What is TXGB?
TXGB — the Tourism Exchange Great Britain — is the UK's leading distribution platform for tourism suppliers, established with the backing of VisitEngland to open up digital distribution for British tourism businesses. It is a business-to-business exchange: rather than being a consumer marketplace itself, TXGB connects your live inventory to a diverse range of domestic and international distributors — OTAs, destination-marketing websites and travel-trade channels — through one single connection.
That one-to-many shape is what makes TXGB unusual. Instead of negotiating and wiring up each distributor separately, you connect once, then browse the exchange's marketplace of channels, review each one's commission rates and terms, and opt in to the ones that fit your business. New distributors join the exchange over time, so the value of the connection grows without extra work on your side.
Why it matters for UK operators
For a UK tour, activity or attraction operator, distribution has always involved a trade-off: each new channel brings bookings but also admin. TXGB collapses that trade-off — and pairing it with TicketingHub removes the remaining friction. Your TicketingHub availability feeds TXGB live, TXGB shares it with every channel you have opted into, and bookings from any of those channels flow back into your one TicketingHub dashboard and onto the same manifests as your direct sales. No re-keying, no double-booking, no stack of extranet logins.
How the connection works
- TicketingHub customers connect their live inventory and ticket sales directly to the TXGB network, so distributors always see current availability and pricing.
- When a distributor sells your product, the booking drops into TicketingHub automatically, alongside website and in-person bookings.
- Within the TXGB dashboard you browse available channels, review each channel's commission rates and opt-in terms, and switch channels on or off as it suits you.
- In most cases you receive payment up front and immediately via Stripe; TXGB issues a monthly statement and collects any commission or booking fees owed by monthly direct debit.
Use cases
Attractions seeking domestic reach
English and wider British attractions can appear across destination organisations' booking sites and domestic OTAs through a single TXGB connection — putting tickets in front of staycation audiences that individual channel deals would take months to reach.
Tour operators courting international trade
TXGB's distributor mix includes international channels, giving inbound-focused operators a route to overseas buyers without building those relationships one by one. You opt in only where the terms make sense.
Small operators professionalising distribution
If you currently manage third-party sales by phone and spreadsheet, the TicketingHub + TXGB pairing is a step change: one system holds your calendar, one connection reaches many shelves, and your team stops copying bookings between places.
How to connect to TXGB
Getting started is a three-part process:
- Go to the TXGB website (txgb.co.uk) and choose Apply now. Select TicketingHub as your booking system in the signup wizard, and sign up for or link a Stripe account so you can receive consumer payments securely — Stripe accounts are free to set up.
- You will receive login details for the TXGB Dashboard. Connect your existing products from TicketingHub, browse the available channels, review commission rates and opt-in terms, and switch on the channels that are right for you.
- Distributors share your live availability and pricing on their websites; bookings and payments flow back automatically, with TXGB's monthly statement reconciling any fees.
For more detail, download the TXGB supplier information pack from txgb.co.uk or call the TXGB team on 0330 223 5050. The TicketingHub team can help with the booking-system side — just get in touch.
