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I launched Artsy Traveler in March 2020 , which is arguably the worst possible month to start a travel blog. Travel stopped, we all hunkered down, and my new blog sat waiting.
Mt travel blog grew out of my other work. I write historical novels, all of them inspired by the arts, and in 2019 I'd built Art In Fiction, a database of arts-inspired novels. Developing it, I kept noticing that my readers were also travelers, people who planned trips around the arts and history in the books they loved. Artsy Traveler was my way to scratch that travel-writing itch.
When travel returned in 2022, so did I, and I began building Artsy Traveler into a real arts and culture travel blog focused mainly on Europe and Canada, with recent forays into Thailand, Costa Rica, and beyond. For a while, I ran it separately from my novels and my podcast (The Art In Fiction Podcast, 75 episodes now). I'd decided that Art In Fiction was for readers and Artsy Traveler was for traveler, although I began to suspect that more often than not they were the same person.
In 2026 I finally connected the dots. My ideal reader is a 55+ independent traveler who values comfort, chooses novels related to their arts and cultural interests, and plans trips around museums, galleries, and performances. Once I saw that clearly, Artsy Traveler stopped being a side hustle and became the front door. I even built a bot, Your Artsy Traveler Companion, that helps readers find arts-inspired novels set in the places they're visiting, plus related blog posts. The novels, the podcast, and the blog stopped competing for my time and started reinforcing each other.
Read and learn more about the Artsy Traveler at www.artsy-traveler.com
I'm curious how others here have niched down far enough that separate projects ended up serving the same person.
Hi everyone,
I wanted to share a small personal project I’ve been working on called Travel Value Score.
I’m actually a dentist, not a developer or someone who works in the travel industry. I just enjoy traveling and have always found myself comparing different destinations and wondering where my money would actually go the furthest.
So in my spare time, I started building a website that compares countries based on overall travel value. The idea is to look beyond just which places are cheapest and instead help people find destinations where they can get good value based on where they’re traveling from.
It’s still a pretty new project and I’m continuing to improve it whenever I have time. I’d genuinely appreciate any feedback, especially from people here who know the travel industry much better than I do.
Check it out at travelvaluescore.com
Thanks for taking a look.
The idea itself is very interesting!
Thanks for sharing!
However, travelling through countries which currency is being degraded might sound a bit unethical and I'm not sure if that's the type of tourims i would like to push.
Anyways, I like it a lot as an infromative website! Congrats!
Most successful tourism destinations benefit from having an attractive currency - look at Japan, Thailand, Australia, etc. What matters is spending your money where it goes into the local economy and won't get extracted (eg via foreign owned hotels or mass package tours).
The safety score needs a bit of elaboration though. This is highly subjective as every city in the world has some dangerous places.
Hi Nacho. Thanks for your feedback and your kind words!
I know currency alone does not fully reflect the value for travelling to a country so I added in other factors as well to calculate the score (seasonality, safety, weather, etc). I will continue to refine the methods of scoring!
Safety score is definitely being worked on further.
The difficulty definitely is that safety is indeed subjective and safety varies even within the country. So for this reason, it becomes even more difficult for a geographically larger country like Australia/USA for example. I will continue to look for a better solution.
Thanks for your feedback!!
Melbourne's travel community filled the rooftop for the latest [Travel Massive Melbourne gathering](www.travelmassive.com/events/sunset-rooftop-drinks-in-melbournes-west-end-2482733016), hosted at [Courtyard by Marriott Melbourne Flagstaff Gardens](www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/melcy-courtyard-melbourne-flagstaff-gardens/overview/) in West Melbourne — one of the biggest turnouts the chapter has seen in a while following a recent membership drive.
The evening welcomed travel journalists, tour operators, founders, creators and professionals from travel and tourism companies including *Inspiring Vacations, Qatar Airways, 50 Degrees North, I Know The Pilot, Videreo and Flights Club*, just to name a few. We were also joined by members from Filipino World Travelers, Young Tourism Network (YTN), and the Australian Society of Travel Writers. Speaking of travel writing, long-time member Tim Richards was there too, with a preview of his latest published travel book [Train Europe](www.readings.com.au/events/train-europe-by-tim-richards), a rail guide to Europe and the UK spanning 20 trips.
