� IN FOCUS l BTTS 2018 Liverpool attractions raise a glass to 2018


Major Liverpudlian attractions and hotels will be sharing the Liverpool stand to highlight a packed calendar of events during 2018. The city is marking 10 years since


Liverpool was crowned European Capital of Culture and there will be a prosecco drinks reception on day one of BTTS to celebrate. Liverpool 2018 is the major


programme of cultural events to celebrate the capital of culture landmark, and Liverpool Biennial – the UK’s largest contemporary art festival – takes place from July 14 to October 28. Displays about the Fab Four in India have opened at The Beatles Story, and a major exhibition featuring China’s Terracotta warriors has opened at World Museum. Liverpool FC’s new tour gives


more access than ever before and is designed to appeal to keen football fans and those with more casual interest.


DID YOU KNOW


Being Brunel opens at the


SS Great Britain in Bristol later this month, exploring the life of


Isambard Kingdom Brunel. ssgreatbritain.org/groups Stand B39


Join our party, says Greatdays Travel Group


The stand partners are: Land


Rover Experience Liverpool; Liverpool FC; The Cavern Club and Magical Mystery Tour; National Museums Liverpool; Hard Days Night Hotel; ACC Liverpool; Port Sunlight Village; Mersey Ferries; Beatles Story and Liverpool Biennial marketingliverpool.co.uk Stand D17


Exciting Education unveils assessment scheme


Exciting Education will launch its Quality Assessed Accreditation Scheme for visitor attractions and tourism venues in April. The scheme is aimed at


attractions that welcome schools and educational trips. The company is an education and business consultancy that helps the education sector and


Wales shows the way to explore the principality


Visit Wales will be showcasing The Wales Way, a new family of three national routes along the country’s coast, ‘castle country’ and mountainous heartland. The Coastal Way travels


the west coast around Cardigan Bay; the Cambrian Way journeys between


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Llandudno and Cardiff, through National Parks; and the North Wales Way leads past 13th-century castles into the Isle of Anglesey. New itineraries highlighting


these routes are available for the travel trade. traveltrade.visitwales.com thewalesway.com


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tourism businesses improve their provision for children and families. It employs professionals from


several backgrounds including teaching, theatres, arts and sciences to provide organisations with opportunities to inspire youngsters. excitingeducation.co.uk


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Greatdays Travel Group will make a song and dance about its new 2018 programme of themed entertainment lunches and ‘Christmas on Broadway Show Parties’. Available for groups or individuals, the events take place in four-star hotels across England. Entertainment lunches include a St George’s Day Celebration, Sixties Summer Sensations, Celebrating the Carpenters, and Blue Birds and Bugle Boys – a salute to the 1940s. Pictured from the left are


Greatdays’ Jenny Kirkwood, Dawn Bennison and Paul Beaumont. greatdays.co.uk


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