THE VERY BEST OF
BRITAIN & IRELAND
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Some comments from exhibitors and partners at this year's show:
“The whole event has been a great success and exceeded our expectations. The consumer interest was really high with leisure tourists very positive about spending time and money in England” - John Duncan, Manager, Visit Leeds
"New foundations have been started for a new type of tourism exhibition. The mix of trade and consumers worked very well." - Ken Milton, General Manager, Clarendon Hotel
"Tourism Ireland and our partners have had a fantastic 4 days at Best of Britain & Ireland with plenty of great business opportunities and quality leads on the trade days and unprecedented interest from the public at the weekend. The organisers have delivered a fabulous showcase for the island of Ireland."
Karl McKay, Tourism Ireland
“The inaugural Best of Britain & Ireland event seems to have been a great success. Scotland had a strong presence at the show and we received positive feedback from many of our stand partners during the event. We look forward to hearing the organisers’ plans for 2010 at Olympia.” Ben Maccorquodale, Event Production Manager at VisitScotland
“Best of Britain and Ireland delivered quality travel trade buyers and a regular foot fall of interested consumers to the Visit Wales stand. Visit Britain and the exhibition organisers deserve to be congratulated, based on its first year achievement, we would expect this event to successfully flourish in the future.” Eirlys M Thomas, Head of Marketing Networks, Visit Wales
”Our sponsorship of VisitBritain’s Hosted Buyers Networking Evening in association with Tourism Ireland was excellent value for money. The ability to get our key regional messages across to over 250 hosted buyers from around the world, particularly the US, Canada, Germany and Asia Pacific was an opportunity we couldn’t miss.” Sam Warnock, Head of Visitor Marketing at The Heart of England – The West Midlands Region
“Best of Britain and Ireland was a great way for me to catch up with UK attractions and tourist boards as the summer season gets underway to check out new story angles and ideas. Lisa Minot, Travel Editor & Associate Features Editor, The Sun
"A truly inspirational show and one that will go from strength to strength. The organisers were very helpful throughout and obviously cared passionately about the Show." - Gillian McFarland, Partner, The Thatches Holiday Village
“We made excellent links on the trade days, and attracted a lot of positive attention during the consumer show” - Sam Charter, Host, Wedgwood Visitor Centre
"The show was perfectly balanced with a steady flow of clients over the trade days, allowing us to see all our key clients and more! The consumer days were busy and gave us an opportunity to talk to new prospective clients. A good way to mix the two customer types without the event being too long." Annabel Graham-Martin, Haven
"We were very pleasantly surprised by the amount of overseas buyers which attended the show during the trade days" Melanie Harcourt, Events and Exhibitions Manager, Visit London
“The consumer days have been a great success and have provided Lancashire and Blackpool with a great platform to promote the region” - Julie Holland, Travel Trade Officer, Visit Blackpool
“The event has been a great success and allowed the Good Food Ireland members, who are all volunteers, to showcase the best of Irish Food to a large cross section of visitors, media, and travel and industry personnel.” Good Food Ireland – Maurice Keller, Arlington Lodge Country House Hotel Good Food Ireland member
"For a first time event the team achieved a grand show and I can now look forward to an even better experience in 2010." Warren Mills, Mid-Cornwall Tourist Pass
"BBC Magazines is delighted to have been part of this inspirational new event. We always relish the opportunity to meet our readers face to face, and to introduce our magazine portfolio to an enthusiastic new audience. We are already looking forward to the 2010 event.” Paula Al-Lach, Head of Exhibitions and Events, BBC Magazines
Best of Britain & Ireland is the UK's official exhibition dedicated to showcasing the cream of domestic tourism to domestic and overseas visitors.
Discover the best of both worlds at Best of Britain & Ireland: 18 - 21 March 2010 at Olympia.
