Looking for the best Travel & Hospitality PR Agency in the UK for 2026? Travel and hospitality is a sector where the journalists are generous with coverage and merciless with clichés. An opening, a chef, a route, a destination or a piece of booking data can all be news, provided there is a person, a picture and a reason for now. United Press runs travel and hospitality PR for hotels and hotel groups, restaurants and bars, tourist boards and destinations, tour operators and travel agents, airlines and rail, and the technology companies that sell to them. This page sets out the media, the stories, and how earned and guaranteed coverage fit together.
The UK travel and hospitality media that matters in 2026
- Travel trade: TTG, Travel Weekly, Travolution for travel technology, and Business Travel News Europe for corporate travel.
- Hospitality trade: The Caterer, Big Hospitality, Boutique Hotelier, Hospitality and Catering News, Propel for pub and restaurant groups, and Restaurant magazine.
- Consumer travel: The Times and Sunday Times Travel, The Telegraph Travel, The Guardian Travel, The Independent Travel, Condé Nast Traveller, National Geographic Traveller UK, Wanderlust, Suitcase and the travel pages of the Evening Standard and the Mail.
- Food and drink: the restaurant critics of the nationals, Time Out, the Evening Standard’s Going Out, Olive, Delicious and the Good Food Guide, plus Hot Dinners for London openings.
- Broadcast and regional: BBC Local Radio and regional newspapers for openings and jobs, and the Radio 4 and 5 Live consumer slots for travel disruption stories.
Story angles that get published
- Openings and launches with a chef, a designer, a building with history, or a first for the area, and photography that meets magazine standards.
- Booking and pricing data: where people are going, what they are paying, how far ahead they book, cut by month and region.
- Trend stories backed by your own numbers: solo travel, rail over air, workcations, sober bars, set menus.
- Disruption and policy: ETA rules, airport delays, visa changes, business rates, tipping law, explained by an operator living with them.
- People: general managers, chefs, founders and guides with a story worth an interview.
How a United Press travel campaign runs
- Audit. Assets (images, video, floor plans, menus), data, spokespeople and the seasonal calendar.
- Earned pitching to named trade, consumer and broadcast journalists, and press-trip or tasting invitations where they make sense.
- Guaranteed placements. Sponsored features, written by us and labelled as sponsored or partner content with a do-follow link, in The Times (outside date three to four weeks from copy approval), Business Insider, and in the source markets your guests come from: US regional newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and the San Diego Union-Tribune, Gulf editions such as Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, and Australian and European titles on request.
- Distribution. Press release syndication for openings, routes and appointments, live within days.
- Reporting. Every pitch, reply and placement in a written report, with coverage packaged for your website and OTA listings.
What we do not do
We do not promise editorial coverage in The Times Travel or the BBC. We do not send an opening release without images and a person to interview. And we do not claim awards, ratings or reviews you have not received.
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Tell us about the opening, the destination or the data and we will reply within one working day with an honest plan.
Questions we are asked about travel and hospitality PR
Which UK titles cover travel and hospitality?
TTG, Travel Weekly and Travolution for the travel trade; The Caterer, Big Hospitality, Boutique Hotelier and Propel for hospitality; The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, Condé Nast Traveller and National Geographic Traveller for consumers; Time Out and the national critics for restaurants.
Can you guarantee a feature in The Times Travel section?
No. Editorial travel coverage is earned. We guarantee clearly labelled sponsored features on thetimes.com and in other titles that accept them, within about three to four weeks of copy approval.
Do you arrange press trips?
Yes, where the property or destination justifies one. We select journalists whose recent coverage fits, agree the itinerary and the coverage expectations, and handle the follow-up.
Can you reach guests in the US, the Gulf or Australia?
Yes. We place sponsored features in US regional newspapers, Gulf editions of international magazines and Australian titles, and we brief the London correspondents of overseas travel desks.