Explore Great Britain

ExploreGB is VisitBritain’s largest travel trade event with hundreds of international buyers from countries across the globe meeting travel trade suppliers from the UK to do business.

Travel industry buyers and journalists from the UK’s largest and most valuable inbound visitor markets including Australia, France, Germany and the US are expected to attend, and from its high-spending markets including China as well as Brazil, Canada, India and the Gulf Co-operation Council markets.

The event will be held at the Harrogate Convention Centre from 8 to 10 May 2019. 

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Go green in Harrogate

VISITORS can now use the free Open Harrogate app to navigate around the town using sustainable alternatives to cars.

The town’s green highlights include:

Visitors get half price entry at RHS Gardens, Harlow Carr, if they get there by bus, and cyclists are rewarded with £2 discounts. Its grounds are home to a range of plants and greenery, all of which is composted and re-cycled.

At the Fodder Café and Farm Shop, 85% of their produce comes from Yorkshire. The café was built with 22 green features, including a ground source heat pump, grey water recycling, and natural ventilation.

The Swinton Park Hotel at Masham holds a Green Tourism Award and has a range of sustainable initiatives, including a carbon neutral wood chip boiler, a waste-to-energy recycling scheme, and an energy conserving o-zone technology laundry. Its four-acre walled garden allows guests to see exactly where their produce comes from before dining. 

For self-catering stays, there are options to suit the environmentally-conscious holidaymaker. Rudding Gates Apartments promote re-cycling and locally sourced produce, and Scandinavian Lodges have solar panel technology.

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