Travel Management for Music & Entertainment
Our Music & Entertainment division provides touring groups with all their travel and accommodation needs, ensuring world class artists are able to perform when it matters most.
Seamless travel for multi-dates and venues
Our music and entertainment division provides touring groups with all their travel and accommodation needs, ensuring world class artists are able to perform when it matters most. We are used to working on some of the world’s most spectacular and demanding events, so we understand the challenges they bring for tour and event managers. Our experience managing travel plans for artists, bands and crew matches the high standards of service and attention to detail that we have given to elite sports teams for decades, from Formula One to Olympic athletes.
We are leaders in the music and entertainment sector and know what it takes for artists to perform. We understand the flexibility and organisation that’s needed in managing a music tour – from last-minute cancellations to bespoke hotel requests.
From major festival appearances to more intimate style events, we are able to plan and manage seamless multi-date, multi-venue schedules for high-profile individuals and their supporting teams, including sustainable travel choices that minimise the impact of a tour on the environment.
Our travel management services
Flights
Our long-standing partnerships with all major airlines, and our relationship with Amex GBT, means we have access to the widest range of standard and specialist fares, assuring our clients have access to the very best group rates for scheduled flights. We are also highly experienced in chartering flights for our clients, with established relationships with charter suppliers.
Accommodation
With over 45 years of experience in providing group travel solutions for elite sports, media, music and entertainment clients, we have developed successful, established, and long-standing relationships with accommodation providers, global hotel chains and in-country hotel managers. The strength of our relationships means our providers have developed a deep understanding of our needs and requirements, as well as those of our clients. It allows us to secure quality accommodation at the best possible value, with terms that will also enhance the experience for travellers, whilst taking care of their wellbeing. To help generate financial benefit from frequent hotel stays, our team can also advise on loyalty schemes, potentially unlocking a raft of added benefits and savings.
Ground transport and transfers
Our extensive portfolio of travel services includes ground transportation. Whether it is rail services you need, luxury transport, group tour bus, or individual car hire, we have both the experience and global contacts to get your team to their destination quickly and safely, ensuring every little detail is taken care of.
Event support
We are proud to be specialists in the sectors within which we work, and our specialist music and entertainment travel consultants live and breathe our clients’ events. We understand that each tour or performance is unique, and we pride ourselves on giving a highly personal, flexible and responsive approach. Whether it is airport meet and greets, support managing departures or incoming flights, transfers, and venues, or arriving at locations in advance, we can offer a range of added value on site support services that ensure our groups arrive at their destination ready to perform, leaving tour and event manages able to focus on core activities and reducing internal administrative costs.
Sustainable event management
Having implemented ISO:20121 system for Sustainable Event Management, we can help meet our clients’ travel needs of today without compromising those of future generations. Working closely with our global network of suppliers, we can advise and report on the most sustainable options for your group or event, helping you to balance your business requirements against impact, achieving your own ambitious sustainability goals and minimising the impact of a tour on the environment.
We can also help with
– Visa and passport services
– 24-hour round the clock support
– Traveller wellbeing support and guidance
Proud to work with
THE TEAM AT TRAVEL PLACES HAVE BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH. THEY’VE COMPLETELY TAKEN THE STRESS OUT OF TOURING, THEY’RE ALWAYS ON HAND TO MAKE ANY QUICK CHANGES OR BOOKINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THIS FAST -PACED INDUSTRY AND TAKE AWAY WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE A SUPER STRESSFUL PART OF MY ROLE AS TOUR MANAGER. I CAN’T RECOMMEND THEM MORE.