Coach Tours UK Magazine

16/08/2024

This year’s programme, with over 30 performances, is full of heart-warming shows to enjoy with your loved ones. There’s something for everyone, from sing-along carols to ballet, jazz, soul, and so much more. Highlights include the return of Trevor Nelson’s Soul Christmas show featuring the BBC...

08/08/2024

The full cast of 35 includes: Rianna Ash (Joey/Topthorn head), Alexander Ballinger (Friedrich/Allan), Eloise Beaumont-Wood (Baby Joey), Ike Bennett (David Taylor/Thomas Bone), Haydn Burke (Billy Narracott/Heine/Klebb), Sophie Cartman (Matron Callaghan), Jo Castleton (Rose Narracott), Owen Dagnall (G...

01/08/2024

Bookings are now open for the enchanting world of Christmas at Blenheim Palace, where a magical journey awaits. Step into Neverland®, a realm filled with wonder and adventure, as Tinkerbell leads you through the State rooms adorned with fairy dust-kissed baubles and Christmas trees. Christmas at Bl...

31/07/2024

For the first time in recent history, a livestock breed has been selected to receive a special royal title. During the recent visit of the King to Guernsey on 16 July, his first since he ascended the throne, the occasion was marked with a special ceremony renaming Golden Guernsey goats, which are cl...

31/07/2024

Join the Great Central Railway for their Award-Winning Railways at Work Gala on the 10-11 August as they travel back in time to 1966, a pivotal year in British railway history and one of great political, social, and cultural significance in Great Britain. “1966 – A New Era” explores British Ra...

26/07/2024

Londoners can take a dive into the underwater world of a colony of penguins without leaving the city, as London Zoo unveils an incredible new experience at Tottenham Court Road’s Outernet space. Today (Friday 26 July), London Zoo launches a week-long immersive video installation that brings the wo...

23/07/2024

This investment reflects the company’s commitment to providing exceptional travel experiences for UK holidaymakers. The new luxury coaches replace older models in the company’s 35-strong fleet and are renowned for comfort and safety. The new vehicles will ensure more than 100,000 passengers each...

11/07/2024

Paintings on a tea bag and leaf, montage of stamps and wood slice engraving were among more unusual submissions by amateur and professional artists. Drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics and textiles showed the natural beauty of Buckler’s Hard on the banks of the Beaulieu River, as wel...

20/06/2024

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The Festival invites guests to journey back in time to 1474 when the Earl of Arundel’s first grandson was born, celebrating with a knight’s foot tournament and a three-nation archery contest featuring England, France and Poland. Taking place on the castle’s picturesque lower lawns, the two-day...

11/06/2024

The Coach Travel Group is the result of a strategic merger of Alpine Travel, Barnes Coaches, Coatham Coaches, JH Coaches, Johnsons Coaches, Swans Travel and The Ready Group. The newly formed group will have approximately 700 employees and 450 vehicles in its fleet. Its focus will be on leveraging th...

11/06/2024

Summer, the Bornean orangutan, gave birth to a healthy baby boy during the night on Sunday 28th April. Both mother and baby, who is yet to be named, are doing really well and living happily alongside another first-time mum, Jingga, and her son Jarang. The father of both youngsters is Kawan, who came...

06/06/2024

The Find Your Coach Tour section at www.coachtoursuk.com/tours offers an essential planning tool for coach operators, with search parameters alongside the chance to find attractions, hotels, meal stops, and events, all within a certain radius of the operator’s base. The online section also offers ...

05/06/2024

The 2025 showcase for GTOS organised by Daish’s Holidays has just been announced. North Wales is the chosen location, and the event will be held from 6-10 April 2025 at Daish’s Somerset Hotel in Llandudno. The event will include a four-night stay at the wonderfully located seafront hotel, two fu...

03/06/2024

PRESS RELEASE – FUTURE OF SPALDING FLOWER PARADE After a positive meeting with South Holland District Council, relationships have been renewed, and we have their full support on a venue and road closures. This means it fills us with absolute joy to announce that the Spalding Flower Parade in 2025 ...

20/05/2024

Excursions™ is rearing to go, welcoming back group travel organisers and travel trade operators to Wembley Stadium for 2025 on Saturday 1st February! Hot on the heels of a successful and inspiring 2024 event, Excursions™ 2025 is set to continue as the original and leading domestic group travel s...

20/05/2024

Arranged by Daish’s Holidays https://www.daishs.com/groups working in conjunction with Steve Reed Tourism Ltd, the Group Travel Day took place in brilliant sunshine and attracted GTOS and coach and tour operators from all over the country. RHS Bridgewater Garden is the most recent garden to be ope...

12/04/2024

In the first formal acknowledgement of Willmott’s influence in the RHS’s history and the acquisition of RHS Garden Wisley, the garden will officially open the Oakwood Summerhouse on April 10. Willmott was a significant figure in horticulture at the turn of the 20th century, having co-sponsored m...

11/04/2024

Organiser Steve Timewell said, “Since the parade started in the 50s, there has never been a parade like it. This is certainly the biggest parade in Spalding’s history.” The line-up, published on www.spaldingflowerparade.org.uk, includes 59 features, including floats, simulated trailers, bands,...

02/04/2024

Visit Greenwich continues to work hard to ensure that the £1.87bn revenue created provides as many opportunities for local people and businesses as possible. The organisation has stepped up strategic partnerships with local educators, London South East Colleges, the University of Greenwich, and Rav...

02/04/2024

Every year Daish’s Holidays pledges to raise money for a deserving cause with the help of donations from guests and staff. This year’s collaboration aims to increase awareness and funds for Eve, a charity funding research and raising awareness into the prevention and earlier diagnosis of the fiv...

22/03/2024

“We also welcome Government’s recognition of the particular difficulties faced by rural areas in moving to zero emission bus fleets, as set out in CPT’s Rural Zero Emission Bus Taskforce’s (RZEBT) recent report .” “The transition to a zero emissions bus fleet is a huge opportunity for Br...