#Meet our host: Courtyard by Marriott Melbourne Flagstaff Gardens
General Manager [Scott Breen](www.linkedin.com/in/scott-breen/) welcomed members and introduced the property to first-time visitors. Opened a few years ago at [50 Batman Street](maps.app.goo.gl/GFoSu3rhHhdjnEa1A), the hotel sits in a well-connected pocket of West Melbourne, a short walk from Southern Cross Station and Marvel Stadium, with a rooftop entertainment space that hosted us on the night. Scott shared the team's ambition to draw more visitors to this side of Melbourne city, an area that's easy to reach but still flying under the radar.
To get new and established members talking, we played a hotly contested round of networking bingo, with [Elizabeth Costello](www.travelmassive.com/@elizabeth-costello-1012601561) from Tourism North East and [Diya Joshi](www.travelmassive.com/@diya-joshi-3040773019) from Travel and Leisure walking away with a complimentary night's stay including breakfast at Courtyard by Marriott.
Thank you to everyone who came along, to Casey and Justin for bringing so many new members into the fold, and to Scott and his colleagues Jason, April and the Courtyard by Marriott team for hosting us so generously. We're already looking forward to the next one: in late November. Keep an eye on the event page for details, and we hope to see you there.
— Casey, Justin and Melbourne Travel Massive team
*Want to be part of events like this? Join the [Melbourne Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/melbourne-travel-massive-258662400) to stay in the loop for the next event. Contact chapter leaders [Casey Mead](www.travelmassive.com/@kckiwigirl) and [Justin Meneguzzi](www.travelmassive.com/@justin-meneguzzi) to sponsor an event.*
This was a great event and always good to catch up with my Melbourne friends and meet some new members. Thanks Casey and Justin for organising!
Cant wait for the next meet up!
Sorry I couldn't be there everyone. Unsurprisingly for this industry, I am in Canada for work! Can't wait to organise and see you at the next one.
I really must put myself out there and meet all these incredible people in the industry. Thank you for organising and i will look out for the next event
"Beachfront" means almost nothing. Sometimes you step out and swim. Sometimes there's a trek, a marina, and water you wouldn't go back into. No booking site describes what the water is actually like.
My wife Susan and I are open-water swimmers, and for years we've planned trips around one question: can we stay somewhere good and get a great swim right outside the door? It started when a friend asked for a couple of Costa Brava hotels that would suit swimmers. I began writing the list and couldn't stop.
53 hotels across 10 countries now, each checked against four rules: direct access to the water or under five minutes on foot, a real unobstructed swim route, water worth swimming in, and a hotel worth staying at even if you never got in. Binary curation, closer to Michelin than TripAdvisor. Well-known properties have been left off because the swim didn't hold up.
There are no affiliate links. Every listing goes straight to the hotel's own site. Every photograph is used with permission, asked for one hotel at a time, or sent by swimmers who have been there. That has been slower than expected, and more rewarding.
What I'd most value from this group is a read on the product. Is the proposition clear, is the curation convincing, and what would you do differently? And, if you know of a property that should be here and is not, please let me know.
Thx so much for your attention. Explore the website over at bluewaterhotels.com
very cool, thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Nupur!
One request: please start a newsletter! Or even just send out updates. I'd happily sign up for an occasional new hotel, swimming spot, or other place you've discovered. I looked for one and couldn't find it. Great idea, wonderful editorial, and beautiful site.
This is a great resource, thanks for sharing!
As someone who lives on a beach, I'm always curious about the rules of beach access in other places. For example here in Australia all beaches are free to access, there's no "private beach" concept.
Water temperature would be nice to know!
Hi everyone, I’d love to hear from travel advisors and travel professionals who work with international destinations.
