Welcome to the official website for The Group Travel Organisers Association.
The GTOA is an independent organisation representing the interests of those who organise tours and trips for groups as well as those who provide services for group travel.
The Asociation has over 200 supplier members that provide GTOs with information on everything from tours, hotels and destinations to museums, galleries, gardens and attractions.
Our supplier members can support you with organising day trips, overnights, short haul or long haul excursions as well as offering exclusive fam trips and educationals. For more information just click on the 'Special Offers' link below.
The GTOA also offers our Organiser members an exclusive Organisers Liability Insurance Scheme as well as free legal advice and much more.
The GTOA - The Organisation For Organisers!
The GTOA Events Diary for2012
The GTOA exhibits regularly at all the major trade shows around the UK. In addition there are a range of opportunities for members to meet at both a regional and national level.
Trade Shows 2012
GTOA attends all the major trade events during the year. The events we will be at over the next 12 months are as follows:
Exhibiting: BoBI (14-15 March 2012) Great For Groups (28th April 2012) Group Leisure & Travel Trade Show (19-20 September 2012)
GTOA also exhibits at various regional events - please see the Events Listing for full details
The 2013 AGM Weekend - Save the date!
The 2013 AGM Weekend will be held in Winchester on January 18th-20th 2013.More information will be available later in the year
Organising for Profit
Do you organise groups and make a small profit as part of your activities?
Traditionally we would have been unable to welcome you to membership - but things have changed!
Behind The Scenes at Ice Age Live!
Ice Age Live is a mammouth adventure and GTOA is very lucky to have access to the behind the scenes footage for the new stage performance at Wembley. You can't see this anywhere else so click here for your exclusive preview!
Vote InThe Group Leisure Awards 2012!
What do you think are the best attractions, hotels, destinations and travel companies for group trips and holidays?
Group Leisure magazine wants to know your opinion, based on your experiences as a group travel organiser, and invite readers to cast their votes online at groupleisure.com/awards, or by using the forms in the April and May magazines.
Cast your vote and you will be automatically entered into a free prize draw to win a fantastic Amazon Kindle eBook Reader, which can store up to 1,400 books!Plus, with a first prize of £1,750 to use on a familiarisation holiday, the search is on to find the Group Travel Organiser of the Year® 2012. This fantastic accolade will be awarded to someone who puts their group first, and who excels at organising great trips and holidays. Do you know someone who deserves this special title?
The Excellence Award 2012 shines the spotlight on individuals from the travel trade who provide excellent service to group travel organisers. Whether they are from an industry association, tourist board or company, if someone out there goes that extra mile for you as a GTO, why not say thank you and put them forward for this top award?Vote and/or nominate via the April and May editions of Group Leisure magazine. Or you can go to the award pages of the website by clicking here . The deadline for receiving votes and/or nominations is 1st June 2012.