� IN FOCUS l WTM LONDON AC Group to outline expansion plans


Visitors to the Global Village can find out more about the AC Group’s expansion plans following the acquisition of two companies. The AC Group is a leading


provider of independent travel, incentive group travel and organised tours worldwide and has acquired MW Tours and Paris- based French Travel Partners to enhance its expertise and range. The group anticipates a turnover of £25 million for the financial year 2017-18 and now has offices in London, Kent, Paris and – opened this year – New York. Founded in 1999, The AC


Group has three distinct brands: AC Tours, which specialises in UK accommodation, transfers, entrances and meals for overseas visitors; AC Online, offering tourism products on a business-to-business basis to internationally based


Dragons help Welsh attractions have l Rob Russell, joint managing director, AC Group


wholesalers and tour operators; and AC Luxe, a full-service DMC providing tailor-made solutions to travellers across the UK, Ireland and France.


FTP becomes the fourth brand under The AC Group umbrella, while MW Tours merges with AC Luxe. actours.co.uk


Welsh museums and heritage attractions saw record visitor numbers over the summer, thanks in part to Visit Wales’ Year of Legends campaign. More than half a million visitors explored Cadw (Welsh heritage) sites during July and August – the highest number ever during the summer season and an increase of 8.2% year- on-year.


Much of the growth is


attributed to Cadw’s Live the Legends campaign, which brought a family of Welsh dragons to life, as part of Wales’ 2017 Year of Legends. Meanwhile, Amgueddfa


Cymru – a family of seven museums in Wales – welcomed almost 300,000 visitors in


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August – a record for August and up 19% year-on-year. The increase in visitors is thanks


to several developments, including the Dinosaur Babies exhibition at National Museum Cardiff; the re-


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