When you have clients interested in Morocco, how do you usually choose a local trip organizer or partner? What matters most to you — local experience, communication, flexibility, pricing, or something else?
I have experience organizing trips in Morocco and I’m interested in understanding what U.S.-based travel professionals look for when working with partners on the ground.
Hi Travel Massive! I’m Shir, founder of Globe Thrivers 👋🏼
I started as a travel creator 10 years ago, so I know the DMs. "Where should I stay?" "Can you send me your itinerary?" "What hotel did you stay at?"
You're already influencing where people travel. The problem is there's no infrastructure to capture any of that value.
That's what we built.
With Globe Thrivers, creators can:
✈️ Turn their recommendations into bookable itineraries
🤖 Use AI to turn existing content into trip plans
🗺️ Give followers one place to find all their travel recommendations
👯 Let followers save, remix, and personalize their trips
💸 Earn when bookings happen through their recommendations
Your content already drives travel decisions. Now you can capture the value. 🌎
👉 Learn more and get started at www.globethrivers.com
Amazing!
This is such a great app idea !
Love this!
This app is the best!!!
Good idea!
I love the booking place where you can compare different OTAs prices!! :D
However, I'm wondering, why would a user leave his social media fee to join a different platform if all info is usually included into that social media app?
How would they look for your brand instead of google those spots/restaurants/hotels, or ask to chatgpt?
Hi Nacho!
We're not competing with social media for discovery. The gap is what happens after someone gets inspired - right now that intent just evaporates into screenshots, Google tabs, and spreadsheets, with zero attribution back to the creator.
A creator shares one link (still posted on social) that leads to their storefront; their actual recs, already bookable. We're not replacing the discovery moment, we're capturing what happens next.
Regarding ChatGPT - People want structured, bookable answers with social proof, not just search results. We're the layer that turns "here's a rec" into "here's a real itinerary you can organize and book," whether that rec came from a creator or an AI.
So it's not about pulling users away from social or search - it's about giving them somewhere to go once they're actually ready to plan and book. Hope that makes sense :)
Travellers write about their trips in their own language, and every story ends with one honest question: would I go back?
No star ratings, no scores. Instead of a number, every report carries the traveller's verdict — Definitely, Yes with conditions, Probably not, Definitely not. Negative experiences are just as welcome as positive ones.
A report can also be verified with real proof: a booking confirmation, a restaurant bill, or a geotagged photo. The badge says exactly what was verified, without publishing the traveller's evidence.
You just write, like you'd tell a friend. The places you mention are found automatically and pinned on a map under your report.
Because when we come back from a trip and talk about it with friends, nobody asks, “How many stars would you give it?” The question that actually matters is much simpler: would you go back?
Back From My Trip is live and features almost 200 trip reports at BackFromMyTrip.com.
I'd love to know how you'd answer that question about your last trip.
This is such a great example of combining human curation with AI to make something that's easy to use but still feels warm, personal, and trustworthy. Really well done.
Thank you Jeremy.
Hi everyone, I'm Krish, a student from Jharkhand, based in Bangalore.
I founded Almanac in April 2026 after noticing something specific: YouTube comment sections under videos about India travel were full of people asking about places like Bara Bhangal, Hunderman, Gartang Gali — and getting no answers. No guidebook covered them. No platform had researched them. The demand existed. The supply didn't.
So I built it.
Six months later: 27 expedition books on genuinely undocumented Indian destinations. A 96-city 3D cinematic map. An AI travel assistant trained on verified local research. Direct operator contacts in every book — no booking system, no commission, just the actual person to call. Try it out at almanacindia.com.
The platform is built on a two-way flywheel this community helped me see clearly: mainstream city guides anchor domain authority and funnel traffic toward hidden destination pages that create the "wait, what is this?" moment that drives sharing.
Three things I learned building this that nobody tells you:
Distribution is harder than the product. The books are done. The map works. The AI chat is live. Getting the first 1,000 people to see it is the actual problem. Every founder says this. It's still surprising when you live it.
