On 20th April, my Britain Insider column highlighted a number of bright ideas for GB-bound travel in September. If you missed it, all will be revealed in today's left hand Read More. To further encourage the idea of generating some late summer business, this week I'm highlighting the internationally renowned Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Festival of Literature. I think some of your clients would really enjoy a few days in the Cotswolds, rubbing shoulders with a world-wide audience with a shared interest.
It can be the main reason for a three or four day programme followed by some time in London or it can be fine-tuned to include visits to literary festivals taking place at the same time in Henley on Thames and at nearby Cliveden near Windsor.
In October, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival is an excellent reason for a five or six night stay in Edinburgh and I've also flagged up the Wigtown Book Fair as one of the attractions in a tour of literary shrines and castles in southwest Scotland and the Borders. |
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