YOUR GUIDE TO THE FRAUD INNOVATION EXCHANGE

Dates: 20th - 21st April 2026

Venue: Celtic Manor, The Usk Valley, Chepstow Road, Newport, NP18 1HQ 

TRAVEL

By road

The Celtic Manor is situated off the M4 at Junction 24, 3 miles from Newport city centre and only 15–20 minutes from the Severn Bridge. 

Parking

The Celtic Manor Resort has extensive parking facilities available to guests and visitors. There are around 1500 car parking spaces across the Resort.

Charges apply for valet parking and use of our car parks.

By train

The Celtic Manor Resort is ideally situated and just a short ride from Newport train station. Great Western Railway operate fast and frequent services into Newport station from London Paddington, Reading, Swindon, Bristol & Avon, Portsmouth Harbour, Southampton, Weymouth and South West Wales. Connecting services also operate from the Cotswolds, Thames Valley, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and the South West.

By air

Cardiff Airport is the gateway to Wales, with over 50 direct destinations and more than 900 available with connections via hubs in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Milan, Munich and Paris.

The Airport is located just 13 miles from J33 of the M4, just half an hour from Cardiff city centre, with good public transport links, taxi and hire car facilities. For more information on flights to and from Cardiff visit 

CHECK IN/CHECK OUT  

You will be able to leave bags, coats etc with the team on arrival at registration (although if driving please leave bags in the car until room check in on day 1).

Following the end of day 1 content, rooms will be available to check in to. You will need to check out after breakfast and before the convention starts on day 2. Bags can be stored by the venue until you depart. 

DRESS CODE

Daytime - Business

Evening - Business/Casual

CHATHAM HOUSE RULE 

To foster open and candid discussions among participants, we embrace the Chatham House Rule. With this, everyone can freely exchange ideas and insights in a safe space. Join us to keep this tradition of confidentiality and trust, as we tackle pressing challenges together.

 You'll have full event access to the convention and the talks with your own personalised agenda. 

• Lunch on both days
• 1 x overnight stay with breakfast at the Celtic Manor on 20th April 2026
• A ticket to the Leaders dinner and drinks reception
• Tea, coffee and refreshments on both days 

Please note Hotel extras (e.g. bar, spa treatements etc) and travel are not included.