Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2026 Finalists: who will win group travel’s biggest accolades?

Based on the nominations received from group travel organisers and coach operators, those receiving the most votes in each category will be revealed as the winner at the GLT Awards ceremony and dinner on Friday 12th June 2026 at the five-star Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

For information about the ceremony and booking tickets click here.

Voting is open until Sunday 19th April and you can click here to choose your winners.

Here are your 2026 GLT Awards finalists…

Best Attraction for Children & Families

• Bekonscot Model Village & Railway
• Cadbury World
• Chester Zoo
• LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort
• Monkey World
• Natural History Museum, London
• West Midlands Safari Park

Best Museum or Gallery

This category is presented in partnership with DFDS.

• American Museum & Gardens
• London Transport Museum
• The National Gallery
• National Maritime Museum
• The Postal Museum
• The Royal Mint Experience
• National Science & Media Museum

Best Historic Attraction or Venue

This category is presented in partnership with LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort.

• Blenheim Palace
• Hever Castle
• Shakespeare’s Birthplace
• Sudeley Castle & Gardens
• Tower of London
• Westminster Abbey
• Windsor Castle

Best Garden Visit

This category is presented in partnership with Chester Zoo.

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens
• Exbury Gardens
• Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
• RHS Garden Wisley
• RHS Harlow Carr
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• The Savill Garden

Best Coach or Tour Operator - UK Tours

This category is presented in partnership with The Royal Mint.

• Alfa Holidays
• Daish’s Holidays
• Dunwood
• Greatdays Travel Group
• just for groups!
• Plimbley Travel
• Skills Holidays

Best Ferry or Fixed Link Operator

This category is presented in partnership with Plimbley Travel.

• Brittany Ferries
• DFDS
• Eurostar
• Irish Ferries
• LeShuttle
• P&O Ferries
• Wightlink

Best Event or Live Experience

This category is presented in partnership with Daish’s Holidays.

• ABBA Voyage
• Battle Proms Picnic Concerts
• Cirque Du Soleil
• BBC Gardeners’ World Live
• Blackpool Illuminations
• Harrogate Spring Flower Show
• Kynren 

A special thank you to our 2026 Awards Partners…

Best Christmas Experience

This category is presented in partnership with Irish Ferries.

• Belvoir Castle
• Blenheim Palace
• The Festival of Light, Longleat
• National Memorial Arboretum
• Salisbury Cathedral
• Thursford Christmas Spectacular
• Waddesdon Manor

Best Guided Tour

This category is presented in partnership with Ramble Worldwide.

• Chatsworth
• Coronation Street Experience
• Hidden London Tours (London Transport Museum)
• Manchester City Stadium Tour
• The Royal Mint Experience
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tour

Best Accommodation for Groups

This category is presented in partnership with Ambassador Cruise Line.

• Alfa Hotels
• Brend Collection
• Cedar Court Hotels
• Daish’s Holidays
• Legacy Hotels
• Potters Resorts
• Warner Hotels

Best Group Dining Experience

This category is presented in partnership with The New Meridian.

• Afternoon Tea at the Spinnaker Tower
• 58^th Street by The Lost Estate
• Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
• Hard Rock Cafe
• Mamma Mia! The Party
• Potters Resorts

Best Theatre Production

This category is presented in partnership with Group Line.

• Disney’s Hercules The Musical
• The Lion King
• Mamma Mia!
• Paddington The Musical
• SIX the Musical
• Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Wicked

Best Cruise Line

This category is presented in partnership with Travel Editions.

• Ambassador Cruise Line
• Celebrity Cruises
• CroisiEurope
• Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
• MSC Cruises
• Royal Caribbean
• Saga Cruises

Best Ticketing Provider

This category is presented in partnership with ABBA Voyage.

• ATG Group Sales
• Delfont Mackintosh Theatres
• Disney Tickets
• Group Line
• LW Tickets
• Nimax Theatres

Best UK Destination

This category is presented in partnership with Dunwood.

• Belfast
• County Durham
• Edinburgh
• Isle of Wight
• Liverpool
• London
• Wiltshire

Best International Destination

This category is presented in partnership with P&O Ferries.

• China
• Flanders, Belgium
• France
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Krakow, Poland

The Excellence Award

This category is presented in partnership with Blenheim Palace.

Finalists for this category will be announced soon. The Excellence Award is for an individual’s service to group travel organisers and you can find out more here.

Best Group Tour Operator

This category is presented in partnership with LeShuttle.

• Airedale Tours
• HF Holidays
• Leger Holidays
• Premier Holidays
• Ramble Worldwide
• Riviera Travel
• Travel Editions
• Wendy Wu Tours

Best UK Attraction

This category is presented in partnership with Warner Hotels.

• Buckingham Palace
• Beamish – The Living Museum of the North
• Hampton Court Palace
• Royal Observatory, Greenwich
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• The View from The Shard
• Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter

Group Travel Organiser of the Year® Award

This category is presented in partnership with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines.

Finalists for this category will be announced soon. You can find out more about this special accolade here.