October 2, 2025 • 27 mins
Tickets are booked, slides are brewing, and Seville is calling. The Tourism Innovation Summit is a three-day, five-stage gathering where tech, innovation, and sustainability meet the real reasons we travel: culture, connection, and stories that last.
In this event preview episode, we sit down with Congress Director Brigitte Hidalgo to unpack how TIS scaled to 8,000+ attendees and 400 speakers while staying sharp and useful. Expect candid sessions on AI that go beyond buzzwords, insights on “travel tribes” from group adventures to city-scale experiences, and case studies on influencer campaigns, cultural stewardship, and designing authentic moments that resonate.
If you’re weighing where to spend conference time, here’s the upside: affordable passes, a walkable city, engineered networking, and a lineup that spans Microsoft and Amadeus to bold AI startups. Can’t make it? Sessions are recorded and translated for replay back home.
Bottom line: the future belongs to organizations that blend smart tech with human-centered travel. Join us in Seville, Oct 22–24 → tisglobalsummit.com.
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SPEAKER_02 (00:04):
My idea was just to share that the new travelers,
especially the young generation,you know, that the I call them
the TikTok guys.
And you know, they are reallymore looking into something
different when planning theirtrip.
And the fact of the that's whythe session is called Travelers
Tribe.
SPEAKER_01 (00:24):
Hello everyone and welcome to a special event
preview of Travel Trends.
This is your host, DanChristian, and today we're going
to be profiling the TourismInnovation Summit that is going
to be held in Seville, Spain,October 22nd to 24th, 2025.
I have the privilege this yearof giving a keynote at the event
(00:44):
and also moderating a panellater in the day.
So be sure to register attisglobalsummit.com to plan to
join us.
And on our conversation today,we're going to be speaking to
Bridget Hidalgo, who is theCongress Director.
She has an incredibly impressivehistory in the travel industry.
She spent nearly 15 years as theCEO of Weekend Desk, and she
(01:06):
took over this role as CongressDirector about six months ago
and has brought together someamazing speakers, which includes
my good friend Andrea D'Amico,the CEO of WeRoad, as well as
Laura Cilio Pavat from PernaultRicard, who kindly sponsored our
In Destination series.
And I am looking forward toseeing many colleagues there at
(01:26):
this event for the very firsttime for me, but I've heard
about this event for many years,as it's been held for nearly six
years now in Seville, Spain.
And it has attractedtraditionally a very domestic
audience, but their plans andthe profile is to increase the
international guests.
And I'm keen to be a part ofthat and know that many of our
(01:47):
other colleagues are travelingfor the summit as well.
Now, you can find out moreinformation at
tisglobalsummit.com and plan toregister and join us.
But let's bring in Bridget totell us everything we need to
know about the event, the venue,and some of the incredible
speakers and sessions that theyhave planned.
So welcome, Bridget.
Thanks so much for joining us onTravel Trends.
SPEAKER_02 (02:09):
Hi Dan.
Happy to be here with you today.
SPEAKER_01 (02:11):
Thank you so much for the invitation.
I'm so looking forward to givinga keynote and moderating a
panel.
I'm hoping that many of ourlisteners join us in Seville for
the Tourism Innovation Summit.
I'm so excited to be joining formy first time.
But tell us a little bit aboutyour role there.
I know you're the Congressdirector.
Tell us a little bit about yourrole at Tourism Innovation
Summit, and then we'll get intothe event itself.
SPEAKER_02 (02:31):
Yeah, for sure.
So I'm just working as theCongress Director.
I'm just uh creating uh ortrying to create a fantastic
agenda, three days agenda.
Uh Tourism Innovation Summitthat have like five auditoriums,
so uh with several verticals,industry verticals, and with
specific uh spaces dedicated toprofessionals or several types
(02:55):
of uh professionals that are dohave all relationship with the
tourism industry.
SPEAKER_01 (03:00):
Fantastic.
And I know the event's beenaround for a number of years.
As I was saying, it's my firsttime coming, and I've got a lot
of friends that are going to bethere, a lot of colleagues, and
many of them have been before.
And I but I'm very keen to knowthe background on TIS as it's
shortened to.
SPEAKER_02 (03:15):
Well, TIS is celebrating its sixth edition
this year.
So um we've we've been growingyear over year.
Uh and uh past year we reached abit more than 8,000 visitors,
and we put together around 400speakers, uh, which is uh for
(03:36):
sure the minimum we expect tohave this year.
SPEAKER_01 (03:39):
Staggering.
I know the numbers are uhmassive compared to other
conferences, and so yeah, you'vegotta have several thousand
attendees to be able to have 400speakers, but nevertheless, I'm
honored to be a part of that.
I know Andre D'Amico from WeRoad is gonna be there, and um
our good friend to Laura CilioPavat from Perno Ricard.
SPEAKER_00 (03:59):
That's it.
SPEAKER_01 (04:00):
Yeah, so tell us a little bit about the theme for
this year.
SPEAKER_02 (04:04):
Well, the uh TIS uh has always I would say three
verticals.
So we always are really justfocusing on technology,
innovation, and sustainability.
Sustainability.
I would say those are the mainthree pillars.
Uh the theme this year isinnovation in motion.
Um tourism remanage, and uh whatwe're trying to share with the
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audience this year is just howtourism is uh transforming, and
not only uh for suretechnologically, so how AI uh is
impacting uh our day-to-day, butas well how many new
innovations, how how way we canhow tourism is addressed um
everywhere a bit uh in the worldand in the market, and just to
(04:53):
share experiences, case studies,ideas, so that everyone can just
lift his um yeah, with a freshuh I would say master of of yeah
things to to to do and to testuh back home.
SPEAKER_01 (05:08):
For sure.
Obviously, innovation andtechnology, those are two great
passions of mine and mybackground.
And so those are two topics thatI'm keen to hear other speakers
talk about.
SPEAKER_02 (05:18):
That's why we are so happy to have you on board, Dan.
SPEAKER_01 (05:22):
And then sustainability, which is
something that I'm you know, I'mI'm also passionate about, but
it's not my background.
So I'm always interested to hearfrom other leaders in that field
on sustainability.
And I want to come back in amoment to some of the other
speakers, but just on terms ofthe agenda itself, you mentioned
it's over the course of threedays.
Tell everyone a little bit moreabout where the event is located
(05:43):
and what and um and how they canget tickets.
SPEAKER_02 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure.
The event is located in Seville,so a fantastic city of the south
of Spain, just two hours awayfrom uh Madrid by train, for
example.
