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19th & 20th September 2012 | NEC Birmingham - Hall 11

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Sara Jefferson, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
“The response at the moment’s been absolutely brilliant. It’s the first time we’ve ever done it but absolutely pleased with the results so far. It’s gone fantastically well for us so far.”

Glen Thomas, Page & Moy Group Travel Manager
“It’s my third consecutive year at the GLTT and the response so far this morning has been fantastic. We’ve met quite a few new group organisers and in addition to that we’ve already taken enquiries this morning so that’s great, for 2012 and we’ve just done one for 2013 as well so we’re absolutely over the moon, and we’re already signed up for next year.”

Kevin Brown, Woods Coaches
“Basically I’ve been coming along to the Group Travel & Leisure Show for 12 years now, and always found it immensely benefitting with regards to the quality and type of customers that are coming to talk to us on the stand; this year particularly it’s very important to us. With the way the economy is I think that it’s very important that we are out, meeting the customers. They’re coming to see us so this is where we need to be. This morning we’ve been – I’d like to use the word inundated – I’m absolutely over the moon with the amount of customers we’ve had and the quality of customers and I’m already booking the show for next year based on just what’s happened already today.”

Kelly Sharman, Disney on Ice, DB Promotions
“It’s been a great day, we’ve met up with a lot of people who are our customers so we’ve managed to put names to faces, and we’ve made some new contacts so that’s been terrific!”

Barbara Flood, New Business & Events Coordinator, Warner Leisure Hotels
“I’m really enjoying this morning so far, it’s going really well. I’ve met some great and interesting people and I think it’s going to be a really good show. Also from the show today I’ve actually booked in four groups for 2012 which is fantastic and two of them have never been to Warners before so we’re absolutely chuffed to bits.”

Lisa Meredith, Severn Valley Railway
“We’ve had a fantastic second day here, with lots of visitors, and I’ve built a lot of new enquiries with new clients that I’ve never spoken to before so it’s been really good for us.”

Robin Glover, Norwegian Cruise Line
“It’s been a fantastic show; we’ve had loads of interest. I really think it’s been beneficial and we’ve had a lot of enquiries to look at for when we get back to the office so we’re really happy.“

Stuart Parker, Group Sales Manager, InterChoice Holidays
“It’s been very, very good so far. It is now 11.30am and I’ve not stopped – in fact you’re the first person to interrupt me! We’re doing very well this morning promoting our three new brochures for next year, and our fam trip next March and the feedback has been very, very good so far. It’s been tremendous, everyone’s really enjoying the popcorn and candyfloss, with lots of people saying they can smell it from the other end of the room so it’s attracting a lot of people.”

Steve Plummer, Cruise For Groups
“Excellent start to the show today. We’ve got a new stand which is brilliant, we’re quite visible, the guys from the cruise lines are here as well which I think is bringing more people to the stand, so yes we’ve got some good enquiries so far so I’m quite happy.”

Mark Jenkins, Riviera Hotels
“It’s the first time we’ve actually exhibited at the show and we’ve been absolutely amazed. On the first day we’ve taken over 46 really strong, genuine enquiries, from coach group operators and it’s been wonderful – looking forward to tomorrow.”

Mike Newman, GTOA
“It’s been an absolute pleasure to be here this year. It’s been a fantastic show - it’s always good and it comes at a very good time of year when GTOs are very proactive, and it’s a show that goes from strength to strength - year on year. Great to be part of it.”

Steve Reed, Steve Reed Tourism
“This group travel show has been one of the best that we’ve attended. We’ve learned to be underwhelmed by one or two shows that we’ve attended over the years, but not Group Leisure! This year has been as good as previous years - probably better I would say. The first day was very strong, we thought that the second day might not be as strong but it’s actually been better! The people that we’ve had on the stand and me are very tired now – we haven’t sat down for two days! We’ve done an awful lot of business.“

Ann Hollingshead, Saga
“Just done a deal for 30 people for Spain next November. We’ve had a good show, been quieter today and it’s been great – thoroughly enjoyed it!”

Richard Woolliss, Encore
“It’s been an interesting show – maybe not as many people coming as previously but there’s good quality over quantity. Different types of people to previous years as well. Some tour operators and travel trade coming, coach operators as well and some very good GTOs – different types, from retired groups through to corporate sports & social clubs, a couple of potential ecommerce clients.”

Abby Mason, Four Pillars Hotel Group
“We’re on our corner stand that we normally have when we’re here. We’ve not done too badly this morning, we’ve got a couple of leads that we’re happy with so hopefully they’ll come to some business and we’ll be able to book again.

Justin Ettridge, Richardson’s
“I’ve been at the show all day today and we’ve had lots of interest, especially at lunchtime. We’ve picked up a lot of coach business today as well, some people who we’ve already seen before have come to us so it’s been very good.”

Ben Pinsent, South Quay Travel & Leisure/Independent Coach Travel
“It’s been very good actually, it’s been one of those shows where there’s been very steady business all the way through the day yesterday, and that’s pretty unusual for a show so that’s excellent. And then today it’s picked up and I’ve just been sat at the table for an hour which is pretty good. So it’s been very good and we’re very pleased.”

Julia Pearce, Daish’s
“It’s been a really good show and it’s nice to come back. I’ve got loads of leads to follow up when I get back in the office, and a few potential bookings so I think it’s been a very worthwhile show and I’ve really enjoyed coming back.”

Lisa Brammer, business development manager, St. Mellion International Resort
“We’ve found the show today really, really useful, not just for the new leads and new enquiries which we’ve been taking today, but to put some faces to names. Being quite a new hotel in the group leisure market it’s been a bit of a taster for us to see if we could exhibit at other shows and it will definitely be something that we’ll be doing in the future. We’ve had a lot of people coming up to us today saying it’s nice to see us here and that they’ve heard a lot about us, as well as lots of people who are looking for more hotels in the Cornish area who have never heard of us before, so it’s definitely been a fruitful day!”

Barney Timpson, Collette Worldwide Holidays
“The show has been really good. I’ve got lots of leads and appointments from it which is great. It’s been a very, very positive show. I’ve been talking to lots of different individuals and group leaders who have come over looking for different opportunities. So all in all it’s been a great show and I definitely look forward to coming back next year.”

Nick Wilde, Best Western Hotels
“I found the show today very good, not so many visitors as last year but more positive visitors that we’ve got some good sales leads from.”

Julie Holland, Visit Blackpool
“It’s been a great show for Blackpool because there’s been so much going on at the resort so it’s nice that people have heard about everything that’s happening. They’ve been coming up and we’ve had some great feedback from everybody. We’ve made some great new contacts and also caught up with some of our old contacts as well, so it’s just nice to catch up with everybody at the show.”

Linda Hill, Torbay Hospitality
“It’s been fantastic, I can’t tell you how pleased we are and we’ve even booked for next year. We’ve had a lot of interest and made lots of brilliant contacts. People who were just right for us – who were just ready to come down to Torbay and bring their coaches. The function last night was terrific, we sat next to two or three good contacts and did some good business over dinner, so even coming down for dinner last night was wonderful. Thank you very much.”

John Simms, West Somerset Railway
“We’re having a productive show, it has been busier on occasions in the past but we’re making some good contacts, we’ve seen some nice people we’ve seen before, and of course we’re putting the hard work in to make sure we speak to as many people as possible.”

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