Authors: Sophie Sheridan-Burns, Shaun Finn and Michael Collins.
Below is a list of social media and digital marketing conferences in 2024 into 2025 that we feel are of particular interest to the travel industry.
Some conferences may have already happened but remain listed in anticipation of next year’s details.
The list is meant to be as comprehensive as possible and will be updated on a regular basis. We, therefore, welcome your feedback. For any edits, amends or additions please send them to: michael@travelmedia.ie
Upcoming Conferences:
Boston, MA
18 – 20 September 2024
Connect with dozens of impactful speakers, explore new perspectives from thousands of business leaders, and build your future for three unforgettable days in Boston and online.
Singapore
14 – 16 October 2024
San Diego, CA
21 – 23 October 2024
Major (4000 delegates) digital marketing conference with a packed programme of presentations, panels & workshops.
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
23 – 25 October 2024
location TBC
October 2024
London, UK
5 – 7 November 2024
WTM London prides itself on being the hub of travel ideas. It aims to give the global travel trade an insight of how the industry will look in the future, share innovations, and create endless business opportunities.
To create the best opportunities, WTM believe that the industry must fully connect and embrace new technologies. By doing this, they learn and improve and continue to stand out as a global, respected and established brand that is trustworthy and knowledgeable.
They aim to actively encourage and keep pace with the latest developments so that we can help our customers achieve their best.
Istanbul, Turkiye
12– 16 November 2024
FTE is an event and online media business focused on the air passenger experience. FTE has four annual events around the world: FTE Global, FTE Asia EXPO, FTE Europe and FTE Ancillary.
Every FTE event includes ‘On the Ground’ and ‘Up in the Air’ conference streams, and an exhibition of the latest solutions and services.
Singapore
19 – 20 November 2024
Phocuswright is a travel/tourism industry research company that hosts a number of conferences and events.
Phoenix Arizona
19 – 21 November 2024
Seoul, South Korea
27 November 2024
Mumbai, India
Jio World Convention Centre | 30 January – 1 February 2025
OTM is the largest and most international gathering of travel trade buyers and professionals in India. Learn, network and connect with 1000+ exhibitors and 15,000+ travel trade visitors from around the world in 3 days at OTM.
10 February 2025
Meet the Media is a one-day networking event for the international travel trade and travel media. Meet the Media 2023 was held on Monday, February 13th 2023 and will use the same online appointment system as previous years. This unique event will connect media from all over Ireland and the UK (print, broadcast, online, digital, bloggers, influencers) with worldwide travel suppliers including airlines, hoteliers, tourist boards and tour operators.
https://www.travelmedia.ie/meet-the-media/
March 14-16, 2025
TravelCon is the business event for travel content creators, dedicated to helping you go pro and scale your online impact. Over 500 creators from around the world gathered in Portland for TravelCon 2024 to connect, collaborate, and learn from each other. TravelCon also offers numerous opportunities for creators and brands to partner in a variety of ways.
San Diego, CA, USA
30 March – 1 April 2025
Claims to be “the world’s largest social media marketing conference”. With around 5,000 attendees/speakers it probably is. A busy programme of presentations, panels & workshops from top social media marketers.
Location: Quebec City, Canada
June 16 – 19, 2025
The birthplace of French North America and the only walled city north of Mexico is an open-air treasure chest that will delight history and culture buffs alike. Its European background and modern North American character are set off by a heady blend of history, traditional and contemporary art, and French-language culture to make Québec City a destination like no other
Bradford, UK
7th – 9th July 2025
An annual event outside London, bringing together travel media from across the UK & Ireland, with PR representatives of travel brands from all over the world.
In 2025, taking place in Bradford, as part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations!!
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal – 9th to 12th September 2025
Donegal County Council in association with Donegal Tourism is delighted to announce a major coup for the Irish tourism industry, that County Donegal has been named this morning in San Sebastian in Spain, as the host destination for TBEX (Travel Blog Exchange) 2025, the world’s largest conference and community of travel creators and influencers.
Previous Conferences:
Midwest Travel Network Conference
Shipshewana, IN
13 – 15 June 2024
Midwest Travel Network, connects travel bloggers and influencers in the U.S. Midwest region with Midwest CVBs and DMOs. Located northwest of Minneapolis along the banks of the Mississippi River, St. Cloud, Minnesota is a haven for lovers of the outdoors and urban enthusiasts alike.
Launched originally as “Travel Blog Exchange”, TBEX runs multiple annual travel blogger conferences for up to 600 blogger & industry delegates, worldwide. TBEX conferences nominally run for 2-3 days but there is usually a programme of pre-TBEX tours & events and post-TBEX fam trips that expand the whole thing out to a week or more.