It's located in Fives, which isa very nice exhibition center,
and tickets are for sale uh viathe website, uh um for sure, so
(06:09):
that there are several passesand several options that we so
that customers can just check.
SPEAKER_01 (06:15):
That's great.
The reason I wanted to mentionthat is because the tickets are
quite reasonable, especially foruh, and I wanted to ask you that
about that before we get intowho attends a tourism innovation
summit, who should attend,because one of the things that
can often be the case is basedon location and the cost.
Uh, but the cost, yeah, thetickets themselves, you know,
about 500 euros.
So it's very accessibledepending on uh but tell us a
(06:40):
little bit about who comes to anevent like this.
Who is your typical audience andwho are you looking to attract
this year?
SPEAKER_02 (06:47):
I would say we have a very uh mixed audience so far.
Uh for sure.
We have an important part of theaudience coming from Spain.
I would say around 60% uh of thevisitors.
Um we are what we are really uhtrying to increase is the uh
international visitors for sure,and that's why we are just
(07:08):
reinforcing this year's the theinternational speakers so that
we we can just um increase thelevel of international and but
we have a very mixed audience, Iwould say.
Um for sure, uh everythingrelated to the hospitality
industry, as well, very muchimportant to um uh investors, uh
(07:29):
travel agencies, distributiontours and activities, and uh
yeah, um as well, destinationsare very important of their
interes.
Um yeah, and everything which islinked to technology.
So we have big partners like uhuh Amadeus, Microsoft, and so on
just partnering uh with us.
(07:50):
So it's as well very, I wouldsay, techie uh tech.
How would you say this inEnglish?
Tech yeah, techy event.
SPEAKER_01 (07:56):
Very techie event, exactly.
Well, actually, the Web andTravel, which is one of the
biggest technology events in theworld, it's held in Lisbon each
year, and obviously that's veryclose in Portugal.
I'm actually flying throughLisbon.
And as uh Bridget knows, I wasin Spain for our big family
summer holiday this year whenour kids turned 18, and we had
the most spectacular time inSpain.
And we were chatting at theFocus Right conference in
(08:16):
Barcelona and both remarking howamazing a city Barcelona is,
because you're actually basednear Barcelona or in around
Barcelona, is that right,Bridget?
That's it.
SPEAKER_02 (08:25):
I'm based uh close to Barcelona.
SPEAKER_01 (08:27):
So yeah, yeah.
Yeah, very fortunate to live inthat such a beautiful part of
the world.
And when we were speaking aboutSeville, and I haven't been in
so many years, but I cannot waitto get back.
So there's always an appeal tobe able to go to uh a conference
in a destination that is asbeautiful as a place like
Seville.
So I'm looking forward to seeinga bit more of the city again and
touring around because that'sobviously why we all do what we
do.
(08:47):
We love traveling and have apassion for this industry.
Um and so the event itself,obviously, you mentioned about
60% people being from Spain, soit's been a um and the event
itself obviously attracts alarge domestic audience.
But tell us a little bit aboutthe international appeals as far
as why people should come to theevent.
I know uh mentioned thelocation, obviously the tickets,
(09:09):
some of the speakers uhobviously will talk about, but
um, you also have exhibitors aswell.
So tell us a little bit aboutthe experience on site that
draws people and andspecifically why international
uh uh international travelersshould consider coming to uh
Seville this year.
SPEAKER_02 (09:26):
Well, we have as yeah, as as as you mentioned, so
very important uh exhibitors,but as well more small ones or
just medium ones that are justsharing all the new stuff
they're building for uh fortravel, you know, which is for
sure this year very much linkedto AI in all the verticals, how
AI is uh uh impacting uh um ouruh industry.
(09:51):
Uh I would say as well that weare securing um, I mean, for
sure the audience, as you say,is majority uh domestic, but
year over year the internationalpart is increasing, so it's as
well a fantastic spot to shareand to discover uh new companies
and new ways.
We are as well hosting uh thetravel uh innovation awards.
(10:15):
So we have as well a specific umexhibition as well dedicated uh
for startups only, which arewhere uh European startups uh
just share uh their and pitch uhtheir their um let's say the
products.
So and that's well, it's amoment just to reflect and to to
(10:35):
to share knowledge.
Um so it's for sure, and it'syou would say maybe another
event, but this one, you know,as I said, technology
innovation.
I'm I want to highlight thisword innovation because with
this, and you're moderating aswell a very nice panel which is
more about innovation and howtravel is evolving.
(10:56):
Um so I would say uh those umteas, well, one of the
differences as well is like theCongress is very important.
So we do have these fiveauditoriums which are on a row,
uh which are uh dedicated amountto different verticals and
different topics.
Um and yeah, during three days,there's I would say around 180
(11:22):
different types of conferences.
Um so yeah, it's very rich interms of content and sharing.
SPEAKER_01 (11:30):
For sure.
And you put a lot of time andeffort into curating this
agenda.
Obviously, that's been a hugepart of your role.
So I want to highlight some ofthe sessions that people can
look forward to.
And I know you can't playfavorites because you've got so
many amazing speakers and somany incredible sessions
planned.
You've kindly mentioned the onethat I'm gonna do, which is the
top six AI trends for 2026 thateveryone needs to be paying
attention to, which is shapedbased on our AI summit that I
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know a lot of our listeners areattending, and many people from
TIS will be as well, becauseit'll be a week after this event
live, is when we host our event.
But also, as you mentioned, I'mgonna be hosting a panel later
in the day that I'm so lookingforward to about traveling with
your tribe.
And I have three incrediblecompanies on that panel.
I have uh We Road, who I workclosely with.
Obviously, Andrea D'Amico is agood friend and colleague.
(12:14):
He's speaking himself, but Ihave one of their team members
joining me for that discussion,and then Fever as well, which
many people know Fever, one ofthe most successful global
travel companies in the last fewyears, and interesting, based in
Spain.
So um and I know their threefounders quite well.
Uh Ignacio Nacho, as he'sreferred to, who uh is going to
be on our travel trends podcast,but also um Rafael on their team
(12:37):
who does the press.
So um we'll have um uh feverrepresented, and then one that
you have uh nominated that Iwasn't as familiar with, um,
called uh Time Left.
Time Less.
SPEAKER_00 (12:49):
Yeah, time Time Left.
SPEAKER_01 (12:51):
And it's this whole concept of having dinner with
strangers, which was this newstartup I wasn't familiar with.
So I'm I'm excited to meet them.
I'm excited to have thisconversation.
