What else is new? – Page 9
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NewsCoach friendly destinations and top tips inside 2025 guide
The 2025 edition of the Coaching Venues & Excursions Guide, published by Group Leisure & Travel, is now available in print and digital edition, offering GTOs and coach tour operators a wealth of inspiration.
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Features6 castles to visit with your group for a haunted encounter
If you like a fright, haunted stories or ghostly goings-on, we have picked out some spooky castles across the UK which deliver a hair-raising experience throughout the year.
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NewsNatural History Museum: afternoon tea and group guided tours
The Natural History Museum is inviting visitors to go behind-the-scenes on a specially curated guided tour, followed by a nature inspired afternoon tea – as part of a new experience package.
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NewsAndrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express extends again
The hit show has extended for a fourth time due to phenomenal demand, playing at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.
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InterviewPatsy Steadman: a focus on wellbeing
Patsy Steadman of Force Club Avon and Somerset Police was a finalist in the 2024 GTO of the Year Award®. Here she tells us why she loves what she does, and why members’ health and wellbeing is the priority.
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Destination GuidesItinerary idea: A day of history and heritage in Chichester
Explore the streets of a city surrounding a 900-year-old cathedral, enjoy retail therapy and take a trip to the theatre with a group visit to the West Sussex city of Chichester.
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NewsWarner Hotels officially opens Runnymede on Thames
Following a multi-million pound refurbishment, Warner Hotels has opened the doors of its latest hotel for groups, The Runnymede on Thames near Windsor.
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NewsFred. Olsen prepares for first mystery cruise since 2019
The cruise line will take guests on a secret itinerary for the first time in more than five years, with group bookings open for two further mystery cruises scheduled to set sail in 2025.
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ColumnReducing emissions, stress-free travel and a megaphone ban
The slower travel debate takes centre stage, ensuring you take the correct documents to travel with confidence and new rules when visiting Venice.
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NewsOliver extends West End run ahead of launch
The London adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic will now play at the Gielgud Theatre until September 2025.
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NewsDaish’s Holidays acquires seaside hotel in Weston-Super-Mare
Daish’s Holidays, which specialises in group breaks across its hotels in England and Wales, has added The Sandringham Hotel in Weston-Super-Mare to its collection.
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NewsBelvoir Castle opens new animal park
Groups visiting Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire will soon be able to see donkeys, pigs, goats, cows and sheep who have made their home at a new animal park.
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NewsGreatest Showman live experience opens and extends
Groups can save on bookings to Wednesday and Thursday evening and Friday matinee performances of ‘Come Alive!’ The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular in London.
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GLT AwardsGroup Leisure & Travel Awards 2025: nominations are open!
As we launch the 2025 awards, we reveal our official partners, and ask you to nominate - the search for the very best in group travel starts here.
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Features8 corporate and team building experiences for groups
We focus on a range of visits that colleagues and professionals can enjoy together, from relaxing breaks to high ropes courses and more.
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FeaturesExploring Europe’s war history thanks to GLT Show meeting
Mike Herring, who organises visits for the King’s Cliffe Old Blokes Club, took his group to see the Saint-Omer area of northern France after meeting the team from its tourist office at the Group Leisure & Travel Show.
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ReviewRegional Theatre Review: Chicago UK Tour
Classic jazz numbers performed by a live band transport you to the 1920s as the seamless cast strut, sway and sing the story of Roxie Hart.
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NewsAnne Hathaway’s Cottage now open all year round
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has announced that Anne Hathaway’s Cottage will extend its opening times in 2025, meaning groups have a better opportunity to explore the home of the Bard’s wife.
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FeaturesLondon theatre: what shows are extending in the West End?
Find out which shows are extending, when they are booking to and what you should see to create a memorable trip to Theatreland.
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NewsThe Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe show announces venues
The special tour, which comes 75 years after C.S. Lewis first published his iconic tale, has revealed a limited run of London dates and its cast.