A Bath tour operator that fell into administration in June after 24 years of trading has been rescued by a Cheshire firm. Groupia, which specialises in stag and hen parties, has been acquired by events company Funktion Leisure.
Under the deal, all of Groupia’s brands, including stag and hen businesses StagWeb and GoHen, are now operating again under the new ownership. Funktion Leisure, the company behind Funktion Events — an ABTA-bonded UK event specialist founded in 2007 — has also retained several of Groupia’s staff to help with the revival.
Strongest names in UK hen and stag travel
Funktion Events managing director Jay Broughton said: “We acquired GoHen and StagWeb out of administration because they’re two of the strongest names in UK hen and stag travel, with more than 750,000 customers between them since 2002.
“Both are back open and taking bookings, and early demand since the relaunch has been really encouraging, which tells us the appetite for these brands never went away.
“Our focus now is stability: looking after customers, delivering the experience people expect from GoHen and StagWeb, and building on it under an established, ABTA-bonded events group.”
Bookings open across the group
Funktion Events has been running group events since 2007, arranging more than 55,000 hen parties and 12,000 stag weekends, alongside thousands of corporate and team building events. GoHen and StagWeb are now part of that group.
A statement on the company’s website added: “Good news: Groupia and its brands are now part of Funktion Leisure Ltd, and bookings are open again right across the group. For now it is business as usual, with every brand live and taking bookings.
“Over the coming months we will be investing in the sites and the service, keeping what customers already value and improving the rest. We will share more as those plans take shape.”
