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The problem I kept running into when traveling: saving TikTok videos of amazing-looking restaurants, then landing in the city and not being able to find any of them.
The videos were there, but the locations weren't. No addresses, no map pins — just clips in a folder I'd scroll through at 11pm wondering where that pasta place was.
I built GeoTok to fix this. You share a food video from TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts, and the app extracts the restaurant automatically — it reads the caption, transcribes the audio, and scans any on-screen menu text using OCR. The result is a pin on your personal map, with the original video attached.
Before I travel anywhere now, I spend an evening saving food TikToks from that city. By the time I land, I have a map with 20-30 spots, each with the original video attached so I remember exactly why I saved it.
The interesting pattern we keep finding: when multiple creators independently save the same place, that's a stronger signal than any review site rating. Barcelona's best pintxos bar shows up in 8 different creators' videos. That cross-creator overlap is what we surface on the map.
🍕 Currently covering 35+ cities, with Barcelona, London, Lima, and San Sebastián as the most active.
👉 Learn more at geotok.co and download on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/geotok-restaurant-map/id6765628278
Try it out and let me know your feedback in the comments!
Hi Travel Massive community!
Eric Hoffman here — former recovering travel blogger, long-time Travel Massive member, and now AI consulting agency co-owner with my wife Amber.
I'm very excited to share Amber's first of a kind book focused on improving the LLM visibility of hotels and why they need to focus on AI visibility because their guests are turning to ChatGPT and Gemini increasingly over Google search.
Before the Booking: Closing the Hotel AI Discovery Gap to Drive Total Revenue (AI Marketing & Visibility for Travel and Hospitality)
The guest who will book your hotel this month is already planning.
They are not on Google. They are not browsing an OTA. They are having a conversation with ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity — describing what they want, where they want to eat, what kind of experience they are looking for. And your property is either part of the answer they are getting, or it is not.
Before the Booking introduces the Hotel AI Discovery Gap — the distance between what your hotel actually offers and what AI can find, describe, and recommend about it. It is not a quality problem. It is a visibility problem. And it is costing hotels revenue across every line of the P&L before a single booking is ever made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyAMWtUHHM4
Written for hotel owners, asset managers, general managers, and directors of sales and marketing, this book explains:
• How AI has fundamentally reshaped the way travelers plan trips — and why most of the hospitality industry has not yet absorbed what that means for revenue
• Why the find and choose phases of the guest journey — invisible to your reporting systems — are now where revenue is won and lost
• Why your F&B, spa, events, and experiences are AI-visible revenue centers that most properties are currently leaving unmanaged
• What the leadership decision to close the gap looks like — and the specific questions to ask of every team and partner involved
• This is not a technology book. It is a revenue book. The discipline it describes is learnable, the investment is not in new headcount or new technology, and the window to act is open now.
The traveler is already planning. The question is whether your property is part of the answer they are getting.
👉 Get your copy at www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5P6Y3XH
If you're a property owner, please share any comments or questions, and we'd love to hear from you! Learn more about our agency over at fsagency.co/hospitality
80% of the creator-to-creator conversations we saw in travel creator WhatsApp groups were people asking for specific recommendations on who they could reach out to for a collab, for their upcoming travel destinations.
We thought, why not put all the open travel collabs in the world onto a single map, so a creator can find what is available at any time, without having to ask and hope there is someone online that sees their request.
Say hello to www.collabsmap.com
CallabsMap is totally free for creators to use.
One of the most beautiful things about the creator community is they don't gatekeep. They really want to help their peers. With the help of our community, all the exclusive collabs from our Videreo clients and a little bit of technological magic, we've sourced over 360 collabs across 62 countries to start.
You don't even have to log in to browse the opportunities. Every opportunity has the direct link on how you need to apply for the collab and you can see if it is a good fit for you before clicking that apply button. If you find a collab we don't have on the map, you can add that too (and get a reward from us and the praise of the community).
This solves a problem for travel companies too. Before the CollabsMap there was no way for a travel company to know what creators might be heading their way. Travel costs put a huge extra burden on SMB travel companies, often pricing them out of creator marketing, meaning they have little chance of showing up in the search results for their keywords on Instagram or TikTok (the main place people are searching in 2026). Brand accounts almost never show up here - the platforms business model is you pay them for access, so creators are the core pathway.