Um so yeah, uh maybe t telleveryone a little bit about that
session because obviously you'vekindly curated it.
And then I'd love if youwouldn't mind mentioning a few
of the other sessions thatyou're really looking forward
to.
SPEAKER_02 (13:09):
Yeah, for sure.
Well, this session in in in andI was and and you know what?
I I was checking that I had alot of of uh people interested
and asking me already about whenyou know the agenda is already,
but the agenda at a glance isalready published on the
website, and I had so manyquestions, and even companies
like saying, Well, it would beinteresting because that's what
I did what we address.
So the way the way travel isbecoming so large now.
(13:33):
And and then uh for sure we haveand we will address, I would
say, the most traditional umdistribution ways with the big
companies just like such aslastminute.com, Tui, um Data
Travel, and so on.
But in my idea was just to sharethat the new travelers,
especially the young generation,you know, that the I call them
(13:55):
the TikTok guys.
Um you know, they are reallymore looking into something
different when planning theirtrip.
And the fact of the that's whythe session is called travel as
a tribe, you know, because Imean, and the time left, it's
just uh it's a new company,French company that just started
some years ago, growing likecrazy.
And I found the concept veryinteresting.
(14:15):
And when I enrich them andexplain them, you know, that
that's and that's really theirgoal as well, you know, just to
position it themselves as anopportunity or just to, yeah,
the way of of and the new way oftraveling.
SPEAKER_01 (14:29):
Yeah.
Well, it's interesting.
I I find these sessionsparticularly compelling at a
time when on one side we'retalking about AI and how it's
going to transform everything,and at the same time, on the
other, we're also human and wedesire human connection and the
idea of having dinner withstrangers.
And and so I the two can be trueat the same time.
I think that's my overall viewon this.
(14:49):
Um, there's many benefits totechnology, but the reason we
travel is primarily drivenaround human connection and
culture, and and so I agree, Itotally agree.
SPEAKER_02 (14:58):
That's the right point.
Yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_01 (14:59):
And cuisine and and and all the senses.
So tell us a few other highlightsessions that you've brought
together that uh I and many ofour listeners can look forward
to and and plan to attend.
SPEAKER_02 (15:09):
Well, yes, we have for as well for sure, which is
more the a bit more traditional,I think, but it's just like the
influencer marketing, how a postcan bring thousands of visitors.
We'll have the expertise ofspecific company, Wynebox, which
is a Spanish company, which isjust addressing the maximum of
the efforts and their marketingbudget towards influencers, and
as well, we'll have the CMO ofCivitatis uh sharing as well
(15:33):
their expertise on that sense.
We'll have as well, I would say,uh, and I and you know her, um
Laura uh from Bernard Ricard,uh, she's going to be uh on a
very nice panel, which is morelinked to how uh building a
destination, how brands andspaces turn places into
experiences.
Um so we'll have some um someexamples of of uh I would say
(15:57):
random places that have becomenow a destination just as after
because of so that's as wellinteresting.
Uh for sure, as I told youbefore, we'll have uh as well uh
main important uh uh travelcompanies.
Uh we have people from TRIT.com,uh we have Tui.com, we have the
CEO of lastminute.com, we haveas well Pangea, which is a very
(16:21):
important Spanish uh travelagency growing uh very much
importantly in Latam as well,which are going to share the
trends, uh, how it's going tobe, how the future looks like,
how the geopolitical uhsituation and for sure how they
do um and play with AIinternally.
SPEAKER_01 (16:41):
Really interesting.
Now, one of the other reasons Iknow people attend conferences,
it's not usually the reason Iattend, is networking
opportunities.
I've never really been on thesales and business development
side, but I know that is soimportant for many of my
colleagues.
And I've been to so manyconferences where people didn't
go to any session and they'vejust done meetings the entire
time.
So knowing that's a hugemotivation, and I'm still
learning from that because inour events, I've always tried to
(17:03):
gear it around the content.
So clearly that has been a hugefocus for you, and that's for
me.
I want to just go to sessionafter session and learn from
other amazing leaders in thisfield and be able to then apply
that.
That's always been my desire ofgoing to conferences.
But knowing that there's a lotof people out there that would
be coming to this event fornetworking opportunities, tell
us a little bit what uh you'veplanned for them.
SPEAKER_02 (17:25):
Yeah, so there are a lot of networking uh
possibilities, as you said, no,between the uh I don't know how
the name in English, but inSpain, we do between the
corridors for sure.
Then we have some which arelunches, uh, specific lunches uh
which are just dedicated and andthat can be as well their
specific technological toursthat you can book and attend so
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that you can visit and check uhthe exhibitors.
We have a very nice welcomeparty which is sponsored by
Sightseeing.
Um on the first day, we have aswell um specific evening where
we are going to give away uhtourism innovation awards prices
uh because we we have uh we haveseveral companies that uh just
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applied for it.
So there's as well, as you said,um just besides the content,
which has been my focus the lastthree months, I'm totally the
same.
So when I just joined theconfidence, I'm just more
looking as well into finding theway just to give the maximum
possibilities of networking.
SPEAKER_01 (18:29):
For sure.
And if we think about kind of, Iguess, the three big reasons
that people would attend TIS,I'm keen to get your take on
that.
I know it's hard to try andnarrow it down to three because
you even have sessions designedfor travel agencies.
So it's like you know, you havetour operators there, you have
hotels, you have startups,you've got such a broad
cross-section of the travelindustry.
And so clearly to me, one of thebig opportunities is to learn,
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to meet other people.
But what would you say inputting this agenda together and
the whole event over three days?
What would be some of the threebiggest reasons for people who
are trying to decide whether ornot they're going to be able to
uh to join us this year or planfor future years?
What would be the main driversfor them attending TIS?
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
I would say that the as you said, the diversity.
So we're trying to approach umthis event, which again it's
technology, innovation,sustainability, but we are
really covering, I would say,the whole industry, and and for
sure we're just uh having thisfull agenda.
There's a way of of theopportunity to really learn and
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to share.
And we are going to as well thesessions, the way they are uh
organized and planned there aswell to share success stories,
but as well, maybe not onlysuccess stories, as well as fail
stories or things that didn'twork.
We want to make to we don't wantto be like again a new AI event
or just to share.
We all know AI is here, iseverywhere.
(19:52):
Uh but you would be surprisedhow how much how much or how uh
nothing so really companies area very different type of levels
of of uh AI usage, for example,or and uh I don't know.
I we've been trying to to to togather and to to get the maximum
(20:16):
great content coming fromdifferent type of experts.
