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Marketing and event opportunities

Increase overseas visitors to your region. Build relationships in key markets. Grow your business. Our range of marketing opportunities can help you attract international visitors.

From meet the press events to advertising opportunities, trade missions to PR exposure, we offer a wide range of activities – often at low or no cost – to help you promote your business and draw more overseas visitors to your region. Click on the title of each opportunity to find out more including booking information, request a call back from one of our team, or contact us for further advice.

 

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Africa Roadshow 2018
Don’t miss this opportunity to promote your product and destination awareness to the lucrative Kenyan and South African markets.
Date:
19 Feb 2018 to 22 Feb 2018
Price £: £3,250 + VAT
Status: Registration open
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ExploreGB 2018 Newcastle-Gateshead
Do you want to boost your trade business from key inbound tourism markets from across the world? Sign up to ExploreGB and you’ll have the opportunity to meet with up to 330 international buyers.
Date:
1 Mar 2018 to 2 Mar 2018
Price £: From £925
County/ City
Newcastle-Gateshead
Status: Registration open
One to one meetings at Destination Britain Americas
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Destination Britain North America 2017
Do you want to meet and do business with trade buyers from the USA and Canada? Attend Destination Britain North America in Los Angeles to meet and network with up to 80 top tour operators.
Date:
25 Sep 2017 to 28 Sep 2017
Price £: $6,495
County/ City
USA
Status: Fully booked
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VIBE 2017 London & Glasgow
Do you want to grow your tourism product in a range of international markets? Meet all of our in-market specialists in one day and find out how to maximise your exposure globally.
Date:
10 Oct 2017 to 12 Oct 2017
Price £: £295 + VAT
County/ City
London and Glasgow
Status: Registration open
Destination Britain China 2017
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Destination Britain China 2017
Looking to showcase your product to key Chinese travel trade? Join us on our fully hosted China sales mission in Guangzhou.
Date:
21 Nov 2017 to 24 Nov 2017
Price £: £3,250 + VAT
County/ City
Guangzhou, China
Status: Fully booked
The VisitBritain Stand at ITB Berlin 2016
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ITB Berlin 2018
Exhibit with us at the world's leading travel trade exhibition. Join 10,000 exhibitors from all over the world to meet and do business with top travel buyers.
Date:
7 Mar 2018 to 11 Mar 2018
Price £: TBC
County/ City
Germany
Status: Register interest
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IMEX America 2017
Want to build your meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business on an international scale? Meet with 3,000 quality buyers from 54 countries worldwide.
Date:
10 Oct 2017 09:00 to 12 Oct 2017 17:00
Price £: £5,500 + VAT
County/ City
Las Vegas, America
Status: Registration open
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IMEX America 2018
Want to build your meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business on an international scale? Meet with 3,000 quality buyers from 54 countries worldwide.
Date:
16 Oct 2018 to 18 Oct 2018
County/ City
Las Vegas, America
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IMEX Frankfurt 2018
Want to build your meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) business on an international scale? Meet with 4,000 quality hosted buyers from 84 countries.
Date:
15 May 2018 to 17 May 2018
County/ City
Frankfurt, Germany
Status: Registration open
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Get involved in VisitEngland’s new 'Join the World' campaign
Promote your business and your content and engage directly with 18 -34 year old potential visitors by sharing your content with us and using the #Lovegreatbritain and #LoveUk
Price £: Free
Collage of English literary heroes: Harry Potter; Tennyson; Famous Five; Jane Austen; Arthur Ransome; Arnold Bennett; Edward Thomas; Sherlock Holmes
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Send us your content for Year of Literary Heroes 2017
2017 is VisitEngland's Year of Literary Heroes. Send us your literary "claims to fame" for possible inclusion in our media activity for next year.
County/ City
England
Status: Registration open
Consumer
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GREAT Britain - Home of Amazing Moments campaign
Promote your business and engage directly with potential visitors by sharing content with the hashtag #OMGB
Price £: Free of charge
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GREAT China Welcome Charter
Is your business ‘China-ready’? We can help Chinese visitors find your business more easily.
Price £: Free
Status: Registration open
Consumer
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Promote your business with our consumer channels
Do you want to expand your international consumer reach? Share your information through our blog, www.visitbritain.com website and social channels.
Price £: Free of charge
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Earn ancillary revenue with the Visitor Oyster card
Would you like to boost your revenue? Start selling the London Visitor Oyster Card and improve your customer offer.
Price £: Free of charge
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The Arabian Travel Market
Do you want to target the discerning Middle Eastern market? Meet key buyers from the region at ATM 2018
Date:
22 Apr 2018 to 25 Apr 2018
Price £: TBC
Status: Register interest
Digital
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Online media centre
