By Harry Mottram: Trading for 24 years with three quarters of a million holiday makers on their books over the years Groupia travel firm in Batheaston has gone bust.
An administration notice on Groupia’s website states: “Groupia Ltd (“the Company”, trading as Groupia Golf, GoHen, StagWeb, Groupia School Trips and Company Away Days) entered Administration on 16 June 2026, with Nigel Fox and Christopher Marsden of S&W Partners LLP appointed as Joint Administrators. The Company has now ceased taking new bookings, and arrangements are in place with ABTOT to support customers with existing bookings.”
The firm specialised in group holidays, trips and experiences from golfing weekends to school trips and stag and hen does with a side range of customers. Groupia’s story reads: “In 1999 Groupia’s founder Simon Denning found himself staring down the barrel of a Best Man invitation, having little luck in finding a quality travel provider that could deal with different sized groups and deliver high levels of customer care. One happy wedding, a funny wedding speech and some questionable wedding dancefloor moves later, StagWeb was born.
“Since then over 750,000 clients have travelled with us and the Groupia family has grown.”
The firm said that if a client has booked a trip before 31st August then ABTOT have arrangements in place and the event is expected to go ahead as planned. They added: “Please continue to use the Company’s existing VIP booking system to manage your booking.”
However if the trip was booked from 1st September onwards then: “Your event will unfortunately be cancelled and is subject to a refund claim. How you claim depends on how you paid.” On their website there is drop down menu giving options on what can happen next.
The Daily Mirror reported: “Since it launched in 2002, the company, which also trades as Groupia Golf, GoHen, StagWeb, Groupia School Trips, and Company Away Day, is said to have helped more than 750,000 holidaymakers. With an aim to provide “group travel, made easy”, they offered everything from spa retreats to golf trips to professional corporate weekend getaways and team tours. The company said they took care of the “split payments and the chasing” for group trips, while customers could take “the credit for the best trip ever”. Yet after more than 20 years, it will no longer provide the helpful booking service. A notice on the Groupia website stated that Nigel Fox and Christopher Marsden of S&W Partners LLP have been appointed as Joint Administrators.”
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