Specificity is the only moat. "Hidden places in India" is noise. "Hunderman — the village that was Pakistan until 1971, 8km from Kargil, with a Museum of Memories on the Line of Control" is a story nobody else has told. The more specific the research, the more defensible the position.
Editorial credibility takes time that algorithms don't respect. We built llms.txt, structured data, AI crawler access, IndexNow — everything to be findable. But Google still needs to trust a new domain. That trust is built one backlink, one citation, one piece of genuinely useful content at a time.
If anyone here covers India travel, knows editors at publications that do, or has faced the same distribution problem with a research-heavy product — I'd love to connect.
Im in, i love the idea, and i will probably use it in my next trip to India...
however i notice it is made with Claude...
You can feel that all texts. boxes, colors and user flows are the same as all new IA made projects.
I would personalize it a little bit more... the devil is in details!
(also your presdentation text, its well developed but its still too obvious that you cross it by IA)
Anyways, it is a beautifuill site and I like the idea if the info is genuine!
(BTW your sign up telephone box is not supporting the + symbol... and the registration is not confirming your email through double optin... you need to keep working on it)
I'm glad I'm not the only one recognising AI coded sites!
I did give Krish some feedback a few weeks ago and he addressed it before we published his post.
Now comes the hard part - getting human visitors and customers.
Hi Ian,
Still working on your insights, but would genuinely want more insights for making it less obvious AI coded sites and for building trust among travellers , As the info is genuinely profound and correct.
I think it's fine to have an AI generated site so long as a) it works, and b) it's accurate.
The skepticism from users comes from thinking "oh, this site was made in 5 minutes, is it real?". So you need to work on humanising your site. One idea is put a photo of yourself with a "Made by a human assisted by AI" message on the footer, to convey that you really made it. Put a photo of yourself on the "about" page too.
Also, fix a few obvious things such as text overlapping the navbar when you scroll. And add a favicon.
Hope that helps!
What a night! After some time away, we couldn't have asked for a better welcome back for the [Tokyo Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/tokyo-travel-massive-570089860) chapter last week at UltraSuperNew KURA in Shibuya. We had a [full house](www.travelmassive.com/events/tokyo-travel-massive-chapter-reboot-meetup-3791818920) of familiar faces and new ones, all in the mood to connect.
The room brought together a brilliant cross section of our industry. Travel technology and marketing professionals from companies including *JTB Group, Tobu Group, Travelpayouts, EXO Japan, Hanshin Contents Link, HIS and Derbysoft* joined tour guides and operators, content creators and travel startups. It was exactly the kind of mix that make attending Travel Massive events so worthwhile — some members traveled from nearby prefectures to attend.
To get the conversation flowing, we played a round of Travel Bingo, a fun networking idea we borrowed from our friends at the Toronto and LA Travel Massive chapters, sending everyone around the room to swap stories and make new connections. Three winners took home a special gift of artisanal Tasman Sea Salt, brought all the way from the East Coast of Tasmania. We were also thrilled to be joined by Melbourne Travel Massive co-leader Casey Mead and our global founder Ian Cumming, who came along to help welcome the chapter back.
#A Treasure House of a Venue: UltraSuperNew KURA
It helped that the setting was unbeatable. We gathered at [UltraSuperNew KURA](kura.ultrasupernew.com), a rooftop creative hub at the creative agency [UltraSuperNew](light.ultrasupernew.com)'s office in Shibuya, named after the traditional Japanese "Kura" or treasure house. It is a space built to nurture a community of creatives, artists and innovators, and it plays host to everything from exhibitions and portfolio nights to speaker series, supper clubs and weekend markets. The weather was perfect, and the views from the rooftop gallery were nothing short of spectacular.
A huge thank you to Marc and the team at UltraSuperNew KURA for opening their doors to us, and to gallery assistant Rachel Nash for looking after the drinks and snacks. And a big thanks every one of you who came along and made the reboot such a success.
This is just the beginning. Join the [Tokyo Travel Massive](www.travelmassive.com/posts/tokyo-travel-massive-570089860) community to stay in the loop on upcoming events, and reach out if you'd like to get involved. We can't wait to see you at the next one.