Brands can put their offer to the creator community onto the map, completely for free. You can set your terms. You can offer a seat on your trip, some room nights or add some cash to attract the highest caliber of creators. Or you can just ask creators to reach out and negotiate one-by-one. What you offer is up to you.
When someone applies, you get an email. We've flipped the model from speculative outbound DM's on social media to simple inbound applications in your inbox. Creators apply, you choose those who are a good fit.
Next we are adding affiliate programs too - so if you have a program where creators can earn from driving you sales from a link or a code, please reach out to get that loaded too.
We are proud to finally bring brands and creators together in a simple way that makes sense. Check out collabsmap.com and give us an upvote here if this is helpful for you.
Great idea. As someone promoting travel in Turkmenistan, I know how difficult it can be to connect with the right creators, especially for lesser-known destinations. A centralized map like this could make collaborations much easier for both creators and tourism businesses. Looking forward to seeing how it grows.
Thanks Batyr! If you want to put an offer up for creators to come and help promote Wings Travel - you can also add a listing for free to the map.
Would love to see Turkmenistan represented and our experience has been the lesser known destinations motivate really high quality creators who love discovering these types of places.
Thanks, Tony! I really appreciate the suggestion.
Turkmenistan is still a very underrepresented destination in the travel creator space, so I can definitely see the value in adding an opportunity to the map. We're always looking for ways to introduce more travelers to the country and showcase places beyond the well-known Door to Hell.
I'll take a closer look at CollabsMap and explore how Wings Travel can get involved.
Wishing you and the team success with the project!
Thanks Tony. I'd love to list a Turkmenistan collaboration opportunity through Wings Travel. What's the best way to do that on CollabsMap?
Awesome! Just go to CollabsMap.com/start and follow the steps for a supplier. Should take no more than 5 mins to get your offer live on the map for creators to find. It’s totally free! 😀
I just took a look and started filling in my info but abandoned it. It only allows social media channels to fill in. I'm not very active on social media, but I have a long-established and respected travel blog and a second newer website. Why not let us fill in websites as well? If travel companies only see my social media stats, they'll never look further. It's such a good idea, but why not include bloggers? We offer value too!
Good feedback Rachael. How could we make it easy for you to show blog stats?
You have blanks to fill in IG, TikTok and YouTube. Add a couple of blanks for websites. Add either a place to fill in pageviews/month and/or sessions/month and/or impressions/month for each website or, better yet, link it to Google Analytics so it can keep the numbers up to date automatically.
Another vote to be allowed to add websites - otherwise it's just a site for social media influencers.
Hey Tony - BIG props on this! A great community-led effort. I've signed up and I am using it now. Thank you!
Hey Travel Massive community 👋
I’m Niki, founder of AirTrackBot.
Since 2017, I’ve been building tools that help travelers find better flight prices. Today, we’re launching something we’ve wanted to build for a long time - AirTrackBot Flight Deals, a free AI-powered tool for discovering unusually good fares.
We built it to help travelers find fares that are often 30 to 60% cheaper than typical prices, and sometimes even more.
Since there are already products in this space, here’s what makes ours different.
1. Free to use
No monthly or yearly subscription just to see great deals.
2. Smarter deal ranking
A cheap flight is not always a good deal.
Our deal score looks at several things that actually matter when choosing a flight, including price savings, direct vs connecting flights, travel dates, airline quality, and destination appeal.
So instead of showing random cheap flights, we try to surface deals that are actually worth considering.
3. Flexible or specific destination search
This was one of the most requested things from our users.
You can search for flexible deals from your city to anywhere, or narrow it down to a particular region like Europe, Asia, South America, or the Caribbean.
But you can also choose a specific destination and we’ll look for deals to that exact place — for example, Tokyo, Rome, or New York.
That way, the product works both for people who are open to inspiration and for people who already know where they want to go.
4. Search around your trip style
You can filter deals by things like:
• Destination region
• Specific destination
• Trip length, such as weekend, 1 week, or 2 weeks
• Travel window, such as a specific month or date range
• Trip type, such as beach, warm weather, history and culture, nightlife, food, and more
• Budget
This makes it easier to find deals that match the kind of trip you actually want to take.
5. AI search in plain English
Instead of clicking through filters, you can just type what you’re looking for in plain English.