That's why we reach you.
Uh, for example, in terms ofinnovation trends and EI from uh
Canada.
We have an expert in umregenerational uh regener
regeneration.
SPEAKER_00 (20:33):
Regenerative tourism, yes, exactly.
Yeah, thank you for you.
I wish I could speak Spanish.
That's easy, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (20:38):
That's an English word I could do, but yeah, I can
there's many Spanish words Ican't get my uh she's uh she's
from Ireland and she's been uhshe's as well uh um uh she often
speaks at world uh travel marketas well.
Yeah, uh so we have as well forregarding the hospital in the
industry, we have the all thebig hotel chains, they're high
at Intercontinental, but aswell.
(20:59):
We do have several sessions forthe small and independent hotels
with low budgets.
So I would say the diversity andand yeah, a very good mix of uh
of speakers, national, but aswell uh a lot of internationals.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
And if there's anyone listening to this that is
somewhere in the world, I meanwe're listeners on 125
countries, and so there likelywill be some people that
although they'd want to come,it's a you know, the uh the
ticket itself is affordable, uh,but the destination, the timing
is just uh they can't fit itinto their schedule.
Is there any way for them tostill participate remotely or at
least stay up to speed withwhat's happening, either being
(21:35):
registered to your newsletter oryour social channels?
SPEAKER_02 (21:37):
What would be yeah, for sure.
They need to follow us uh uh youknow on on social media, on
LinkedIn and so on.
And there's as well the wayafter after leaving everything
uh for sure as a tech event, uhto this is quite strong over
there, so auditoriums,everything is recorded,
everything is translated.
So if the session is in English,for sure it's as well
(21:59):
translated, automaticallytranslated in other languages,
and everything is recorded, andthere's as well the possibility
afterwards through a very umminimum price, just to get the
sessions there and just to beable to reach them.
Because we've been trying to, Ihad to say no to fantastic
speakers as well that could notattend and wanted to do this
(22:19):
virtually.
And well, we tried to haveeveryone um, let's say
physically uh together.
Uh, but for sure, if anyonecannot attend or just cannot
join us in this edition, uh heor she will be able to download
the sessions and and listen tothem afterwards.
SPEAKER_01 (22:37):
Yeah, no, I asked because it's it's a magical
combination when you can doboth, and I don't mean like a
hybrid event, I just mean thatyou know there is something very
special about being together inperson.
It's certainly what we're gonnado with our event for next year,
and even this year at our AISummit, we're gonna have a get
together the second night tobring people together.
And we've been doing morein-person activity, and it
highlights just how powerful thein-real life experience is.
(22:58):
But to your point about the factthat there's people that just
can't get there, uh, it'simportant to make sure that
there's still opportunities forthem to stay connected and
informed.
And the thing that made me laughtoo, Brischet, was that when you
mentioned to me about thetranslation, I thought, oh my
goodness, I speak so fast, I'mgonna have to slow down my
English.
SPEAKER_02 (23:14):
Yeah, that's that's something I told you that first
day.
I'm getting I'm now getting usedto.
SPEAKER_00 (23:20):
I know I speak the amazing thing though, and this
is like that I hear from anumber of people when they're
listening to our episode, theyspeed up.
SPEAKER_01 (23:27):
I'm like, I think I already speak at 1.5, but many
people increase the speed.
And so uh nevertheless, I willmake sure that I do slow down
and weave in um some some of mylimited Spanish as well.
But the uh the other thing Iwanted to ask you, you know, for
future planning, is that is theevent always in Seville at the
same time?
(23:47):
So for people who are listeningto this, potentially even after
the event has happened, um, whatare the future opportunities to
participate?
SPEAKER_02 (23:55):
Yeah, for sure.
So this is always um this hasbeen always based the I would
say last week of or between thelast week of October.
That's more or less of thebetween the 20th and and the
just always before world travelmarket.
That's normally how, and uh andit I think that the goal is to
to remain this.
It's not that easy to find agood slot among all these events
(24:19):
that are just uh going on.
Um, the idea so far is just tokeep in Sevilla, but we are as
well potentially considering uhwhy not uh to to bring this
event to another place in theworld in the future.
That's not something we we haveyet planned, but why not?
SPEAKER_01 (24:36):
Fantastic.
Yeah.
Well, I'm certainly lookingforward to being there.
I can't wait to experience itfor the first time.
I do want to make sure that allof our listeners do know all the
ways to connect with you and tobe able to learn more about the
event.
I've obviously mentioned in myintroduction and my closing in a
moment, but just to make surethat TIS Globalsummit.com is the
main website you want to go toto grab your tickets, check out
more details about the event.
(24:57):
And as Bridget mentioned,they've got a fantastic LinkedIn
page as well, which is TISSevilla.
So you make sure that you'refollowing that for updates.
Uh where else would you suggestthat people follow Bridget?
And what else should we leavethem with before we are in
Seville together?
SPEAKER_02 (25:16):
I would say, as you said, uh, just to follow us in
LinkedIn, just to have a lookinto the website, which is quite
uh complete, and they'll haveand we have different types of
passes.
I would like to highlight againwhat you said at the beginning.
Um the cost of the tickets,taking into account the level of
uh participants we are havingand the level of the sessions,
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um, I would say is very muchaffordable.
So um, and as well, Sevilla,it's as well an affordable city
and and fantastic place to be.
So uh I would recommend and andand uh yeah just uh everyone to
to attend, uh knowing that it'sit's not that easy always to to
to reach to Sevilla from fromother parts of the world, but uh
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I would say it's it's worth itto considerate it.
SPEAKER_01 (26:01):
Definitely.
It's well worth the trip toSeville, but even more so for
TIS.
And the date the dates, just tomake sure everyone's looking at
their calendar, is October 22ndto 24th.
Those are the three days.
SPEAKER_00 (26:14):
That's it.
SPEAKER_01 (26:14):
And yeah, I can't wait to be there.
Thank you again for theopportunity, Bridget.
I'm looking forward to seeingyou again in person, meeting the
rest of the team, being a partof this special event, and
hopefully a uh uh long-termcollaboration because I'm uh I'm
really excited.
SPEAKER_02 (26:26):
Yeah, hopefully, yes.
Yeah, I'm looking forward aswell.
Thank you very much.
SPEAKER_01 (26:29):
Thanks so much for joining us on this special event
preview of the TourismInnovation Summit in Seville,
Spain.
I hope many of you now areinspired to join us October 22nd
to 24th.
I'm really looking forward togiving my keynote, moderating a
panel, and seeing so many greatfriends that will be attending
for the first time.
