Group Sales Opportunities from Steve Reed Tourism

01/12/2011

If you require new and additional group business from coach and tour operators and good quality group travel organisers then Steve Reed Tourism can help.

           Group Sales Opportunities from Steve Reed Tourism 

If you require new and additional group business from coach and tour operators and good quality group travel organisers then Steve Reed Tourism can help. We know personally and have the goodwill of literally thousands of buyers and we would be pleased to introduce your business to them, giving you a headstart in your group activities. Please have a look at the list of opportunities that exist for tourism businesses, whether it be a hotel, attraction, retail provider, tourist board, local authority tourism dept, destination, theatre, museum, art gallery, transport provider or venue:

Group Buyer Roadshow, Monday 30th January 11.00 – 15.00 Museum of Science and Industry [MOSI] Manchester, exhibit and meet directly many coach and tour operators and group travel organisers [GTOS] face to face. These are ideal for hotels, attractions, destinations, tourist boards and venues.  The Cost is £275.00 plus VAT for a table and space for a small display, plus a list of the buyers for your follow up. * Please note there are only a few tables left for this hugely successful event.

12 Month Group Literature Distribution Service to Group Buyers - commencing at any time of the year, this 12 month rolling service enables your business to reach out to many hundred of the buyers attending SRT Fams, Exhibitions, Showcases, Roadshows, Meet the Buyer Workshops and events over that period. Your literature is handed directly to the coach and tour operators and GTOS and is regarded as a very valuable and cost effective service, enabling your group message to get out to the travel trade.  Cost is £399.00 plus VAT for the full 12 months service.     

Meet the Group Buyer Workshops for Attractions, Retail and Destinations* – meet and talk business face to face with coach and tour operators at these great sales opportunities. You’ll meet between 20-25 tour planners at each Workshop and the cost to exhibit for a table and a small display is £99 plus VAT per Workshop. Each event lasts for approx one and half hours and each exhibitor is provided with a full list of the tour buyers for their follow up. *Please note we cannot invite hotels to these Workshops, they are for attractions, retail and destinations only.  SRT arranges several such Workshops each year and the next events are as follows:

• Tuesday March 6th – York, National Railway Museum – 10.30am to 12.00 midday

• Tuesday 27thMarch – the Mecure Last Drop Hotel, Bolton – 10.30am until 12.00 midday    

UK Coach Park Promotions – SRT talks to coach drivers and couriers at dozens of busy coach parks across the UK between April to October each year. We will talk to each driver about your group offer and hand them your literature also. The cost for this service is £275.00 per month. This would include one coach park per week. It’s a superb and inexpensive way to get to real decision makers.

Group Sales training. This is ideal for sales teams and marketing personnel keen to increase their strike rate with more and better quality group business. Taking place typically from 10.00 until 16.00 and for up to as many as 12 delegates in all [for the same overall price] the Group Sales training is aimed at hotels, retail, consortia, hotels and attractions – anyone who needs to generate more and better groups.  The topics covered include:

·    The UK Current group travel picture – including inbound groups

·    Future trends in group travel, growth areas

·    Higher spending and luxury groups

·    Targeting the best groups for your business

·    Five Key Ways to get new groups

Cost: Price on application      

Key Account Meetings with the ‘Top 100 Tour Buyers’ - SRT can arrange face to face business meetings for you with the very best and most productive UK and indeed inbound tour and coach operators, helping you to have your group product included in their tour plans. Key Account Meetings enable you to steal a march on your competitors and significantly increases your group travel reach across the UK – generating more sustainable numbers of groups. These KAMS would take place over a three month period. Price on application.

Short Stay Fam Visits for ‘Hosted Buyers’ – ideal for hotels and their partner attractions, this business generating event includes a one night hotel [often a Sunday night] stay for selected coach and tour operators and a half day familiarisation tour of nearby partner attractions, just enough to showcase the essence of the group offer in question. The attendees are regarded as Hosted Buyers and are taken on a short tour of group attractions and a group hotel. Price on application.