San Sebastián, Spain
28 – 31 May 2024
NATJA Conference & Marketplace
Galveston Islands, Texas
14 – 17 May 2024
North American Travel Journalists Association conference provides the opportunity to engage and network with fellow members – both media and destination representatives – throughout the conference, participate in top-notch professional development, and enjoy the best sites and gastronomy in the host destination.
Barcelona, Spain
10 – 12 June 2024
Dublin, Ireland
11 – 13 June 2024
Portland, OR
15 – 17 May 2024
THE BUSINESS EVENT FOR TRAVEL CREATORS : HELPING YOU GO PRO & SCALE
Turn your passion for travel into something bigger! Become a respected travel authority, inspiring others to have positive travel experiences of their own – and make a living doing it.
Boston, MA, USA
15 May 2024
EventCamp is a one-day conference designed specifically with hospitality sales and event managers in mind. You’ll hear engaging sessions from industry experts, network with like-minded professionals from all over the country, and be able to talk to vendors about the latest industry tools to help grow and streamline your business — it’s hard to believe we jam-pack it all into just one day! Most importantly, the conference is engineered to provide you with actionable takeaways that you can implement at your own venue or property.
WIT is a travel industry community & publisher focusing on travel technology, distribution and marketing. In addition to their main conference, they have a number of spin-off events…
Tokyo, Japan
13– 14 May 2024
Dubai, UAE
6 – 9 May 2024
The annual business-to-business (B2B) exhibition showcases over 2,800 products and destinations from around the world to over 28,000 buyers and travel trade visitors across four days at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC).
Tripped Up: Why Trip Planning Startups Stumble
25 April 2024
Sau Paulo, Brazil
15 – 17 April 2024
Utah
11-14 April 2024
The hybrid conference will bring women in tech, minorities and allies from all over the world together through an interactive platform featuring live educational & training content, keynotes, engaging panels, breakout rooms, technical workshops, and networking with virtual and in-person sessions.
Cape Town, South Africa
10 – 12 April 2024
Digital Tourism Think Tank X. Design Week 2024
Athens, Greece
10th April 2024
A three-day gathering, exploring the major shifts in tourism. Immerse yourself in a transformative design experience, on the key themes defining future visitor experiences.
Las Vegas, NV
2-4 April 2024
eTourism Summit is the glue between destination promotion and the latest practices and innovations in digital media.
For 24 years, the feedback from hundreds of attendees has been crystal clear: eTourism Summit connects destination marketing pros to the vendors and agencies that support their work by exchanging new ideas in an intimate setting that fosters fantastic networking.
20 March 2024
DMX Dublin features over 30 world-leading speakers in multiple presentation streams, and over 900 marketing professionals attendees in a full day of sharing, learning and networking. A Marketing Institute event, DMX Dublin celebrates the crossover of marketing, digital, creative and media. Over the past 5 years it has become Ireland’s must-attend marketing event of the year, bringing together top international and Irish marketing leaders, marketers from multinationals and start-ups, advertisers, creative agencies, digital agencies, online publishers and vendors.
Belgian Travel Blog Awards (Formerly Bloggers UTD)
Ostend, Belgium,
Friday 16 March, 2024
The Belgian Travel Blog Awards is an annual event, organised by Thx.agency, specialised in travel PR and trade. Each year, the best Belgian travel bloggers and social influencers are being rewarded for the travel content they produced.
International Media Marketplace
IMM is a scheduled-meeting networking event run by Travmedia.com in five locations worldwide. Local tourism organisations & travel brands take stands and meet with bloggers, influencers, traditional travel writers and other travel media over a day.
Paris
13 March 2024
Berlin ExpoCenter City
5 – 7 March 2024
ITB Berlin is the world’s largest tourism trade fair. It has a busy programme of digital marketing, & social media events including expert industry and influencer panels & presentations.
Playa Del Carmen, MX
16 – 19 February 2024
Women’s Travel Fest is an annual conference created to inspire, empower and connect women who travel.
Georgia
3-4 February 2024
The Traverse Creator Awards (TCAs) celebrate, showcase and reward talented digital content creators that have been producing outstanding content and shaping our industry over the previous 12 months.
New York City
24 – 25 January 2024
Traverse 2022 was held in the incredible city of Brno, in South Moravia, Czech Republic. Traverse team along with content creators and brands from around the world came together for the ninth edition of the main Traverse conference from 13 – 18 September, 2022.
Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, SC, USA
September 12 – 13, 2023
Digital Travel has thrilled to be back live and in-person this September 12 – 13, 2023 at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, SC, USA. Digital Travel is the premier interactive conference for travel executives who are looking to re-imagine the customer journey. Join the top minds from hotels, OTAs, airlines, transportation companies, and everything in-between, to share practical insight on how to enhance personalization and improve their online strategies for better cross-channel experiences. With 300+ travel leaders exclusively in one place focused on shaping the future of the industry, you’ll get the tools you need to WIN THE BOOKING every time.
