We’re driving local tourism recovery, by partnering with VisitEngland’s Tourism Exchange GB (TXGB) to offer more opportunities for accommodation and attraction/activity businesses to become bookable on our visitor website, visitisleofwight.co.uk.

This means the opportunity to work with us to move customers from “look” to “book” on our website and drive more sales for you.

For more information please contact Jill at Visit Isle of Wight (jill@visitwight.org or 07495 408225). You can also visit the FAQs page on TXGB’s website- click on the ‘Suppliers’ tab.

What is TXGB?

TXGB is an online booking platform, developed in partnership with VisitEngland. It offers tourism businesses the opportunity to display bookable availabiltiy onto our website and other booking websites and channels to increase exposure online.  

What booking websites/channels does TXGB connect with?

TXGB connects with a variety of distribution websites/channels, domestically and internationally, all in one place. These range from niche operators, to OTAs, and destination websites like ours: visitisleofwight.co.uk! It also allows you to make your own website bookable, if it isn’t already.

For an up-to-date list of the websites/channels that TXGB currently connect with please visit txgb.co.uk – click on the ‘Distributors’ tab to view the websites/channels that you can display your availability on.

What if I already have a booking system?

By integrating our website with TXGB it will provide more opportunities for you to connect your booking system with our website. There will be systems that TXGB connect too that we haven’t been able to integrate with before. If you’re using any of the systems that TXGB connect with, you will be able to automatically add your availability and pricing to our website and other channels. You won’t need to manually upload your availability and pricing all you will need to do is select the opt in option for each channel and TXGB will do all the work to automatically add availability to these websites, including ours!

For an up-to-date list of the booking systems that TXGB integrates with please visit txgb.co.uk – click on the ‘Technology’ tab on their partners page to view the list.

What if I don’t have a booking system?

If you don’t have a booking system you can use the TxLoad to manually upload your availability and pricing onto TXGB. This will allow you to display your availability onto our website and be online bookable. Also, you will be able to connect to other booking websites/channels.

For an up-to-date list of the websites/channels that TXGB currently connect with please visit txgb.co.uk – click on the ‘Distributors’ tab to view the websites/channels that you can display your availability on.

How is this helping local tourism recovery?

As businesses re-open post-Covid, we are investing in bringing visitors back to the Isle of Wight. We want to make it as easy as possible to “know before you go”, by providing the latest visitor information on our website. We will be driving visitors to our website through our own activity, and that of VisitEngland. And we want it to be as easy as possible for visitors to look and then book. By selling your product on our website you’re front and centre stage of our recovery campaign.

What are the costs?

It’s free to register and get connected with TXGB. Their fee is 2.5% + VAT for each booking. Also, there will be a Stripe fee per transaction to process the booking. If you opt into other booking websites/channels a commission maybe charged. However, there will be 0% commission on our website for the next 12 months (valid until 31st May 2022) when opting into our website/channel. You will need to purchase the availability/online booking bolt-on, if you haven’t already done so. This bolt-on is only £69.30 + VAT for 12 months which will ensure that you have bookable availability on our website.

What if I’m already bookable on your website?

Our website connects to Freetobook, booking.com, expedia.co.uk, hotelplanner, Guestlink and Supercontrol. Therefore, if our website already has a direct link to your booking system then you are already bookable on our website and you will not need to connect with TXGB. However, if you’re not currently showing bookable availabiltiy on our website and you use one of these booking websites/systems please get in touch with Jill to discuss further – jill@visitwight.org or 07495 408225.

What are businesses saying?

“Being able to connect to my local destination websites through TXGB has been a really positive step forwards for the Hotel. As an independent business run solely by myself I need to focus primarily on the guests and their stay at the Hotel. Anything that I can do to help automate all the ‘back of house’ procedures to ensure the Hotel remains competitive online whilst I’m operational is a real bonus.

The joining process couldn’t have been easier. The TXGB team were so helpful and patient it made the whole process simple and one I wouldn’t have a hesitation to recommend to others. I think this is a massive step forward for UK Tourism and a big thank you to VisitEngland for their focus on enabling this.”

Lindsey Holland, Owner, Cleeve Hill Hotel, Cheltenham

“The process for setting up my tours and managing my availability is easy and uncomplicated. TXGB allows me, as a small business, to access platforms and to make links with travel trade which in the past would not have been possible.”

Rob Kelly Scranchester Food Tours

Where can I find out more?

For more information please contact Jill at Visit Isle of Wight (jill@visitwight.org or 07495 408225). You can also visit the FAQs page on TXGB’s website- click on the ‘Suppliers’ tab.