For example:
“Weekend beach trip from Rome under €150”
or
“Cheap flights from Porto to Asia in August or September”
AirTrackBot uses AI to understand your trip idea, turn it into the right search filters, and find matching flight deals.
6. Flight deal alerts
You can also create alerts for the kind of deals you care about, so you don’t have to keep checking manually.
Just customize your search, create an alert, and get fresh deals delivered to your inbox.
We’re really excited to share this with the Travel Massive community.
We’d love to hear your feedback, ideas, questions, and criticism, especially around the search experience, filters, and deal quality.
👉 Try it at airtrackbot.com/flight-deals
Thanks for checking it out!
Niki
Love the concept Niki. Great UI too.
It does looks like its a site that needs some playing around with to work out how to get the right answer though.
I tested a flight I did in the past few years. Toulouse to Siargao in Philippines.
(my price at the time was €400)
- AirTrackBot price today for July26 is €894
If I looked up 2 different bookings, on same day, via nearby Bali for instance the total comes to only €672. (This is a common technique many travellers use today on existing metasearch engines)
Forgetting the inconvenience factor and flight times if I was searching simply for a low price on AirTrackBot I'd still need to run multiple searches to uncover the low price deals.
It would be great to include routes that take in cheaper hubs and locations like this test.
Whether you are a travel advisor writing a customized itinerary for a high-end client, a hotel manager drafting a welcome email, or simply an everyday traveler trying to build a itnerary, you have likely run into the same frustrating wall with AI.
You open the tool, type in your request, and get a response that is competent, but completely generic. It reads like it was written by someone who has never met you.
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*"Make it more exciting"*
Usually, our first instinct is to reply to the AI with vague directions like, "Make it warmer," "Make it more exciting," or "Make it better." But each time you do this, the AI just inches toward another version of the same bland, cliché-filled response.
The Problem: You Are Giving AI a "Mood," Not a Standard
Most people can tell when an AI draft feels off, but they struggle to articulate exactly *why* it failed. When you tell an AI tool to "make it better," you are giving it a mood rather than a concrete standard to follow.
AI is inherently trained to please you, and when it isn't given strict boundaries, it falls back on its worst habits: corporate speak, generic "cheerleader" openers, and overly enthusiastic adjectives. If you ask it to make a description of a Rome walking tour "more exciting," it will just add more exclamation points and words like "breathtaking" and "unforgettable."
The gap between a draft that is just "okay" and one that is "exactly what I needed" is where most people quietly give up and decide AI isn't actually that useful for their travel needs. But the failure isn't the tool—it's how we ask it to revise.
The Fix: Tell AI What to Leave Out
The most useful move you can make when an AI draft is almost there is to pause and ask yourself: *What exactly failed here, and what standard does the next version need to meet?*
Instead of telling the AI what to add, tell it what to leave out. For example, if an AI writes a clunky, overly dense summary of a complex visa requirement or travel policy, do not tell it to "make it better." Instead, give it precise instructions like:
This is doing three jobs at once. Make the headline the main claim, keep only the evidence that supports that claim, and move everything else out.
The Missing Ingredient: Relationship Context
There is one more crucial sentence that most people never add to their AI requests. If your prompts are decent but yielding generic results, it is likely because you are missing relationship context.
AI doesn't know who is speaking and who is listening. If you are a boutique hotel owner emailing a returning VIP guest, or a luxury travel agent pitching a honeymoon to a young couple, *tell the AI that*. One single sentence defining the relationship between the writer and the reader is often the difference between a fine output and a genuinely useful one.
Your FREE Copy-Paste Prompt
Next time you need AI to write an itinerary, a property description, or a travel email, do not start from scratch and do not settle for the first generic response.
Use this copy-paste template to set a strict standard, define the relationship, and tell the AI exactly what to avoid:
*Copy everything below and fill in the blanks. Tweak as you go to make it yours*
I need you to write a [insert format: e.g., 3-day itinerary / welcome email / tour description] for [insert destination/product]. I am a [your role, e.g., local travel expert / hotel manager] writing to [your audience, e.g., a family of four / a returning VIP guest]. Our relationship is [describe tone/relationship: e.g., professional but warm, we have known them for years, they trust us for off-the-beaten-path advice].
The Rules for This Draft
- Do not use generic travel clichés (e.g., "breathtaking," "hidden gem," "unforgettable").
- Keep the tone conversational but direct.
