� IN FOCUS l WTM LONDON Heritage is Great group grows to record level
Heritage visitor attractions will be out in force at this year’s WTM London with their largest-ever presence.
Under the strapline, Heritage
is GREAT Britain, there will be representatives from English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces, the Houses of Parliament, National Trust, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Wakehurst, the Royal Collection Trust, Shakespeare’s Globe and St Paul’s Cathedral. English Heritage includes world- famous sites such as Stonehenge,
WTM IN BRIEF
w See Tickets heads back to WTM London
For the first time in many years, See Tickets is exhibiting at WTM London, joining fellow stand-sharers on the UKinbound stand. See Tickets is a leading provider of tickets for groups, coach operators and FITs (free independent travellers or small groups), working with West End shows
and nationwide events.
seetickets.com
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w Cumbrian partners highlight Unesco title
Several attractions from Cumbria will be on the UKinbound stand to promote the Lake District, and its status as a Unesco Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site. They include Tewitfield Marina; Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway; Lake District Estates; Windermere – The Lake District and Windermere Lake Cruises; English Lake District World Heritage Site; English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues, a group of five hotels in the Lake District; and the World of Beatrix Potter Attraction in
Bowness-on-Windermere. Stands UKI200, UKI220
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Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle. The National Trust features
Stonehenge in Wiltshire
Hadrian’s Wall, Dover Castle, Tintagel Castle and Eltham Palace and Gardens.
Historic Royal Palaces includes
the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House,
attractions such as Stowe, Stourhead, Powis Castle, Mount Stewart and Fountains Abbey, while the Royal Collection Trust looks after Buckingham Palace, Clarence House, Windsor Castle, Frogmore House and Palace of Holyroodhouse. Between them, the organisations
represent 850 sites and welcome more than 40 million visitors a year.
heritagegb.co.uk
Stand UKI430 Historic Royal Palaces looks forward to 2019 exhibitions
Historic Royal Palaces will again partner with leading heritage organisations at WTM London under the banner Heritage is GREAT Britain, support the wider VisitBritain GREAT campaign. The HRP attractions will highlight new exhibitions and the return of old favourites. At the Tower of London, there is new interpretation in the Bloody and Beauchamp Towers, the largest and most significant of the Tower’s prison spaces. The Lower Beauchamp Tower has a new introductory exhibition enabling visitors to understand the reasons why people ended up as a prisoner at the Tower. Hampton Court Palace will see the return of Florimania (March 29-31), a festival featuring embroidery with
Hampton Court Palace
floral designs, along with flower arrangements. Kensington Palace will hold an exhibition about Queen Victoria, as 2019 marks 200 years since she was born at the palace. Kew Palace and the Royal
Kitchens will re-open on April 19 for the summer season. Following a
Isle of Man highlights cruises and culture
The Isle of Man’s tourism board will be at WTM to highlight its appeal to cruisers, tourists and group travellers. The island received a record number of cruise visits in 2018, with 24 ships carrying more than 8,300 passengers, and 6,000 crew. The tourism board will promote
products such as its Go Explore cards that allow unlimited travel on rail and bus services, including horse trams, Groudle Glen Railway
and Laxey Mine Railway – and Go Explore Heritage cards, which provide admission to Manx National Heritage sites plus five days’ travel. The heritage sites include the Manx Museum, Laxey Wheel and Castle Rushen. Two dining attractions will be on the WTM menu: the Steam Railway Dining Car and Snaefell Summit Dining.
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multimillion-pound restoration project, the Great Pagoda at Kew has been opened to visitors. Hillsborough Castle in Northern
Ireland will also see new visitor facilities open next April, with increased coach capacity and a new group reception area.
hrp.org.uk
DID YOU KNOW
The first WTM at London Lfgts.
Olympia in 1980 attracted 40 countries, 221 exhibitors and 9,000 trade visitors. Now it has about 5,000
exhibitors from 182 countries and regions and more than 51,000 participants
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