Travel Massive London brings together start-ups, journalists, bloggers, PRs, established travel companies and the curious to meet, network and talk travel.
With more than 19 million international visitors a year, London is the most visited city in Europe. A world-class tourist destination, it is also the heart of Europe’s travel industry and start-up scene.
Our regular events are either large-scale networking socials or smaller specialist seminars and travel themed debates. A big thank you to all of our previous sponsors among others including: G Adventures, Thomas Cook, Cheapflights, HotelsCombined, Dragon Trail Interactive, IQ Planner, Large Minority, DoubleTree, Stopgap and Vertical Leap.
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Don't know about anyone else, but the lead up to WTM, with the networking events, meet up's and setting industry meeting is just as busy as mid July on tours ha ha
Hope to meet some of you on Monday at the Stripe meeting and some more of you at the Social on Tuesday the 4th
Attending WTM London 2025?
Make sure the Marketing Summit on Thursday 6th November is in your diary! We’ve curated an incredible line-up of marketing leaders and innovators from across the travel industry and I can’t wait for the insights, ideas, and inspiration they’ll bring. 🚀
Key sessions include:
11:40 - 12:10 "Live Tourism, Shaping Events into Destination Magnets" with Kershing Goh from the Singapore Tourist Board and Kate Irwin from Skift.
12:10 - 12:40 "Home & Away - Mastering the Domestic vs International Marketing Mix" with Ruth Storey from Merlin Entertainments and Beth Freedman from MMGY Global.
13:40 - 14:15 "AI Trends that will Shape Travel Marketing in 2026" - a fireside chat with Dan Christian from the Travel Trends Podcast.
🎤And at 14:20 I'll be closing the Marketing Summit with "The Great Marketing Debate: AI, Brand or Performance - Where Should Your Next Marketing Dollar Go?" Featuring Dan Christian, Alex Hunter and Brennen Bliss its going to be quite the finale and one not to miss.
Other speakers that my co-host Tina Antwi and I can't wait to welcome to the Yellow theatre for the marketing summit include: Ariella Kageruka, Mirjam Peternek McCartney, Shashank Nigam ✈, Joelle Edwards-Tonks, Vivienne Tang, Amy Hulley, Lisa Delaney, Khaled Tash, Bryan Kinkade, Angelique Miller and Dunk Barnes.
✨Separately on Wednesday 5th November, You'll find me in the Media Centre at 14:00 introducing "The Business of Content: Harnessing The $250B+ Travel Creator Economy in 2026" - A session featuring Frederic Aouad, Natalya Wissink, Kateryna Topol and Colin Carter exploring key research insights from Stay22 and Travel Massive.
Find out More:
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I enjoyed listening to Lena Arbery, Director of Destinations, Travel and Growth, EMEA at Tripadvisor speaking on the IAB UK Podcast and thought I would share a link here. From evolving traveller behaviour to new opportunities for brands to inspire and engage, Lena previews what Tripadvisor will bring to their Media Upfront session (taking place 14-15 October at Protein Studios in Shoreditch):
open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtVhkeosmJApW4WLwbEzN?si=iZIo05uhSrGdMOnpSYloew&nd=1&dlsi=167a401f7a8b4a02
Announcing our shortlisted startups and the judges featuring at this Thursday's innovation and pitch night event in London:
www.travelmassive.com/events/london-travel-massive-innovation-and-pitch-night-2025-1240215370
With 170 people already registered, we've only a handful of places left. If you want a ticket you're going to need to move fast.
:-) Final chance to grab your ticket for this Thursday's Travel Massive:
www.travelmassive.com/events/where-experience-meets-technology-transforming-travel-hospitality-with-openai-ennismore-1643887513
With a great line-up of speakers, it's one not to miss:
🎤 Hilary Platt, Go to Market Account Director at OpenAI
🎤 Carlo Del Mistro, Chief Digital Officer at Ennismore
🎤 James Lemon, Global Lead - Travel, Transport & Leisure at Stripe
Starts at 5:30PM London Time correct? :)
Just started the journey to London ahead of this year's WTM event. Looking forward to meeting with individuals active in Africa, as well as those promoting the charity challenge / adventure travel sectors. Do get in touch if you'll be at WTM London and are keen to meet.
Happy Monday,
Following in the footsteps of Rich Liu, Chip Conley, Gloria Loree and Travel Massive founder Ian Cumming, I'm delighted to have been a guest on the Travel Trends Podcast.
🎙✨ In our conversation, Dan Christian and I explored the compelling rise of podcasts and their power as a tool for connection, storytelling, and influence within the travel industry. It was also an opportunity to reflect on my role as a content advisor to World Travel Market (WTM) London and discuss this year's marketing track.
Please do have a listen ➡️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7255610817499295745/ (Via my LinkedIn profile).
Huge thanks to Dan and the Travel Trends team for having me.
Talking of World Travel Market... We now have only 10 spots left at our WTM social with Stripe on Monday 4th November. Grab your free ticket before its too late: www.travelmassive.com/events/travel-massives-wtm-social-with-stripe-2902417274.
Wishing you a great week.
Best regards,
Matthew
Nice one Matthew! Will give a listen for sure. Myself and Adrian from Videreo look forward to catching everyone on the Monday night also! In particular any content creators looking for new business models beyond just pay-to-post. See everyone Monday night!
I was wondering when the next London Travel Massive event will be held for the year as my colleague and I are interested in attending?
There are lots of exciting Travel Massive events coming up this June: 🇨🇦 Toronto, 🇪🇸 Barcelona, 🇮🇪 Dublin, 🇺🇸 Nashville 🇳🇬 Lagos and 🇬🇧 London.
I'm particularly excited about our next London event on the 27th June. We're partnering with Stripe and the Entrepreneurs Collective to host an innovation and pitch night. This is an opportunity to meet and network with a curated selection of travel startups.
Successful entrepreneurs and founders will also share their stories and advice. Speakers include Swiipr Founder and CEO Tara Spielhagen Hale - who this week announced the business' £6 million Series A funding led by Malcolm Ferguson and Tosin Agbabiaka at Octopus Ventures.
Participating startups include: Limitless Travel, EMenu Now, QRLA, Gifted Social and NaviSavi Travel App. Judges to be announced shortly.
➡️ Places at the event are going fast. Join attendees from companies including Duffel, Tourism Economics, Hilton, Etihad, Collinson, ABTA and grab your ticket today: www.travelmassive.com/events/london-travel-massive-innovation-night-9752009936
Thank you to everyone who made our Future of Personalised Pricing event with Stripe such a success and so much fun. Here's a short summary of the evening and a few photos:
www.linkedin.com/posts/matthewgardiner_travelmassive-revenuemanagement-travelnetworking-activity-7174367220465053696-L3qi
Hi everyone, I'm Audrey, I work as a Content Manager at Evan Evans Tours, we organise sightseeing tours in London and the UK since 1933! Such as Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour, Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath, Jack the Ripper, etc. Maybe you heard of us :)
sending clients to London and can't wait for them to get back and tell me stories. They are also going to Scotland!
Love it!