About
About TickEat
After a career in airline catering, the visionary Heerum Fleary founded TickEat in 2015: a strategic business partner for food and beverage brands seeking to place their products in the travel, leisure and hospitality industries.
Experts in delivering superb snacks, meals and drinks to the cabins and rooms of airlines, trains, cruise ships, ferries and hotels, TickEat cultivates rewarding, long-term alliances with both buyers and sellers.
TickEat Ltd is a pioneering procurement and solutions partner dedicated to the travel and leisure sectors. For over a decade, we have connected buyers with innovative suppliers, helping airlines, trains, cruise lines, lounges, and hospitality providers discover products and services that elevate their customer experience.
As the only service provider focused primarily on travel, TickEat goes beyond traditional sourcing, we deliver tailored strategies, masterclasses, curated events, and powerful partnerships that save time, drive innovation, and create lasting industry relationships.
Our Events
Services
Testimonials
This is a well-organised and focused event with relevant meetings that are better than any other show that, as a supplier, we have attended in the past.
Enterprise Brands Ltd
I’m I am physically tired but psychologically energised after a FANTASTIC two days at Tickeat's well-organised, very professional, high-quality “Meet the Buyer” event. Brands met with buyers in the travel and leisure sector. I am so thankful - I had eleven, 1:1, 20-minute meetings and NINE buyers asked for substantive…
The Garden of Eva
"The Travel Buyer's Panel was brilliant. To get that amount of insight and understanding of the sector and the airlines was extremely valuable. Thank you."
Tropicana Brands Group
*Excellent event with quality suppliers.* Having sit-down meetings and taking the time to discuss with multiple potential suppliers is a rare occasion.
Momentum Services Ltd
"Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity and for selecting us from so many remarkable companies. We're truly excited about the possibility of working together in the future."
Gralgo From Ceylon
Thank you for organising. I had some great in the moment feedback from many of the brands and founders!
Virgin Atlantic
*TickEat Meet The Buyer, is a cost and time effective way to meet relevant suppliers.* The format of the event is ideal for busy buyers.
Inside the box food service Ltd
This week we attended a 'dinner with the buyer' event by TICKEAT. An amazing welcome by a fantastic host, Heerum Fleary, provided a close-up opportunity to connect with industry contacts which is unheard of in any other setting. A genuinely unique way of bringing people and business together. Insightful, productive, enlightening…
Riva Foods
Attending Tickeat has enabled us to meet key industry buyers in a relaxed, collaborative environment, with just the right amount of time to explore potential opportunities. The event was very well organised and ran smoothly, thanks to the hard work of Heerum, Vassy and the team.
Taylor's of Harrogate
"The session was a fantastic opportunity not only for those looking to break into the travel catering market but also for those of us already working with travel operators. The discussion was packed with valuable insights and practical information that catered to a wide range of participants."
Novel Foods
Our Partners
Meet the Team
Behind TickEat is a specialist team with deep roots in food and beverage, bringing together 25+ years of industry experience. We've spent our careers immersed in the categories that matter most, which means we understand not just the products, but the people, processes, and pressures that shape them.
Our team also includes two former buyers with specialist backgrounds in rail, airline, and foodservice catering. They've built long-standing relationships across the travel and leisure sector, and we draw on that network every day, both to educate and showcase brands looking to grow their presence and to support buyers navigating their sourcing decisions.
It's this blend of operational expertise and trusted relationships that lets us connect the right brands with the right buyers, time and again.
