VisitBritain confirms host of ExploreGB 2018
VisitBritain’s flagship annual travel trade event ExploreGB is to be held in NewcastleGateshead in 2018.
The event sees hundreds of international buyers meet travel trade suppliers from across the UK.
Chief Executive Sally Balcombe said: "From its modern arts scene, buzzing quayside and lively cafes to its striking architecture and first-class conference facilities, NewcastleGateshead is a fantastic destination and a great base for our international buyers to start their tours across Britain.
"As the city will also be hosting the Great Exhibition of the North 2018 it will certainly be the moment to drive visits and international growth from tourism to the regions."
This year’s ExploreGB was held last week in Brighton and saw more than 400 international buyers from 40 countries do business with 430 travel industry suppliers from across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Previous destinations to host ExploreGB include Liverpool in 2015 and Ascot in 2014.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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