- Leave out any unnecessary introductory filler or cheerleader enthusiasm. Jump straight into the value.
*[Rain Takahashi](www.travelmassive.com/@ra_raines) is a Canadian tech entrepreneur, travel-tech consultant, and travel blogger at [Rain Travels](raintravels.com). He is also a community leader for the [Toronto Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/toronto-travel-massive-156537040) which connect tourism and travel professionals in Toronto and Canada at industry-led networking events and workshops.*
Great advice. From my experience, Claude maintains some context about who you are across chats, especially when using projects (which lets you define context and files for each chat). One thing I recently observed is that you can get away with typos and spelling mistakes when instructing your agent— it will figure out what you mean!
Brilliant, thanks for this!
Thanks for the feedback. I'm hoping to turn this into a series. :)
I use Claude as well, and I've noticed it works best when I bring my own experience into the prompt. The quality usually comes from the person asking the question, not from generic prompts like "give me better options." Industry knowledge + AI is a pretty powerful combination.
Good text!
A lot of people don't seem to understand that AI follows the same rule as research: GIGO - Garbage in Garbage Out. If you start with a bad prompt you are liable to get a bad output.
A couple of months ago I shared DestinationHub here as we kicked off our pilot programs. Today I'm excited to say we're officially out of beta!
A quick reminder of why this exists: I've spent my career in geography and spatial software, and as a lifelong traveler I kept hitting the same wall. The self-guided tour content was great — and then someone handed me a PDF. Try navigating from a PDF on a street corner and you'll understand why I built this.
DestinationHub takes the stop-by-stop tour content organizations have already invested in — walking tours, heritage trails, main street routes, scenic drives — and turns it into an interactive, navigable experience for visitors, with no app download required.
Since our first rendition we've added a lot:
• Trail support and multi-mode tours
• Retail locations and public art
• Games like iSpy (in the works)
And a couple of things worth re-emphasizing from day one: built-in analytics so you can see how visitors actually engage with your content, and tour-completion experiences that funnel users to partner destinations, donation pages, or advertiser content.
We've also turned our map experience into an embeddable, so organizations can drop it straight into their existing website, with more richness and configurability than Google Maps.
DestinationHub is built for DMOs, CVBs, and any organization sitting on great tour content that's stranded in print or PDF. We'll even build your content in the platform for you before handing over the keys to an easy-to-use dashboard.
Currently available to US-based organizations. Take a look at destinationhub.io or get in touch — I'd love to connect!
Congratulations on the official launch, Linda! 🚀
What stands out to me is that you're solving a real-world problem many destinations and tour operators still struggle with: turning valuable content into an engaging visitor experience without forcing users to download another app. The combination of interactive maps, storytelling, and accessibility has huge potential. Wishing you and the DestinationHub team continued success as you scale!
Oh very cool concept!
Congratulations on the launch! Interesting concept! Do you have a demo?
For the first time, [Bangkok Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/bangkok-travel-massive-309854891) went on tour and hosted an [industry social in Pattaya](www.travelmassive.com/events/travel-massive-industry-social-pattaya-edition-5671070723) last week, on the eve of [Thailand Travel Mart Plus 2026](www.thailandtravelmartplus.com) (TTM+) — Thailand’s flagship B2B travel trade event hosted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand.
The gathering brought together hospitality professionals from across Bangkok and Pattaya, representing a range of organisations including: *12Go Asia, Maduzi Hotel Group, UNWTO Affiliates, Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok, Daidawo Haikao Travel Co., Ltd, TTG Asia Media, and the Travel and Pamper vlog*.
Hosted at [Birdland Moods Ville in Pattaya](www.instagram.com/birdlandmoodsville/), the evening offered a warm and intimate setting in which attendees formed new connections over fine food, wine, and thoughtful conversation about the city's evolving travel scene. The strong turnout reflected genuine enthusiasm within the local travel community for events of this kind.
We look forward to hosting further meetups in Pattaya. Those interested in taking part in future gatherings are warmly invited to contact the [Bangkok Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/bangkok-travel-massive-309854891) co-leaders, who would be glad to hear from you. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these photographs from the evening.
Congratulations on a successful gathering!
It's great to see the travel community in Thailand growing stronger through events like these. As a tour operator from Turkmenistan, I always enjoy seeing professionals come together to exchange ideas and create new opportunities for collaboration.
