Bus Support For Beer Festival

Travel West Midlands has teamed up with CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale organisation, to promote the forthcoming 28th Wolverhampton Beer Festival. The region’s leading bus operator has sponsored 5,000 beer mats advertising the festival and encouraging people to get there by bus or tram.The Metro/Bus day ticket costing just £3.50 is valid for unlimited journeys on all Travel West Midlands and Travel Coventry buses and the Metro ALL day for 1 adult (not valid on Night Buses). Buy it from your bus driver or on board the Metro.Phil Bateman, Travel West Midlands’ Corporate Affairs Director, said: "We want to make sure that when people have one for the road at the festival they can leave the car at home and travel by public transport. We already have a very good relationship with CAMRA through our very successful joint Good Pub Guide to the Black Country so this seemed like an another appropriate collaboration."Andy Beaton, Festival Sponsorship Manager, said: "We are really grateful that Travel West Midlands is once again helping to promote CAMRA in this way. Bus and Metro connections to Wolverhampton are very comprehensive so we urge people to come along to the festival by public transport and enjoy a wide variety of real ales!"The 28th Annual Beer Festival will take place at Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Hall, Mitre Ford, from Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st May 2003.

Published 20th May 2003