TV presenter
Eric Knowles
Antiques and history expert, and TV broadcaster
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, P.O. Box 5299, Milton Keynes MK15 8BD
EXhibiting info & stand availability
Sharon Yandell,
Telephone: +44 (0)1908 613323
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.