Hopefully one day we'll also welcome some Travel Massive members to discover Turkmenistan and the hidden gems of Central Asia.
Greetings from Turkmenistan!
Thank you, Batyr, for your comment! Indeed I'm sure our Travel Massive members would be delighted to visit Turkmenistan, should they have the chance. I myself also have my eye on Central Asia as well - it is a beautiful and fascinating region with so much to discover.
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Koytendag in eastern Turkmenistan, and it reminded me how much of this country remains largely unknown to international travelers.
While Turkmenistan is often associated with the Karakum Desert, Koytendag offers a completely different experience. The region is home to rugged mountains, dramatic canyons, caves, waterfalls, and one of the world's most remarkable paleontological sites — the famous Dinosaur Plateau with its ancient fossilized footprints.
What impressed me most was the feeling of space and solitude. In an era when many destinations struggle with overtourism, places like Koytendag still offer a genuine sense of discovery.
For those interested in nature, geology, and off-the-beaten-path destinations, Koytendag is certainly one of Central Asia's hidden gems.
Have you visited a place that completely changed your perception of a country?
For anyone wondering where Koytendag is:
maps.app.goo.gl/V8Kpa8PFRxTf1Td97
www.atlasobscura.com/places/kyrk-gyz-cave
Thanks, Ian!
Yes, Koytendag is one of Turkmenistan’s most spectacular and least-known regions. Besides the famous Kyrk Gyz Cave, the area is home to dinosaur footprints, dramatic canyons, mountain lakes, and some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes.
It’s definitely a hidden gem for travelers looking for something beyond the usual tourist routes. Thanks for sharing the links and helping put Koytendag on the map!
Hopefully more adventurous travelers will discover this incredible part of Turkmenistan in the future.
I’d be happy to show you around Koytendag on your next visit to Turkmenistan! 😄
Gorgeous photos! 😍
Thanks Ryan! 😊 Turkmenistan is full of hidden gems and photogenic places. These were taken during one of our recent adventures exploring the country. Hopefully you'll get the chance to visit someday!
I hope so too!
You're always welcome! 😊
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Sydney last week for our [Travel Industry Social at Caption by Hyatt](www.travelmassive.com/events/sydney-june-travel-industry-networking-6742734598). It was a fun evening of great conversation and connection across the travel industry.
We were delighted to welcome long-time members alongside plenty of new faces — hoteliers, travel writers, travel tech professionals, and tourism marketing and event specialists. The [TalkShop at Caption by Hyatt](www.instagram.com/talkshopsydney/) made the perfect setting: bright, vibrant, and just steps from the Capitol Theatre in Haymarket.
A massive thanks to Peter and the whole Caption team for an outstanding evening. We were absolutely blown away by your hospitality and generosity - the canapes were delicious, and the winners of the Lion King tickets in the raffle were delighted!
See you at our next Sydney event! 👋
*Want to be part of events like this? Join the [Sydney Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/sydney-travel-massive-137260029) community to stay updated on upcoming events, and contact [Sarah Rhodes](www.travelmassive.com/@sarah-rhodes) if you’d like to sponsor an event.*
Caption just raised the bar! What a fun event last week, it was great to catch up with everyone and delighted for our members that won some tickets to see the Lion King!
A few weeks ago, London Travel Massive and hoppswap brought together travellers, locals and content creators to experience Walthamstow, East London through the people who know it best, its locals.
A big to Matthew and everyone from the London Travel Massive community who joined us to share a wonderful evening of connection and truly local experiences.
The evening began at God’s Own Junkyard, home to the iconic neon signs that once lit up Soho, before heading to Mothers Ruin #1 for gin in Time Out for a live gin making session. We finished in the home of a hoppswap member, sharing drinks, stories and conversations with people who had only just met.
For us, that’s what travel should be about. Not just seeing places, but connecting with people, culture and local communities along the way.
And that’s exactly what we’re building at hoppswap: a social travel community where members connect with like minded travellers, experience destinations through locals and unlock affordable travel through home swapping.
The evening was also a way to celebrate our new "Founding Circle" for early supporters of hoppswap. Learn more at www.hoppswap.com/founding-members
See you at the next event and thanks to everyone who joined us!
👇 Social links:
God’s Own Junkyard: instagram.com/gods.ownjunkyard/
Mothers Ruin #1: instagram.com/MOTHERSRUINE17/
hoppswapp: instagram.com/hoppswap/
Looks so fun!