— Ally & Scott, Travel Massive Tokyo
It was an honour and a privilege to be able to make a guest appearance, and to meet so many interesting people from across the travel industry in Tokyo and across wider Japan! Great work arranging such a cool space and attracting a great crowd for the relaunch of the chapter, Ally, Scott and team. We look forward to returning!
This was such a fun event, and wonderful to meet so many members of our community in Tokyo and Japan. Thanks Scott and Ally for bringing this chapter back to life! We can't wait to visit again.
*Everyone in travel is building AI for the front end. The bigger, more durable opportunity is in the back end — and rather than write about it, I built a working demonstration of it. This is for the commercial, product, distribution, strategy and technology leaders at travel supply and distribution businesses: wholesalers, DMCs, OTAs, package-holiday businesses, agency networks, loyalty programs and startups.*
Most of the AI conversation in travel right now is centred on the front end — agentic tools and chatbots for itinerary planning and booking. I think that is the wrong place to be looking for the biggest wins.
After more than 20 years in the industry, including leading global strategy for a large multinational travel company and a background in revenue management, I'm convinced the more durable opportunity sits in the back end: the API integrations, content mapping, supplier selection and pricing decisions that quietly govern how travel businesses actually run.
To show what that looks like, I built the [Travel Spark Solution Lab](lab.travelspark.com.au) — a set of working demonstrations, not an off-the-shelf SaaS product, that let business leaders see redesigned travel processes running live. What follows is what it is, why I built it, and what surprised me when we did.
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*The Solution Lab asks a single question — "Does it really have to be this hard?" — and makes it tangible through working demonstrations across supply activation, booking and pricing.*
#Why the front end isn't where the opportunity is
The current focus has been driven in part by the big OTAs, which have talked about the contribution of AI chatbots to their revenue — although that contribution remains incredibly low. Travel agencies are also looking at how AI can streamline customer enquiries, itinerary creation and the initial consulting process. The industry seems totally focused on the front end of the sales experience.
I think AI and technology more broadly give businesses an opportunity to do something more fundamental. Travel has built its solutions around years of systems and technology constraints. If we could completely redesign areas such as API integration and content mapping today, we wouldn't necessarily build those same inefficiencies back into our businesses.
#Where this came from for me
When I was looking after global strategy for a large multinational travel company, I was trying to solve the challenge of API integrations and content normalisation across multiple sources.
At the time, our easiest solution was a technology intermediary that sat between two systems and already had API connectivity built. Before that, the business was looking at manual loading, spreadsheet management and hands-on-keyboard approaches.
Ten years ago, that allowed us to automate a lot. With the advancement in AI and technology, I now ask where we can improve on those solutions again.
I've seen this challenge even quite recently. A large organisation went through an RFP and tender process to look for new sources of supply and new suppliers, alongside the usual commercial returns.
They reached the final tender preparations before learning from their technology team that a new integration would take more than 12 weeks, come at a significant cost, and pull resources away from other scheduled work. An inefficient technology process ended up driving the commercial outcome at the business level.
#The question behind the Solution Lab
The driving question for me was how we could take some of those travel industry norms, improve them, and speed up the processes behind them.
API integration is a great example. If we can use an AI solution to read documentation, map to a canonical data model, and build out 80 to 90% of an API adapter before handing it over to an engineer or developer, we're taking a 12-week process and making it one to two weeks.
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*Supply Activation, step one: the system reads a supplier's API documentation — deterministic extraction first, then AI to resolve ambiguity — and turns it into a capability matrix, so commercial teams can understand a supplier before any development starts.*
That was the central question: how do we break some of that established thinking and redesign these processes from scratch?
#Why I built it
These challenges are often hard to understand because they happen deep inside technology and operational processes. Rather than writing a white paper about what new solutions might deliver, it felt more useful to build one and let business leaders see it working. My intent was to combine commercial IP developed over years of working for large and complex travel organisations with modern technology.
