"It was good; I don’t think it was quite as busy as last year, but the number of people we saw, the quality of people we saw, if we can convert half of the business into definite bookings we should have more than paid for the stand on day one, so with day two still to come it’s very encouraging."
"They do a cracking job, it’s up to the usual standard. The organisers do a tremendous job, I think that they plan for it all year round and that shows in the preparation. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail and I don’t think that you can say that about this show, it’s always very very well run."
Martyn Snell, West Somerset Railway
"Absolutely, we had a quick count this morning, we had over 50 strong leads yesterday and the majority of those were new ones. It ranged everything from the multinational corporate sports and social clubs, to the gardening clubs, to the friends and family, to the U3A and the ProBus. This is why we are here because of the diversity of the group travel organisers completely reflects our product range and so it’s great to be face to face with them just so we can find the right product for them."
"This is the best show, there’s absolutely no two ways about it. We invested a lot of time and money to be here and that’s because this is the event for group organisers. You’ve got to be here to have a presence. We are back, we are really serious about the groups market – we’ve got to be here, we’ve got to shout our name. It’s fantastic, really well organised."
Peter Squires, Newmarket Travel Service
"We had a great day, we had a couple of big group reservations which is really good and lots of interest, lots of exciting leads so we’ll be following those up."
Hannah Overton, Holiday On Ice
"It was a good morning yesterday, and it carried on through the afternoon. We’ve got new stand partners who found they got some really good leads from the show so it was all worthwhile."
Julie Holland, Visit Blackpool
"We’ve never been before so we’re not quite sure how to judge it against previous years, but we seem to be really busy in the morning, particularly with some really good quality leads as well so we’re hoping to follow those up when we’re back in the office on Friday."
Emma Woodings, Northern Racing
"I’ve done over £250,000 worth of confirmed business - it’s been absolutely phenomenal for us. We’ve offered a very unique product, something that no-one else has ever offered before. You could have charged me ten times the amount and it would have still been cheap!"
Martyn Lucas, One Night in Vegas
"This year has been brilliant, the best show we’ve ever experienced - the two days have been so busy! We’ve had so much new business with so many new enquiries including lots of new singles’ groups. "
Helen Mulry, Warner Leisure Hotels
"It was great for us, we had many new leads and lots of old and new customers come to see us, so yes very good."
Glen Thomas, Travelsphere
"Really good day, really busy. So pleased with the stand; it’s really important to come up with new and innovative ideas and we’ve done that this year."
Stuart Parker, InterChoice Holidays
"It was very good, it was very busy, great leads coming through, not many time wasters so it was fantastic for us, we got some really good leads."
"It’s a fantastic show, it’s the best show that we do throughout the whole year so we get fantastic leads. I mean last year we got so many bookings from the show and hopefully again it will be the same for us this year."
Kelly Hodges, Ascot Racecourse
"It’s a very good show, very professional, a bit smaller this year but again quality people and there’s been some good customers coming through."
Pauline Scrimgeour, White Hotel Group of Ireland
"We enjoyed it, we’ve spoken to a lot of people especially earlier on in the day and into the early afternoon and it wasn’t just speaking to people, it was what we felt were good leads as well for us, so we’re here to promote the top three attractions in Northumberland and we think that we did a good job of that yesterday but more importantly we got the opportunity to do it. That’s what counts."
Chris Calvert, Bamburgh Castle
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