It was so fun Eileen, hats off to everyone who made the trip and played a role in making it such a fun evening!
HERE'S THE NEXT 5 UPCOMING EVENTS:
Travel Massive Lisbon Relaunch Party — Under the Bridge at Escala 25
We're relaunching Travel Massive Lisbon and kicking things off in one of the city's most unique venues. Where travel people meet. Literally beneath one of the most iconic bridges in the world.
Join us at Escala 25, a climbing and social venue located beneath the iconic Ponte 25 de Abril, next to LX Factory in Alcântara. Surrounded by the dramatic architecture of the bridge overhead, the venue combines an outdoor climbing wall, relaxed social spaces, and a lively bar atmosphere—making it the perfect setting to reconnect Lisbon's travel community.
Event Details
📅 Date: Monday 22 June
🕔 Time: 17:30 onwards
📍 Location: Escala 25, beneath Ponte 25 de Abril, Lisbon
🍺 Bar: Open all evening with drinks and food available to order
👉 RSVP Required: Attendance is free, but registration is mandatory.
This is a casual, community-focused evening with no presentations, no panels, and no formal agenda. Join us to:
• Meet fellow travel professionals
• Expand your network
• Exchange ideas and industry insights
• Discover potential partners and collaborators
• Catch up with old friends and make new connections
• Enjoy a drink in a unique Lisbon setting
Whether you work in travel tech, hospitality, aviation, tourism, media, marketing, content creation, startups, or travel investment, you'll find your people here.
And if you know others in the industry, bring them along (after they've registered, of course).
🧗 Want to Climb?
As part of our partnership with Escala 25, attendees will have access to special conditions to try the climbing wall before or during the event.
No experience is necessary. Just bring your curiosity, a sense of adventure, and comfortable clothes if you'd like to give it a go.
After all, a little climbing feels appropriate for a travel community.
Please reserve your spot using the RSVP link so we can manage venue capacity and ensure everyone has a great experience.
About Travel Massive
Travel Massive is the world's largest community of travel industry professionals, connecting people across travel technology, hospitality, aviation, tourism, media, startups, destination marketing, and travel investment. Whether you're building a travel company, creating travel content, working for a destination, investing in travel businesses, or simply passionate about the future of travel, Travel Massive provides a welcoming global network where connections turn into collaborations, partnerships, friendships, and new ideas.
Join the Lisbon Travel Massive chapter to stay updated with future events www.travelmassive.com/posts/lisbon-travel-massive-991705117
Link to event pageJoin us for a causal get-together for travel industry professionals and travel enthusiasts. Come by, say hi, and enjoy a drink and some food (not included). This is a great opportunity to see old faces and meet new people in travel!
📍 Venue
The Dock at Montrose Beach
200 W Montrose Harbor Dr, Chicago, IL 60640
📅 Tuesday, June 23rd
🕔 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
👉 RSVP Required: Attendance is free, but registration is mandatory.
Join us to:
• Meet fellow travel professionals and travel enthusiasts
• Expand your network
• Exchange ideas and industry insights
• Discover potential partners and collaborators
• Catch up with old friends and make new connections
This is a casual, community-focused evening with no presentations, no panels, and no formal agenda. Whether you work in travel tech, hospitality, aviation, tourism, media, marketing, content creation, startups, travel investment, or if you just have a love for travel, you'll find your people here. And if you know others in the industry, bring them along (after they've registered, of course).
Link to event pageDiscover why Uganda is one of Africa’s most exciting and diverse destinations.
Travel Massive members, tour operators, travel advisors, media, content creators, tourism professionals and industry partners are invited to join the Uganda Roadshow Germany 2026, taking place in Düsseldorf and Munich this June.
Meet leading Ugandan hotels, lodges, destination management companies and tourism suppliers, gain first-hand destination insights, and explore new opportunities for collaboration and business development.
Why attend?
• Meet 15+ leading tourism stakeholders from Uganda
• Learn about the latest destination developments and tourism products
• Discover safari, wildlife, gorilla trekking, cultural and community tourism experiences
• Network directly with Ugandan tourism professionals and fellow travel industry colleagues
• Explore opportunities in tourism, trade and investment
• Enjoy authentic Ugandan hospitality, cuisine and cultural performances
📍 Düsseldorf – 23 June 2026
📍 Munich – 25 June 2026
The events are organised by Eastern Favourites Representation in collaboration with the Uganda Tourism Board and the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Berlin.