Shanghai, China
12–14 September 2023 (2024/2025 dates TBC)
Durban, South Africa
25 – 27 October 2023 (2024 dates TBC)
California, USA
28 – 30 October 2023
Discontinued Conferences:
Salon Des Blogueurs De Voyage – Discontinued.
Versailles, France
16 – 19 March 2023
Salon De Blogueurs De Voyage is a boutique conference for French travel bloggers, run by We Are Travel.
The first edition was held in Cannes in September 2014. Since then, each edition has been a real success and welcomes more and more participants. Every year, in a different destination, bloggers and e-tourism professionals meet for 2 days to discuss influence marketing and Networker.
Norwegian Digital Travel Conference – Discontinued.
18 – 20 September 2023
Denver, Colorado / Hybrid
The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE-CEE), in collaboration with its consortium partners* and Kyoto University, is pleased to announce the organisation of the 9th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment (hybrid) or “SEE 2023” on the theme “The Road to Net-Zero: Energy Transition Challenges and Solutions”. SEE 2023 will therefore serve as a forum for the exchange of information, knowledge, and experiences in the field of smart city, future energy systems, bio-circular economy, environmental and climate technology management, and energy and climate science.
WayPoint – Discontinued
Online
25 – 26 May 2021 Unable to find 2022/2023 dates.
We understand the conference no longer exists at this time.
One event, over two days, for influencers, journalists and content creators to meet with the travel industry.
Now more than ever people are familiar with networking, socialising and doing business from behind their laptop screens. So cancel all those sporadic Zoom meetings, messy calendar invites and arrange to meet during Waypoint.
FTE Virtual Expo – discontinued
19 – 21 May 2021
We understand the conference no longer exists at this time.
23 – 26 March 2021 (No upcoming dates)
INFLOW (Influencers of The World) organises Brand-2-Influencer summits for a range of industries.
BorderlessLive – Discontinued
London, UK
11 – 12 September 2020 (Cancelled – 2022/23 dates TBC)
An exciting new event designed for aspiring and established content creators, online influencers, bloggers, YouTubers, Instagrammers, journalists and social media experts who are at the forefront of industry trends, and those just beginning their online journey. Brought by WTM London and Traverse Events.
Hostelworld Conference – Unable to find dates, possibly discontinued
Dublin, Ireland
26 – 28 January 2020
Two-day annual conference with a focus on digital marketing and social media for those in the hostel industry.
ENTER 2020 – Discontinued
Surrey, UK
8-10 January 2020 (Postponed – 2022/23 dates TBC)
This is a digital travel conference with academia and travel industry professionals in attendance. Technology experts, local authorities and International companies like Expedia and IBM, will come together with academics from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas on industry problems, ongoing research, latest trends and the future of technology and Tourism.
EyeForTravel – Cancelled/ didn’t happen after 2020
Travel industry community & publisher, offering a number of conferences focusing on digital technology, social media marketing and travel content.
EyeForTravel North America – (discontinued)
EyeForTravel Europe- (discontinued)
BlogVille – not updated after 2020
Bologna, Italy
Developed by the Emilia Romagna Region Tourist Board together with iAmbassador, the BlogVille project brings together, since 2012, digital influencers from all over the world to Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Social Travel Summit – Discontinued
Ravenna, Italy
24 – 25 September 2019
STS is a forward-looking conference developing new ways and ideas for the travel & tourism industry to work with top professional travel bloggers & influencers who are there by invitation only. One highlight is the Think Tank which produces policy on blogger-industry issues.
Travel Media Showcase – No updated after 2019
DeKalb County, GA, USA
Travel Media Showcase, offers a unique opportunity for top travel journalists and travel industry professionals to meet one-on-one, at a single location, for the purpose of exchanging information and developing personal contacts.
Ping Festival – (Discontinued)
Helsinki, Finland
8 May 2018
The Ping Helsinki Business Festival brought high-end professional influencers together with brands to talk about content and influencer marketing.
Helpful links:
Travel Massive Events -> https://travelmassive.com/events
Travel Massive Chapters -> https://www.travelmassive.com/topic/meetup-group/popular
Learn how to start a Travel Massive chapter ->https://www.travelmassive.com/create-post
Other Travel Social or Digital Marketing Conferences?
The list is meant to be as comprehensive as is possible. If you are running a social media conference or have attended digital marketing conferences aimed at the travel industry that you feel should be on this list, please contact us.
We intend to update this list on a regular basis, and therefore, welcome your feedback. Any edits, amends or additions please send them to michael@travelmedia.ie