What does Interopa do?

Interopa is a destination management company and tour operator for the UK and Ireland, a MICE and events agency, and a sports travel agency, serving clients from all over the world. We look after leisure groups, incentive travel, meetings, conferences and events, VIP and private travel, and sports travel through Interopa Sport.

Do you plan incentive travel and events?

Yes. Our MICE and events agency plans and runs incentive travel, meetings, conferences, product launches, gala dinners and events for corporate clients and the agencies that represent them, from the first idea to the final evening.

Are you a sports travel agency?

Yes. Interopa Sport has been our sports travel agency since 1995, looking after professional teams, federations and supporters with travel, accommodation, logistics and hospitality.

Who does Interopa work with?

We work only with the travel trade, with clients from all over the world: tour operators, wholesalers, travel agencies, incentive houses, event agencies, corporate buyers and sports federations. We do not sell to the public.

Where is your team based?

Our whole team works together from our office at 21 to 23 Chilworth Street, Paddington, London W2 3HA, our home since 1989. We have no other offices. From London we contract and operate programmes across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Do you contract directly or book through others?

We hold our own contracts with hotels, coaches, guides, venues and restaurants, and we operate every programme ourselves. We are not a booking agent or a reseller, so responsibility for delivery sits with us.

Which markets and languages do you cover?

We welcome clients from all over the world. Our dedicated teams for the Italian, Spanish, French and Nordic markets mean many partners work with people who speak their language and understand their clients.

Who will I deal with?

You work with a dedicated contact in your market team, from the first request to the final day of the programme. You always know who to call.

What happens while my group is travelling?

Our operations team supports every live programme around the clock. If plans change on the ground, we handle it.

How long has Interopa been operating?

Interopa was founded in London in November 1974 and has been honoured twice with the Queens Award for Export Achievement, in 1989 and 1995.

How do I request a proposal?

Send us your dates, group size and ideas through our contact page or to operations@interopa.co.uk, and your market team will prepare a proposal for you.

Who We Are New - Interopa

The house behind the programme.

For clients from all over the world, we deliver leisure travel, MICE and events, incentive travel and sports travel across the UK and Ireland. We are a privately owned, family run destination management company, tour operator, events agency and sports travel agency, working only with the travel trade.

1974

Interopa is founded

Interopa is established in London with one clear purpose: to create memorable journeys for visitors to Britain. Personal relationships, service and trust are its foundations, and they have never moved.

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Fotografía histórica del equipo y las operaciones de Interopa en la década de 1980.

1980s

Travel made across a desk

Before the internet, plans were made across desks, not screens, and every itinerary was shaped through real conversation. The friendships formed with partners in these years are still valued today.

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QUEENS AWARD

1989

The Queens Award for Export Achievement

On 21 April 1989, by Royal Warrant, Interopa Holidays Ltd is honoured for the furtherance of the export trade of the United Kingdom. The award is given at the Court of St James under the Royal Sign Manual and countersigned by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The same year, Paddington becomes our home.

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Folleto de viajes de Interopa Gran Bretaña con destinos emblemáticos y cultura del Reino Unido.

1990 to 1991

Our magazines

In the early 1990s we publish our own magazines, introducing our finest British partners to clients abroad. Full of spirit and personality, they also faithfully record how our hairstyles changed.

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Documento oficial de reconocimiento de los logros de Interopa a principios de la década de 1990.

1992

An evening at the Savoy

Luigi Cuttica and Charles Forte gather at the Savoy to celebrate. The same year finds Luigi alongside Norbert Peterson and Robert Peel.

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Certificado de reconocimiento otorgado a Interopa por su excelencia en servicios turísticos.

1993

Recognised for excellence

Further recognition for Interopa, this time for excellence in tourism services.

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QUEENS AWARD

1995

A second Queens Award, and Interopa Sport

Interopa is honoured with a second Queens Award for Export Achievement. In the same year Interopa Sport is launched, taking our expertise into professional and team sports travel.

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Export Times Exporter of the Year 1997 award presented to Interopa Holidays Ltd

De 1997 a 1998

Britain opens up

As easyJet and Ryanair open up travel to a far wider audience, Interopa adapts quickly and welcomes new markets to Britain. In 1997, the year the first Harry Potter book is published, we are named Export Times Exporter of the Year.

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A vibrant advertisement for the Millennium Experience, with a panoramic view of London’s skyline.

1999

Sport becomes a speciality

By 1999, Interopa Sport is central to our craft: reliable, personal support for professional teams visiting the United Kingdom, built on a hands on approach and a deep understanding of what athletes and staff need. Meanwhile, London prepares for the Millennium Experience.

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2000

Our twenty sixth year

The millennium marks our twenty sixth year in business.

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2001

Many languages, one standard

Our team has long been multinational and multilingual, giving clients cultural insight as well as logistics. We introduce dedicated services for Spanish and Italian speaking visitors, from guided excursions to the thrill of a football match.

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2002

From the heart of Paddington

Our clients come from all over the world, but Paddington has been our home since 1989. It is where we welcome clients and meet partners, and when you ring our office, Paddington still answers.

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2003

Thirty years

In our thirtieth year we write to our partners: a privately owned company, established in November 1974, working only with tour operators, wholesalers and travel agents, and the only UK inbound tour operator to have won the Queens Award for Export Achievement twice.

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Interopa Holidays Ltd brochure cover featuring British Guards in London

2004

The Guards on the cover

The 2004 collection puts the Guards on our brochure cover and Interopa Incentives into print.

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Interopa Incentives UK corporate travel and event management brochure cover

Mid 2000s

Incentive travel by Interopa

From a small conference to a gala evening, we meet the needs of business visitors from Europe and around the world, in exclusive venues from London to Cliveden: castles, palaces, fine dining and a skyline that draws architects from across the globe.

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2006

A new London

The London Eye and Tate Modern redraw the skyline, Terminal 5 takes shape and Eurostar prepares its move to St Pancras. Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys and Keane take British music to the world, and our guests are there to hear it.

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Interopa team Christmas collage arranged as tree with staff portraits

2010

The season of greetings

Our Christmas cards in blue and gold, and a team portrait arranged as a Christmas tree. Some traditions are worth keeping.

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Interopa Holidays Ltd team group photo outside London office

2012

A colour coded celebration

Every year the company party has a colour theme, and every year we celebrate what we have achieved together. So many laughs, so many years.

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Interopa team social gathering outside London pub with drinks

2019

A family, by birth and by choice

Interopa is genuinely family run. Some of us were born into it and some of us were chosen, and we stand behind one another in the office and well beyond it.

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