Keen to get your content noticed by international journalists around the world? Submit images, videos, b-rolls and content to our online media centre.
Price £: Free of charge
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Join the Transport for London Affiliate Scheme
Want to boost your revenue online in a quick and easy way? Generate commission using affiliate links to the TfL Visitor Shop
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Visitor Oyster card – Special Offers and Discounts
Want to gain international exposure for your brand, increase visits & spend to your business? Join our free scheme & submit an offer available to every visitor with a Visitor Oyster card.
Price £: Free of charge
Status: Registration open
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Britain Magazine
Want to get your tourism business seen by 125,000 readers and 29,000 online users spanning 50 countries? Advertise in the Britain Magazine.
Price £: Starting from £500
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Co-operative Marketing Partnership (£25k-100k)
Would you like to run joint trade marketing activities to promote Great Britain in Europe, the Americas, China, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa?
Price £: £25,000
Status: Registration open
UK Visa Application Centre
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Advertising in UK visa application centres
Are good-quality, high-net worth visitors part of your marketing strategy? Showcase your product and services to guaranteed travellers to Britain before they travel in UK Visa Application Centres.
Price £: Starting from £616
Screenshot of the VisitBritain/VisitEngland media centre
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Britain Calling
Do you have a new product or event which you'd like to get under the international spotlight? Submit your news story to Britain Calling to be considered for inclusion on our online media centre.
Price £: Free of charge
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VisitBritain shop affiliate scheme
Want to boost your revenue online in a quick and easy way? Generate commission using affiliate links to over 200 products on the VisitBritain Shop.
Price £: Free of charge
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Pinterest collaboration
Do you have inspirational images which you’d like to share with international visitors? Follow our Love GREAT Britain Pinterest account and we’ll re pin your pins on our board where applicable.
Price £: Free of charge
Cover of the London Planner brochure, featuring the British Museum, we created with London & Partners
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London Planner
Are you looking to reach visitors whilst they are in London? Advertise your products and services in VisitBritain and London & Partners’ official visitor guide, ‘London Planner’.
Price £: Starting from £675
Screenshot of the VisitBritain shop
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Sell your product in the online shop
Would you like to grow your sales? Sell your attraction, sightseeing tour and transport tickets in local language and currency via our online shop.
Price £: Free of charge – just an agreed commission rate
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IBTM World 2017
Are you looking to expand your international reach? Meet with 4,000 top-level buyers from over 73 countries.
Date:
28 Nov 2017 09:00 to 30 Nov 2017 17:00
Price £: £5,500 + VAT
County/ City
Barcelona, Spain
Status: Registration open
Screenshot of the VisitBritain media centre
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What’s Hot
Is there an exciting event, opening or trend in your region? We can help spread the word to international journalists.
Price £: Free of charge
Shot of a beach with a lighthouse in the background
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Co-operative Marketing with VisitBritain
Would you like to leverage your marketing spend to reach more consumers, across multiple channels in multiple markets? Enquire about a partnership with us.
Price £: Minimum investment is £100,000.
Status: Registration open
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Join our Meet-the-Buyer England Showcase in the USA
Showcase the best of England's business events industry to the US market at our Meet-the-Buyer event in New York and Boston, 4-5 October 2017.
Date:
4 Oct 2017 18:30 to 5 Oct 2017 20:30
County/ City
Boston and New York, USA
Status: Registration open
Row of trees across a green field
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Book now for the Discover England Fund conference 13 July 2017
Get the latest on the Discover England Fund at our conference on 13 July 2017.
Date:
13 Jul 2017 11:00 to 16:00
County/ City
London
Status: Registration open
Join the world screen grab
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Co-operative Marketing with VisitEngland
Would you like to leverage your marketing spend to reach more UK millennials? Enquire about a domestic partnership with us.
Price £: Minimum investment of £100,000
Status: Registration open
One-to-one meeting at VIBE
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VIBE October 2018
Do you want to grow your tourism product in a range of international markets? Meet all of our in-market specialists in one day and find out how to maximise your exposure globally.
Date:
1 Oct 2018
Status: Register interest
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Destination Britain Asia Pacific
Do you want to target buyers from the Asia Pacific region?
Date:
1 May 2018
Price £: TBC
County/ City
TBC
Status: Register interest
Paddington 2 movie poster
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Send us your content for Paddington 2
Celebrate the return of Paddington Bear to the big screen this winter by sending us your marmalade-themed events and experiences.
Price £: Free

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