#What surprised us when we built it
What really surprised me was seeing live Hotelbeds searches come through in the Booking Hub. Although we've only built to a few API calls, we created the underlying pattern within hours.
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*The Booking Hub running a live Hotelbeds search: 230 source offers from multiple suppliers normalised into 56 comparable, bookable products in one interface — with the commercial model applied on top.*
More importantly, we were able to prove some things around data modelling and room mapping — to the point where we found an error in one of the supplier feeds. There was a spelling error in the room type name, and our system managed to pick it up and join two different room names into a single room.
For me, that was a powerful example of something deterministic models or traditional matching algorithms wouldn't necessarily have caught, because on the surface the two entries looked like completely different offerings. We built rules around the room-type naming issue, and you can now see them working live in the demo.
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*Mapping suppliers to a canonical master: the system adjudicates each match with visible evidence — name, address, distance and brand — removing roughly 85% of the manual effort while surfacing only genuine exceptions for review.*
#Rethinking pricing and supply
One of the most interesting parts of the Solution Lab is the pricing model and its optimisation algorithms.
While that sounds technical, my background in revenue management let me rethink parts of the pricing journey that are currently missed. Businesses often choose relatively arbitrary markup or price-adjustment figures to sit within a competitive set.
In the Lab, the model also considers customer service scores, API technical uptime, error rates, commercial rebates and back-end overrides that impact the deal.
This creates an opportunity to move beyond the old model in which the cheapest net rate always wins in supply orchestration. The system can choose what makes the most sense for the business at that point in time.
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*The pricing and orchestration layer choosing both a customer price and a supplier route against a commercial objective — showing that the cheapest net rate doesn't automatically win once service scores, reliability, rebates and margin are weighed together.*
Customer prices can then be based on market value. Regardless of where we buy the product, the customer's willingness to pay is the same. They don't frankly care who supplies it — they care whether the price is competitive and makes sense.
#Where people still matter
I assumed we would have to be extremely careful about AI hallucinations, particularly given how critical some of this information is to people's holidays and to transactional systems.
Setting the right boundaries was important, as was keeping a human in the loop. Where something doesn't score 100%, somebody manually reviews it. People remain critical to these processes.
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*Where people still matter: only residual ambiguity is escalated to a human exception queue, where a reviewer confirms or rejects the system's best candidate matches. People handle judgement; the system handles the repetitive work.*
#Commercial IP is the difference
The important thing here is that we're not suggesting throwing an LLM or AI model at any back-end system with a developer who lacks travel-specific commercial experience.
That's where the commercial IP comes in. The rules and design behind these solutions draw on knowledge built over more than 20 years in the travel industry — seeing these problems and designing solutions around them.
The Travel Spark Solution Lab helps businesses see, in real time, how existing processes could be thought through differently and redesigned to be more efficient. It was not designed as an off-the-shelf SaaS solution; it was designed to help businesses redesign their own processes and implement modern technology.
If we didn't have these technology constraints — and the workarounds that have become normal — would we design and develop processes this way? My view is that we absolutely wouldn't.
The real challenge is whether the right people inside a business see these processes as problems to be solved, and whether there is enough commercial experience behind the technology to develop the right solutions.
With the right IP and experience, the industry should be looking beyond AI-led or agentic trip planning, and considering how the rules-based commercialisation of AI can drive efficiency across back-end processes.
#See it working
If you run supply, distribution, product, commercial or technology strategy at a travel business, the Solution Lab is built for you to see these ideas running live rather than described on a slide. Explore the working demonstrations at [lab.travelspark.com.au](lab.travelspark.com.au) — or get in touch to walk through how these processes could be redesigned inside your own business.
Hi Travel Massive community. A quick note on why I wrote this. I'm based in Brisbane, Australia, and after 12 years at Flight Centre Travel Group, most recently running Infinity Holidays as EVP and GM, and now through Travel Spark, I've spent a long time watching commercial decisions in travel get dictated by technology constraints rather than the reverse.