And if you want moreinformation, you can check out
TISGlobalsummit.com to register.
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If you're listening to after theevent, then you can plan for
next year because as you heardfrom Bridget, the plan is to
bring the event back to Seville,Spain again next year.
And if you're interested in morespotlight episodes from travel
trends, whether they be events,destinations, executives, or
companies, be sure to check outtraveltrends.com slash
(27:12):
spotlights.
Until next time, safe travels.
My idea was just to share that the new travelers,
especially the young generation,you know, that the I call them
the TikTok guys.
And you know, they are reallymore looking into something
different when planning theirtrip.
And the fact of the that's whythe session is called Travelers
Tribe.
SPEAKER_01 (00:24):
Hello everyone and welcome to a special event
preview of Travel Trends.
This is your host, DanChristian, and today we're going
to be profiling the TourismInnovation Summit that is going
to be held in Seville, Spain,October 22nd to 24th, 2025.
I have the privilege this yearof giving a keynote at the event
(00:44):
and also moderating a panellater in the day.
So be sure to register attisglobalsummit.com to plan to
join us.
And on our conversation today,we're going to be speaking to
Bridget Hidalgo, who is theCongress Director.
She has an incredibly impressivehistory in the travel industry.
She spent nearly 15 years as theCEO of Weekend Desk, and she
(01:06):
took over this role as CongressDirector about six months ago
and has brought together someamazing speakers, which includes
my good friend Andrea D'Amico,the CEO of WeRoad, as well as
Laura Cilio Pavat from PernaultRicard, who kindly sponsored our
In Destination series.
And I am looking forward toseeing many colleagues there at
(01:26):
this event for the very firsttime for me, but I've heard
about this event for many years,as it's been held for nearly six
years now in Seville, Spain.
And it has attractedtraditionally a very domestic
audience, but their plans andthe profile is to increase the
international guests.
And I'm keen to be a part ofthat and know that many of our
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other colleagues are travelingfor the summit as well.
Now, you can find out moreinformation at
tisglobalsummit.com and plan toregister and join us.
But let's bring in Bridget totell us everything we need to
know about the event, the venue,and some of the incredible
speakers and sessions that theyhave planned.
So welcome, Bridget.
Thanks so much for joining us onTravel Trends.
SPEAKER_02 (02:09):
Hi Dan.
Happy to be here with you today.
SPEAKER_01 (02:11):
Thank you so much for the invitation.
I'm so looking forward to givinga keynote and moderating a
panel.
I'm hoping that many of ourlisteners join us in Seville for
the Tourism Innovation Summit.
I'm so excited to be joining formy first time.
But tell us a little bit aboutyour role there.
I know you're the Congressdirector.
Tell us a little bit about yourrole at Tourism Innovation
Summit, and then we'll get intothe event itself.
SPEAKER_02 (02:31):
Yeah, for sure.
So I'm just working as theCongress Director.
I'm just uh creating uh ortrying to create a fantastic
agenda, three days agenda.
Uh Tourism Innovation Summitthat have like five auditoriums,
so uh with several verticals,industry verticals, and with
specific uh spaces dedicated toprofessionals or several types
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of uh professionals that are dohave all relationship with the
tourism industry.
SPEAKER_01 (03:00):
Fantastic.
And I know the event's beenaround for a number of years.
As I was saying, it's my firsttime coming, and I've got a lot
of friends that are going to bethere, a lot of colleagues, and
many of them have been before.
And I but I'm very keen to knowthe background on TIS as it's
shortened to.
SPEAKER_02 (03:15):
Well, TIS is celebrating its sixth edition
this year.
So um we've we've been growingyear over year.
Uh and uh past year we reached abit more than 8,000 visitors,
and we put together around 400speakers, uh, which is uh for
(03:36):
sure the minimum we expect tohave this year.
SPEAKER_01 (03:39):
Staggering.
I know the numbers are uhmassive compared to other
conferences, and so yeah, you'vegotta have several thousand
attendees to be able to have 400speakers, but nevertheless, I'm
honored to be a part of that.
I know Andre D'Amico from WeRoad is gonna be there, and um
our good friend to Laura CilioPavat from Perno Ricard.
SPEAKER_00 (03:59):
That's it.
SPEAKER_01 (04:00):
Yeah, so tell us a little bit about the theme for
this year.
SPEAKER_02 (04:04):
Well, the uh TIS uh has always I would say three
verticals.
So we always are really justfocusing on technology,
innovation, and sustainability.
Sustainability.
I would say those are the mainthree pillars.
Uh the theme this year isinnovation in motion.
Um tourism remanage, and uh whatwe're trying to share with the
(04:29):
audience this year is just howtourism is uh transforming, and
not only uh for suretechnologically, so how AI uh is
impacting uh our day-to-day, butas well how many new
innovations, how how way we canhow tourism is addressed um
everywhere a bit uh in the worldand in the market, and just to
(04:53):
share experiences, case studies,ideas, so that everyone can just
lift his um yeah, with a freshuh I would say master of of yeah
things to to to do and to testuh back home.
SPEAKER_01 (05:08):
For sure.
Obviously, innovation andtechnology, those are two great
passions of mine and mybackground.
And so those are two topics thatI'm keen to hear other speakers
talk about.
SPEAKER_02 (05:18):
That's why we are so happy to have you on board, Dan.
SPEAKER_01 (05:22):
And then sustainability, which is
something that I'm you know, I'mI'm also passionate about, but
it's not my background.
So I'm always interested to hearfrom other leaders in that field
on sustainability.
And I want to come back in amoment to some of the other
speakers, but just on terms ofthe agenda itself, you mentioned
it's over the course of threedays.
Tell everyone a little bit moreabout where the event is located
(05:43):
and what and um and how they canget tickets.
SPEAKER_02 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure.
The event is located in Seville,so a fantastic city of the south
of Spain, just two hours awayfrom uh Madrid by train, for
example.
It's located in Fives, which isa very nice exhibition center,
and tickets are for sale uh viathe website, uh um for sure, so
(06:09):
that there are several passesand several options that we so
that customers can just check.
SPEAKER_01 (06:15):
That's great.
The reason I wanted to mentionthat is because the tickets are
quite reasonable, especially foruh, and I wanted to ask you that
about that before we get intowho attends a tourism innovation
summit, who should attend,because one of the things that
can often be the case is basedon location and the cost.
Uh, but the cost, yeah, thetickets themselves, you know,
about 500 euros.
