VisitEngland’s 2016 Year of the English Garden initiative will enjoy a prominent showcase at the British Tourism & Travel Show, when it returns to the NEC Birmingham on 16-17 March.
The new ‘Year of the English Garden’ feature area, supported by VisitEngland, marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, the visionary garden designer who left a lasting legacy across the landscapes of hundreds of English country estates and parklands (and inspired the transformation of thousands more).
Participating exhibitors (to date) include Scampston Hall & Walled Garden, Dartington Hall, Sulgrave Manor Trust, the National Trust’s Canons Ashby, Great Gardens of Cornwall (including Tresco Abbey Garden, Trewithen Gardens, and Caerhays Castle Gardens), Eden Project and Lost Gardens of Heligan.
Other new show feature areas for 2016 include the Vineyard, Brewery and Distillery Trail and The London Zone, supported by London & Partners.
Returning areas include Hotel Lobby, featuring Kenwick Park Hotel, Lion Hotels, Edwardian Hotels London, and Resorts World Birmingham; Visit Scotland, featuring Dolphin Spirit Inverness, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Caledonian MacBrayne, Cruise Loch Lomond, East Lothian Council, and Strathmore Hotels; Tourism South East, featuring Isle of Wight and Brighton i360; and Tourism Ireland, featuring Irish Greyhound Board, Visit Derry, Heritage Ireland, Action Tours, Causeway Coast & Glens Tourism, Holiday Ireland Hotels, Mayo County Council, MBA & Irelands Choice, Newry, Mourne & Down District Council, PREM Group Hotels, Select Hotels of Ireland, Tifco Hotels Ireland, and White Hotels of Ireland.
Visit Wales is also back with over 20 Welsh destinations and hotels. Wales – recently named one of the top ten countries to visit in the world this year by leading travel publisher Rough Guides – will be at the show promoting its 2016 ‘Year of Adventure’ campaign, designed to encourage more visitors to explore the country’s rich heritage, landscapes and culture. New exhibitors include Beggars Reach Hotel, The Royal Mint, Coastal Cottages of Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, Southern Wales, Torfaen County Borough Council, Wales Official Tourist Guides Association, and Cardiff Bay. They join Cadw – Heritage Wales, Cambria Tours, Celtic Royal Hotel, Snowdon Mountain Railway, Royal Victoria Hotel Snowdonia, Ceredigion & Mid Wales, Gower Peninsula Group Travel, Llandudno Hospitality Association, North Wales Tourism, Visit Snowdonia, Wales Millennium Centre, and Welsh Rarebits.
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