Britain & Ireland Marketplace 2025 Reviews

Britain & Ireland Marketplace (BIM), organised in conjunction with Visit Britain and UKInbound, was held on the 24 January 2025. We had over 240 Buyer tables, 120 were hosted by Visit Britain, flown in from global markets, with the remaining tables hosted by ETOA and UKInbound Buyer members.

The event was highly successful with an overall satisfaction score of 4.83 out of five, and in the main, resulted in satisfied attendees. Comments focussed on problems associated with the weather (the storms were unusually severe this year), the inability to delete appointments, the lack of additional seating and the request for a continual supply of refreshments throughout the morning.

We aim to resolve these matters for BIM 2026 and are working hard to ensure that more regional hotels are showcased – the demand for which was lower than expected this year.

Rating
4.83 / 5 average rating from all respondents
66 published reviews for Britain and Ireland Marketplace 2025
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Qian, Sisi
Meng Travel Buyer
Better every year!
It is really nice especially the quality of the supplier and the food.
Anonymous
Anonymous Buyer
Well worth the time commitment.
Well organized. Ran very smoothly. For my purposes the meetings were spot on in terms of valuable information content.
Harnisch, Lydia
place2B Buyer
Brilliant b2b workshop for uk & irland
BIM gives us a great platform, for suppliers as well as buyers, to be newly introduced and to catch up with one another. So much more can be said and is understood when meeting face to face. The Format really works and ETOA has delivered a superb event. Thank you all.
Drinkhouse, Rowena
Reformation Tours Buyer
Excellent event
Excellent chance to meet other tourism professionals at a well-run event.
Aungier, Liz
Sheenco Travel Buyer
Fantastic bim 2025
I always find BIM to be an excellent event with a great selection of suppliers. The location is great and the room works really well. Lots of great meetings and possibilities always come from this event
Bialas, Barbara
Stena Line Travel Group Buyer
A first class meeting marathon
It is a very intensive and long workshop but a very promising one!

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