So it's very accessibledepending on uh but tell us a
(06:40):
little bit about who comes to anevent like this.
Who is your typical audience andwho are you looking to attract
this year?
SPEAKER_02 (06:47):
I would say we have a very uh mixed audience so far.
Uh for sure.
We have an important part of theaudience coming from Spain.
I would say around 60% uh of thevisitors.
Um we are what we are really uhtrying to increase is the uh
international visitors for sure,and that's why we are just
(07:08):
reinforcing this year's the theinternational speakers so that
we we can just um increase thelevel of international and but
we have a very mixed audience, Iwould say.
Um for sure, uh everythingrelated to the hospitality
industry, as well, very muchimportant to um uh investors, uh
(07:29):
travel agencies, distributiontours and activities, and uh
yeah, um as well, destinationsare very important of their
interes.
Um yeah, and everything which islinked to technology.
So we have big partners like uhuh Amadeus, Microsoft, and so on
just partnering uh with us.
(07:50):
So it's as well very, I wouldsay, techie uh tech.
How would you say this inEnglish?
Tech yeah, techy event.
SPEAKER_01 (07:56):
Very techie event, exactly.
Well, actually, the Web andTravel, which is one of the
biggest technology events in theworld, it's held in Lisbon each
year, and obviously that's veryclose in Portugal.
I'm actually flying throughLisbon.
And as uh Bridget knows, I wasin Spain for our big family
summer holiday this year whenour kids turned 18, and we had
the most spectacular time inSpain.
And we were chatting at theFocus Right conference in
(08:16):
Barcelona and both remarking howamazing a city Barcelona is,
because you're actually basednear Barcelona or in around
Barcelona, is that right,Bridget?
That's it.
SPEAKER_02 (08:25):
I'm based uh close to Barcelona.
SPEAKER_01 (08:27):
So yeah, yeah.
Yeah, very fortunate to live inthat such a beautiful part of
the world.
And when we were speaking aboutSeville, and I haven't been in
so many years, but I cannot waitto get back.
So there's always an appeal tobe able to go to uh a conference
in a destination that is asbeautiful as a place like
Seville.
So I'm looking forward to seeinga bit more of the city again and
touring around because that'sobviously why we all do what we
do.
(08:47):
We love traveling and have apassion for this industry.
Um and so the event itself,obviously, you mentioned about
60% people being from Spain, soit's been a um and the event
itself obviously attracts alarge domestic audience.
But tell us a little bit aboutthe international appeals as far
as why people should come to theevent.
I know uh mentioned thelocation, obviously the tickets,
(09:09):
some of the speakers uhobviously will talk about, but
um, you also have exhibitors aswell.
So tell us a little bit aboutthe experience on site that
draws people and andspecifically why international
uh uh international travelersshould consider coming to uh
Seville this year.
SPEAKER_02 (09:26):
Well, we have as yeah, as as as you mentioned, so
very important uh exhibitors,but as well more small ones or
just medium ones that are justsharing all the new stuff
they're building for uh fortravel, you know, which is for
sure this year very much linkedto AI in all the verticals, how
AI is uh uh impacting uh um ouruh industry.
(09:51):
Uh I would say as well that weare securing um, I mean, for
sure the audience, as you say,is majority uh domestic, but
year over year the internationalpart is increasing, so it's as
well a fantastic spot to shareand to discover uh new companies
and new ways.
We are as well hosting uh thetravel uh innovation awards.
(10:15):
So we have as well a specific umexhibition as well dedicated uh
for startups only, which arewhere uh European startups uh
just share uh their and pitch uhtheir their um let's say the
products.
So and that's well, it's amoment just to reflect and to to
(10:35):
to share knowledge.
Um so it's for sure, and it'syou would say maybe another
event, but this one, you know,as I said, technology
innovation.
I'm I want to highlight thisword innovation because with
this, and you're moderating aswell a very nice panel which is
more about innovation and howtravel is evolving.
(10:56):
Um so I would say uh those umteas, well, one of the
differences as well is like theCongress is very important.
So we do have these fiveauditoriums which are on a row,
uh which are uh dedicated amountto different verticals and
different topics.
Um and yeah, during three days,there's I would say around 180
(11:22):
different types of conferences.
Um so yeah, it's very rich interms of content and sharing.
SPEAKER_01 (11:30):
For sure.
And you put a lot of time andeffort into curating this
agenda.
Obviously, that's been a hugepart of your role.
So I want to highlight some ofthe sessions that people can
look forward to.
And I know you can't playfavorites because you've got so
many amazing speakers and somany incredible sessions
planned.
You've kindly mentioned the onethat I'm gonna do, which is the
top six AI trends for 2026 thateveryone needs to be paying
attention to, which is shapedbased on our AI summit that I
(11:52):
know a lot of our listeners areattending, and many people from
TIS will be as well, becauseit'll be a week after this event
live, is when we host our event.
But also, as you mentioned, I'mgonna be hosting a panel later
in the day that I'm so lookingforward to about traveling with
your tribe.
And I have three incrediblecompanies on that panel.
I have uh We Road, who I workclosely with.
Obviously, Andrea D'Amico is agood friend and colleague.
(12:14):
He's speaking himself, but Ihave one of their team members
joining me for that discussion,and then Fever as well, which
many people know Fever, one ofthe most successful global
travel companies in the last fewyears, and interesting, based in
Spain.
So um and I know their threefounders quite well.
Uh Ignacio Nacho, as he'sreferred to, who uh is going to
be on our travel trends podcast,but also um Rafael on their team
(12:37):
who does the press.
So um we'll have um uh feverrepresented, and then one that
you have uh nominated that Iwasn't as familiar with, um,
called uh Time Left.
Time Less.
SPEAKER_00 (12:49):
Yeah, time Time Left.
SPEAKER_01 (12:51):
And it's this whole concept of having dinner with
strangers, which was this newstartup I wasn't familiar with.
So I'm I'm excited to meet them.
I'm excited to have thisconversation.
Um so yeah, uh maybe t telleveryone a little bit about that
session because obviously you'vekindly curated it.
And then I'd love if youwouldn't mind mentioning a few
of the other sessions thatyou're really looking forward
to.
SPEAKER_02 (13:09):
Yeah, for sure.
Well, this session in in in andI was and and you know what?
I I was checking that I had alot of of uh people interested
and asking me already about whenyou know the agenda is already,
but the agenda at a glance isalready published on the
website, and I had so manyquestions, and even companies
like saying, Well, it would beinteresting because that's what
I did what we address.
So the way the way travel isbecoming so large now.