Attendance is complimentary, but registration is required.
We look forward to welcoming you to discover the Pearl of Africa.
Link to event pageThe Travel Massive Bali chapter is coming together for an insightful workshop and networking event sponsored by Airwallex.
Join us on Wednesday, 24 June, for an AI workshop designed for travel businesses, followed by networking with fellow industry leaders.
The workshop will be led by two representatives from Heads on Pillows: Dinh Dinh (Jasmine) Vo, Lead Account Executive, Southeast Asia, and Shaun Huy, SEO/GEO Manager.
Topics will include:
• Why GEO is different from traditional SEO
• How AI search actually works in travel and hospitality
• Why brand definition matters before AI acceleration
• Why GEO cannot be measured like traditional SEO
• Prompt monitoring and new success metrics
The workshop will be followed by an interactive session where you will:
• Learn how you want to be found versus how customers are actually searching
• Explore live AI brand prompts
• Receive an infrastructure audit for AI discoverability
• Walk away with actionable recommendations
The event will be held at Hyatt Regency Bali in Sanur. Networking drinks will be provided for all attendees, courtesy of our event sponsor, Airwallex.
About the sponsor
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform helping businesses operate across borders with ease through multi-currency accounts, international payments, and modern financial infrastructure.
Community partner
Livit Hub Bali, a coworking and innovation hub that brings together entrepreneurs, startups, remote professionals, and impact-driven businesses through flexible workspaces, community events, and business support programs.
📍 Location: Hyatt Regency Bali - Jl. Danau Tamblingan No.89, Sanur
⏰ Time: 4 pm to 7 pm
Agenda
• 4 pm - Arrival and networking
• 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm - Workshop: The AI Search Playbook for Travel Businesses
• 5:30 pm - 7 pm - Networking drinks
Speakers
Dinh Dinh (Jasmine) Vo is Lead Account Executive SE Asia at Heads on Pillows, specializing in hospitality, with a strong foundation in project management and a proven track record of servicing hotel clients across Southeast Asia. She is currently leading a team to deliver data-driven marketing strategies focused on one core objective: driving Heads on Pillows (HOP) and maximizing direct bookings.
Shaun Huy is an SEO/GEO Manager at Artemis Digital and Heads On Pillows, helping brands grow their organic visibility across both traditional search and the new wave of generative engines across the global market. With a background spanning hospitality and tourism alongside broader multi-industry experience, he focuses on turning organic search into a reliable growth channel rather than just a line item in the marketing budget.
This workshop and networking are open to travel professionals across the industry, including tour operators, travel agents, DMCs, and hotels.
Please note that capacity is limited, so we recommend registering in advance.
Looking forward to seeing you on 24 June!
Link to event pageDiscover the Future of Travel Innovation - An Evening with Stripe, the Entrepreneurs Collective & Travel Massive
Travel Massive London, Stripe and the Entrepreneurs Collective, invite travel industry leaders to join us at one of our most popular annual events. Coinciding with the Travel Tech Show London, join us at a private gathering of industry pioneers, leading travel brands, investors, and disruptive startups reshaping the future of travel and hospitality. Our travel innovation and pitch night is one not to miss.
📍 Location: Stripe, 5th Floor, 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UN
🗓️ Date: Thursday, 25th June 2026
🕕 Time: 17:30 - 18:00 registration. Main event 18:00 - 20:30.
✅ Advance RSVP Required
Why Attend?
This curated evening is designed for executives seeking a strategic edge. Gain exposure to emerging travel technologies, meet the founders of a collection of exciting travel startups and engage directly with investors and innovators driving sector-wide transformation. If you're in London for the Travel Tech Show at Excel you're definitely going to want to make this a part of your schedule.
The programme features:
✔️ Live startup pitches from companies solving real-world challenges in travel operations, experience design, payments, and personalisation.
✔️ High-impact insights from leading entrepreneurs and investors on what it takes to scale innovation in the enterprise space.
✔️ Networking, drinks and bites with peers and disruptors, including C-suite leaders, VCs, and startup founders at the forefront of next-generation travel solutions.
Featured Speakers:
Ahead of the pitches, you can expect a lively discussion on growth, technology, innovation and partnerships with:
• Camille Drevillon, Chief Strategy Officer at Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group.
