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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O Cionna, Micheal
Killary Fjord Boat Tours Supplier/Destination
A very productive day
We managed to engage in over 30 meetings with high quality buyers who were interested in learning about my products. We succeeded in raising our product awareness considerably amongst some existing customers and many prospective new customers.
Anonymous
Anonymous Supplier/Destination
Bim is an event not to be missed
BIM 2025 was a very good event, the right amount of meetings and with good contacts, which will generate business.
Rahimi, Michael
London Wembley International Hotel Supplier/Destination
Must do
Excellent
Doherty, Aoife
Lough Eske Castle Supplier/Destination
Wonderful bim event - january 2025
A wonderful day of appointments with current industry partners and new potential connections, The event was so well run and the team on hand were amazing. Big well done to everyone, already looking forward to next year :)
Coll, Ian
Mamuska Restaurants Supplier/Destination
Where are the mice?
Excellent, as always. Notes for improvement: The morning appointments were dramatically less relevant than the PM. Disappointed with the lack of FIT and MICE appointments overall. And the end-of-day reception needs a sponsor and some music to increase networking time!
Anonymous
Anonymous Supplier/Destination
Bim 2025
As always, this was a well organised event with the right people to meet and discuss business opportunities with.

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