(13:33):
And and then uh for sure we haveand we will address, I would
say, the most traditional umdistribution ways with the big
companies just like such aslastminute.com, Tui, um Data
Travel, and so on.
But in my idea was just to sharethat the new travelers,
especially the young generation,you know, that the I call them
(13:55):
the TikTok guys.
Um you know, they are reallymore looking into something
different when planning theirtrip.
And the fact of the that's whythe session is called travel as
a tribe, you know, because Imean, and the time left, it's
just uh it's a new company,French company that just started
some years ago, growing likecrazy.
And I found the concept veryinteresting.
(14:15):
And when I enrich them andexplain them, you know, that
that's and that's really theirgoal as well, you know, just to
position it themselves as anopportunity or just to, yeah,
the way of of and the new way oftraveling.
SPEAKER_01 (14:29):
Yeah.
Well, it's interesting.
I I find these sessionsparticularly compelling at a
time when on one side we'retalking about AI and how it's
going to transform everything,and at the same time, on the
other, we're also human and wedesire human connection and the
idea of having dinner withstrangers.
And and so I the two can be trueat the same time.
I think that's my overall viewon this.
(14:49):
Um, there's many benefits totechnology, but the reason we
travel is primarily drivenaround human connection and
culture, and and so I agree, Itotally agree.
SPEAKER_02 (14:58):
That's the right point.
Yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_01 (14:59):
And cuisine and and and all the senses.
So tell us a few other highlightsessions that you've brought
together that uh I and many ofour listeners can look forward
to and and plan to attend.
SPEAKER_02 (15:09):
Well, yes, we have for as well for sure, which is
more the a bit more traditional,I think, but it's just like the
influencer marketing, how a postcan bring thousands of visitors.
We'll have the expertise ofspecific company, Wynebox, which
is a Spanish company, which isjust addressing the maximum of
the efforts and their marketingbudget towards influencers, and
as well, we'll have the CMO ofCivitatis uh sharing as well
(15:33):
their expertise on that sense.
We'll have as well, I would say,uh, and I and you know her, um
Laura uh from Bernard Ricard,uh, she's going to be uh on a
very nice panel, which is morelinked to how uh building a
destination, how brands andspaces turn places into
experiences.
Um so we'll have some um someexamples of of uh I would say
(15:57):
random places that have becomenow a destination just as after
because of so that's as wellinteresting.
Uh for sure, as I told youbefore, we'll have uh as well uh
main important uh uh travelcompanies.
Uh we have people from TRIT.com,uh we have Tui.com, we have the
CEO of lastminute.com, we haveas well Pangea, which is a very
(16:21):
important Spanish uh travelagency growing uh very much
importantly in Latam as well,which are going to share the
trends, uh, how it's going tobe, how the future looks like,
how the geopolitical uhsituation and for sure how they
do um and play with AIinternally.
SPEAKER_01 (16:41):
Really interesting.
Now, one of the other reasons Iknow people attend conferences,
it's not usually the reason Iattend, is networking
opportunities.
I've never really been on thesales and business development
side, but I know that is soimportant for many of my
colleagues.
And I've been to so manyconferences where people didn't
go to any session and they'vejust done meetings the entire
time.
So knowing that's a hugemotivation, and I'm still
learning from that because inour events, I've always tried to
(17:03):
gear it around the content.
So clearly that has been a hugefocus for you, and that's for
me.
I want to just go to sessionafter session and learn from
other amazing leaders in thisfield and be able to then apply
that.
That's always been my desire ofgoing to conferences.
But knowing that there's a lotof people out there that would
be coming to this event fornetworking opportunities, tell
us a little bit what uh you'veplanned for them.
SPEAKER_02 (17:25):
Yeah, so there are a lot of networking uh
possibilities, as you said, no,between the uh I don't know how
the name in English, but inSpain, we do between the
corridors for sure.
Then we have some which arelunches, uh, specific lunches uh
which are just dedicated and andthat can be as well their
specific technological toursthat you can book and attend so
(17:47):
that you can visit and check uhthe exhibitors.
We have a very nice welcomeparty which is sponsored by
Sightseeing.
Um on the first day, we have aswell um specific evening where
we are going to give away uhtourism innovation awards prices
uh because we we have uh we haveseveral companies that uh just
(18:10):
applied for it.
So there's as well, as you said,um just besides the content,
which has been my focus the lastthree months, I'm totally the
same.
So when I just joined theconfidence, I'm just more
looking as well into finding theway just to give the maximum
possibilities of networking.
SPEAKER_01 (18:29):
For sure.
And if we think about kind of, Iguess, the three big reasons
that people would attend TIS,I'm keen to get your take on
that.
I know it's hard to try andnarrow it down to three because
you even have sessions designedfor travel agencies.
So it's like you know, you havetour operators there, you have
hotels, you have startups,you've got such a broad
cross-section of the travelindustry.
And so clearly to me, one of thebig opportunities is to learn,
(18:52):
to meet other people.
But what would you say inputting this agenda together and
the whole event over three days?
What would be some of the threebiggest reasons for people who
are trying to decide whether ornot they're going to be able to
uh to join us this year or planfor future years?
What would be the main driversfor them attending TIS?
SPEAKER_02 (19:09):
I would say that the as you said, the diversity.
So we're trying to approach umthis event, which again it's
technology, innovation,sustainability, but we are
really covering, I would say,the whole industry, and and for
sure we're just uh having thisfull agenda.
There's a way of of theopportunity to really learn and
(19:32):
to share.
And we are going to as well thesessions, the way they are uh
organized and planned there aswell to share success stories,
but as well, maybe not onlysuccess stories, as well as fail
stories or things that didn'twork.
We want to make to we don't wantto be like again a new AI event
or just to share.
We all know AI is here, iseverywhere.
(19:52):
Uh but you would be surprisedhow how much how much or how uh
nothing so really companies area very different type of levels
of of uh AI usage, for example,or and uh I don't know.
I we've been trying to to to togather and to to get the maximum
(20:16):
great content coming fromdifferent type of experts.
That's why we reach you.
Uh, for example, in terms ofinnovation trends and EI from uh
Canada.
We have an expert in umregenerational uh regener
regeneration.
SPEAKER_00 (20:33):
Regenerative tourism, yes, exactly.
Yeah, thank you for you.
I wish I could speak Spanish.
That's easy, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (20:38):
That's an English word I could do, but yeah, I can
there's many Spanish words Ican't get my uh she's uh she's
from Ireland and she's been uhshe's as well uh um uh she often
speaks at world uh travel marketas well.
