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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Anonymous
Anonymous Buyer
A perfect exploration experience.
Anonymous
Anonymous Buyer
Review
Really well executed from a buyer's perspective from start to finish. Only concern was that it was a little cold in the room.
Fox, Jacqui
Twin Group Buyer
Excellent event!
An amazing event, so well organises, excellent contacts perfect thank you Etoa team!
Anonymous
Anonymous Buyer
Best of britain
UK from its best side. Nice variety of suppliers, good organization and streamlined logistics.
Anonymous
Anonymous Supplier/Destination
Great event with plenty of new opportunities
Event was well organized, appointments were well matched with my requests. Food was also very good. Overall a successful event and I will be back again next year.
Paterson, Jill
Abbotsford Supplier/Destination
Great selection of appointments, happy to have a full diary. The idea of open appointments allowed me to catch a couple of extra buyers and move a couple of appointments around. Especially happy to have been able to get appointments with buyers who were visiting our attraction on a post-fam trip. Very well organised day with good networking opportunities.

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