• Alisdair Luxmoore, Founder and Director of Vamoos and FleeWinter.
The conversation will be lead by James Lemon, Stripe's Global Lead for Hospitality, Travel & High growth industries. Stripe powers financial infrastructure for millions of businesses worldwide from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups. Learn more at tmsv.co/stripe
Matthew Gardiner will share some of the key findings from Travel Massive and Stripe’s latest industry research into what’s driving growth across the travel sector, drawing on insights from travel businesses around the world.
Pitching Startups:
• ReelTrip - Melanie Keenan
• Awesome Experiences - William Burton
• Kyte - Alice Ferrari
• Hoppswap - Mo Shariff
• Roam Smart Tracker - Romi Mathew
Judges:
• Bobby Demri, ROCH Ventures
• Claudia Yupangcov, Redrice Ventures
• Bernice Brooks, Guinness Ventures
• Claire McCarthy, Nuitée
Who are the disruptors your business needs to watch?
As the travel sector continues to evolve rapidly, this event offers a strategic lens into the technologies and models that could define your next competitive advantage. Who are the disruptors your business needs to watch? Where is innovation driving new growth and efficiency? How should enterprise travel companies position themselves for what's next?
Join us to find out.
Questions about this event? Please email your event host: Matthew Gardiner, Director of Travel Massive London: matthew@travelmassive.com
Please note: when you register for this event (which must be done in advance) we will also be sharing your details with Stripe and the Entrepreneurs Collective to allow us to process your registration and facilitate your access to the pitch-night. There will also be photography at the event. On the evening you will also have to bring photo ID.
Link to event pageLearn how to acquire new inbound markets at this Industry Session presented by Saigon Travel Massive and Airwallex.
Join Travel Massive and Airwallex for an insightful session on how travel businesses identify, enter, and grow new inbound markets. As competition for international visitors intensifies and traveler behavior continues to evolve, destinations and travel businesses are increasingly looking beyond their traditional source markets to drive growth. Secure your spot today.
📍 Location: Sofitel Saigon Plaza (17 Lê Duẩn, Sài Gòn, Hồ Chí Minh)
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 1st July 2026
⏰ Time: 4 pm to 7 pm
✅ RSVP is essential — please register on this event page
Why attend?
The event will feature case study presentations from industry practitioners who have successfully expanded into new source markets, followed by a panel discussion exploring the strategies, partnerships, challenges, and lessons behind those efforts.
If you represent a destination, hotel, DMC, tour operator, travel agency, or travel technology company, then this event is not to be missed — you will gain practical insights into turning market awareness into actual visitor arrivals.
After the official program, attendees will have the opportunity to continue the conversation, exchange ideas, and connect with fellow industry professionals over networking drinks sponsored by our co-host Airwallex.
Agenda
4:00pm - 4:30pm Arrival and networking
4:30pm - 6:00pm Solo presentations and panel discussion
6:00pm - 7:00pm Networking drinks
Panelists
• Hao Tran, Founder & CEO, Vietcetera (moderator)
• Thang Phan, CEO, Aravinda Travel, and BDM, SJourney Luxury Train
• Chau Nguyen, Founder, Urbanist Travel
• Alistair Minty, General Manager, Sofitel Saigon Plaza
Solo presenters
• Andrew Chim, Head of SEA Expansion, Airwallex
• Thang Phan, CEO, Aravinda Travel, and BDM, SJourney Luxury Train
About Airwallex
Airwallex is a global financial technology company that provides businesses with cross-border payments, multi-currency accounts, and embedded financial services, helping companies collect, hold, and move money internationally without the friction and cost of traditional banking. Learn more at www.airwallex.com/vn-en
About Saigon Travel Massive
Saigon Travel Massive is the local chapter of Travel Massive — a network established in Vietnam in 2014 that has grown to over 1,500 members, connecting travel professionals from leading hotel brands, DMCs, tour operators, local tourism boards, investors, and KOLs to network and learn. Learn more at: www.travelmassive.com/posts/ho-chi-minh-city-travel-massive-719984002
This event is open to travel professionals across the industry, including tour operators, travel agents, DMCs, hotels, startups, travel media, and content creators.
👉 The event is free to attend, but seats are limited. Please register in advance to secure your spot.
— Looking forward to seeing you on 1 July!
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