Yeah, uh so we have as well forregarding the hospital in the
industry, we have the all thebig hotel chains, they're high
at Intercontinental, but aswell.
(20:59):
We do have several sessions forthe small and independent hotels
with low budgets.
So I would say the diversity andand yeah, a very good mix of uh
of speakers, national, but aswell uh a lot of internationals.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
And if there's anyone listening to this that is
somewhere in the world, I meanwe're listeners on 125
countries, and so there likelywill be some people that
although they'd want to come,it's a you know, the uh the
ticket itself is affordable, uh,but the destination, the timing
is just uh they can't fit itinto their schedule.
Is there any way for them tostill participate remotely or at
least stay up to speed withwhat's happening, either being
(21:35):
registered to your newsletter oryour social channels?
SPEAKER_02 (21:37):
What would be yeah, for sure.
They need to follow us uh uh youknow on on social media, on
LinkedIn and so on.
And there's as well the wayafter after leaving everything
uh for sure as a tech event, uhto this is quite strong over
there, so auditoriums,everything is recorded,
everything is translated.
So if the session is in English,for sure it's as well
(21:59):
translated, automaticallytranslated in other languages,
and everything is recorded, andthere's as well the possibility
afterwards through a very umminimum price, just to get the
sessions there and just to beable to reach them.
Because we've been trying to, Ihad to say no to fantastic
speakers as well that could notattend and wanted to do this
(22:19):
virtually.
And well, we tried to haveeveryone um, let's say
physically uh together.
Uh, but for sure, if anyonecannot attend or just cannot
join us in this edition, uh heor she will be able to download
the sessions and and listen tothem afterwards.
SPEAKER_01 (22:37):
Yeah, no, I asked because it's it's a magical
combination when you can doboth, and I don't mean like a
hybrid event, I just mean thatyou know there is something very
special about being together inperson.
It's certainly what we're gonnado with our event for next year,
and even this year at our AISummit, we're gonna have a get
together the second night tobring people together.
And we've been doing morein-person activity, and it
highlights just how powerful thein-real life experience is.
(22:58):
But to your point about the factthat there's people that just
can't get there, uh, it'simportant to make sure that
there's still opportunities forthem to stay connected and
informed.
And the thing that made me laughtoo, Brischet, was that when you
mentioned to me about thetranslation, I thought, oh my
goodness, I speak so fast, I'mgonna have to slow down my
English.
SPEAKER_02 (23:14):
Yeah, that's that's something I told you that first
day.
I'm getting I'm now getting usedto.
SPEAKER_00 (23:20):
I know I speak the amazing thing though, and this
is like that I hear from anumber of people when they're
listening to our episode, theyspeed up.
SPEAKER_01 (23:27):
I'm like, I think I already speak at 1.5, but many
people increase the speed.
And so uh nevertheless, I willmake sure that I do slow down
and weave in um some some of mylimited Spanish as well.
But the uh the other thing Iwanted to ask you, you know, for
future planning, is that is theevent always in Seville at the
same time?
(23:47):
So for people who are listeningto this, potentially even after
the event has happened, um, whatare the future opportunities to
participate?
SPEAKER_02 (23:55):
Yeah, for sure.
So this is always um this hasbeen always based the I would
say last week of or between thelast week of October.
That's more or less of thebetween the 20th and and the
just always before world travelmarket.
That's normally how, and uh andit I think that the goal is to
to remain this.
It's not that easy to find agood slot among all these events
(24:19):
that are just uh going on.
Um, the idea so far is just tokeep in Sevilla, but we are as
well potentially considering uhwhy not uh to to bring this
event to another place in theworld in the future.
That's not something we we haveyet planned, but why not?
SPEAKER_01 (24:36):
Fantastic.
Yeah.
Well, I'm certainly lookingforward to being there.
I can't wait to experience itfor the first time.
I do want to make sure that allof our listeners do know all the
ways to connect with you and tobe able to learn more about the
event.
I've obviously mentioned in myintroduction and my closing in a
moment, but just to make surethat TIS Globalsummit.com is the
main website you want to go toto grab your tickets, check out
more details about the event.
(24:57):
And as Bridget mentioned,they've got a fantastic LinkedIn
page as well, which is TISSevilla.
So you make sure that you'refollowing that for updates.
Uh where else would you suggestthat people follow Bridget?
And what else should we leavethem with before we are in
Seville together?
SPEAKER_02 (25:16):
I would say, as you said, uh, just to follow us in
LinkedIn, just to have a lookinto the website, which is quite
uh complete, and they'll haveand we have different types of
passes.
I would like to highlight againwhat you said at the beginning.
Um the cost of the tickets,taking into account the level of
uh participants we are havingand the level of the sessions,
(25:36):
um, I would say is very muchaffordable.
So um, and as well, Sevilla,it's as well an affordable city
and and fantastic place to be.
So uh I would recommend and andand uh yeah just uh everyone to
to attend, uh knowing that it'sit's not that easy always to to
to reach to Sevilla from fromother parts of the world, but uh
(25:58):
I would say it's it's worth itto considerate it.
SPEAKER_01 (26:01):
Definitely.
It's well worth the trip toSeville, but even more so for
TIS.
And the date the dates, just tomake sure everyone's looking at
their calendar, is October 22ndto 24th.
Those are the three days.
SPEAKER_00 (26:14):
That's it.
SPEAKER_01 (26:14):
And yeah, I can't wait to be there.
Thank you again for theopportunity, Bridget.
I'm looking forward to seeingyou again in person, meeting the
rest of the team, being a partof this special event, and
hopefully a uh uh long-termcollaboration because I'm uh I'm
really excited.
SPEAKER_02 (26:26):
Yeah, hopefully, yes.
Yeah, I'm looking forward aswell.
Thank you very much.
SPEAKER_01 (26:29):
Thanks so much for joining us on this special event
preview of the TourismInnovation Summit in Seville,
Spain.
I hope many of you now areinspired to join us October 22nd
to 24th.
I'm really looking forward togiving my keynote, moderating a
panel, and seeing so many greatfriends that will be attending
for the first time.
And if you want moreinformation, you can check out
TISGlobalsummit.com to register.
(26:52):
If you're listening to after theevent, then you can plan for
next year because as you heardfrom Bridget, the plan is to
bring the event back to Seville,Spain again next year.
And if you're interested in morespotlight episodes from travel
trends, whether they be events,destinations, executives, or
companies, be sure to check outtraveltrends.com slash
(27:12):
spotlights.
Until next time, safe travels.
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