If your business is connected to Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB) you can choose to take advantage of a wide range of distribution channels. Channels include well-known companies as well as more niche and specific channels with targeted audiences; making your product more visible to reach more potential customers and boost sales. These customers will then hopefully become direct repeat visitors next time.
Here is a selection of distributors that may be of interest to you:
Accommodation
Away with the Kids – this site lists child suitable accommodation across 400 destinations.
Bidnstay – if you want to fill vacant rooms, connect to Bidnstay where visitors to the auction website can bid for unfilled accommodation at a set, silent reserve rate.
Google Accommodation - Google Hotel Ads offers a straightforward and free-of-charge way to appear in enhanced online search listings.
Things to do
Day Out With The Kids – If you offer a family friendly experience, activity or attraction you can be included on a dedicated website (with over 35 million annual visitors) making it easier for families to discover ‘Things To Do’. There is also the added advantage of Day Out With The Kids having the largest ‘days out’ social audience in the UK (over 10 million monthly reach on Facebook alone) and connected businesses could see their products in placements within over 100 new pieces of monthly content, inspiring families looking to book (over 10 million impressions per month on Google).
Days Out – a popular site for offering reviews and reliable information to visitors for things to do in destinations.
Google Things to Do (0% commission) – If you offer tours, attractions and activities boost your online profile by opting in to Google Things To Do. Consumers can search and book experiences via Google Search and Maps.
Lovetovisit.com – opt in to lovetovisit.com so that your tickets for events, theatres, attractions and experiences can be found and booked easily by consumers.
VisitBritain Shop - is the online shop for Britain’s official tourism agency, where visitors can browse and book the best of GB and NI’s immersive tours, must-see attractions and an ever-changing selection of exciting experiences.
Accommodation and things to do
Great Little Breaks – promotes UK destinations for short breaks
StayPlayUk – if you offer family-friendly accommodation and things to do opt in to StayPlayUK, a new family holiday website where consumers can search and book family-friendly accommodation and days out. You can also benefit from their partnership with Family Lowdown, a popular Facebook group with over 1.2 million members.
Major OTA websites are also connected to TXGB such as Airbnb and Booking.com.
Wales destinations
All low or 0% commission:
Visit Mid Wales
ShowMeWales
Go North Wales
Visit Monmouthshire
Other Wales destinations are currently developing bookable websites with TXGB or are keen to develop their websites to make them bookable by connecting to TXGB and we are working with them on this. We will update this page when more come on-board.
Enquiries
Visit Wales / Welsh Government has licensed Tourism Exchange Great Britain (TXGB) to make it available to the tourism industry in Wales. TXGB is a central digital marketplace for distribution. TXGB enables suppliers such as accommodation, tours, events and attractions to manage live availability, pricing and bookings across multiple distribution channels, in one place.
If you would like to make a general enquiry about TXGB please complete our contact form.
