UK’s Leading Stag & Hen Planners Under New Ownership

Tour operator Groupia, the parent company of leading stag and hen party brands StagWeb and GoHen, have been acquired by fellow group travel firm Funktion Leisure.

Funktion Leisure, the company behind Funktion Events - an ABTA-bonded UK event specialist founded in 2007 - have also retained several of Groupia’s staff to help with the transition and retain some of their extensive stag and hen party expertise.

Funktion Events Managing Director Jay Broughton, said: “We acquired GoHen and StagWeb 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 open and taking bookings, and early demand since the relaunch has been really encouraging, which tells us the appetite for these brands is as strong as ever.

“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.”

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. 
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.”