Almost all the AI conversation right now is about the front end, the chatbots and the trip planning. I think the bigger opportunity is in the back office nobody sees, in integration, mapping, supplier selection and pricing. So rather than write another white paper about it, I built a working lab to prove it. It isn't a product and it isn't for sale, just a way to pressure test some assumptions we've all inherited.
I'd really like your pushback. Which travel norms would we simply never build if we started today? Have a play and tell me what breaks your thinking: lab.travelspark.com.au
Thanks for sharing, really informative.
This really resonates. The client-facing experience gets the attention, but so much of what determines whether travel feels seamless happens in the systems and handoffs nobody sees. I especially like the idea of using AI to surface exceptions while keeping human judgment where it matters.
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Barcelona Travel Massive is back with our next big event!
Friday, September 18th please join us at The Cover social club at the Sir Vic hotel for a fun evening of speed networking with fellow Barcelona-based travel lovers, followed by DJ and drinks.
What better place to meet up than one of Barcelona's most iconic hotels? Our good friends at The Cover have graciously offered us their gorgeous space so we can mix and mingle with other tourism professionals in hospitality, travel creators and media, travel startups and tech founders, agencies and consultants, destination marketers and everything in between.
We'll organize lightning rounds of speed networking, followed by some relaxed Friday tardeo music and drinks.
As fabulous as The Cover is, it's a limited space so make sure you register early to save your spot! Can't wait to see you there.
Schedule:
18:30 – 19h - Arrival & registration
19h - Welcome from Travel Massive BCN + The Cover, and quick explanation of how the speed networking rounds work
19:05 – 20h Speed networking — 6–7 rounds of 5 min
20 - 22h - Open mingling with drinks and DJ provided by The Cover
It's always great to meet on a rooftop and we love the space at Little National Hotel Sydney. Join us for a social and networking evening with Sydney Travel Massive and friends.
🏨 Venue: Rooftop, Little National Hotel, Sydney
📍Location: 26 Clarence Street, Sydney (maps.app.goo.gl/MPQaJpA1RnKwyPLz8)
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 23rd September 2026
🕕 Time: 6-8pm
👔 Dress Code: Smart business casual
🥂 Welcome drink on arrival
🏨 About the venue: Little National Hotel is one of Sydney's most celebrated boutique stays, tucked into the heart of the CBD on Clarence Street. Known for its exceptional design, warm hospitality, and a rooftop bar that feels a world away from the city below, it's the perfect setting for an evening of industry conversation. Learn more at littlenationalhotel.com.au/sydney/
👉 Spaces are limited, RSVP is essential
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday September 23rd
Link to event page👉 Important housekeeping: The RSVP guest list will be managed via a waitlist. 👈
Who is this event for:
• Active travel media and creators (journalists, reporters, bloggers, creators, influencers, YouTubers, podcasters).
• DMOs, Travel PR representatives and other travel organizations who work with travel media and creators (please make sure your bio mentions how you work with media/creators)
This live event, powered by Stay22, will explore best practices for revenue-generating travel industry and creator partnerships.
We will discuss the following topics with our expert panel:
✅ What travel organizations are really looking for: from content type to creator specialties and where they find them.
💰What travel partnerships are most lucrative for creators: from sponsorships to trades to affiliate marketing.
📝 What content makes money and how to make it: from headlines, to bullet points, and long-form narratives.
📈 What success markers brands and creators look for: from communication to planning and final deliverables.
Learn how travel creators and travel industry around the world approach content, drive revenue, and build successful partnerships in our 2026 addition of The Travel Creator Economy Report. Download your copy today:
www.travelmassive.com/stay22/creators-2026-report
📝 Your Travel Massive Profile goes a long way: Make sure it includes:
• A profile picture
• Your title and company name (ie. blog name, or "freelance" if applicable)
• Social media links and a website link (website, Muckrack, portfolio, etc)
• In your bio, elaborate on your expertise or speciality
⏰ Schedule of activities:
5:45 PM: Arrival
6:00 PM: Presentation
7:00 PM: Cocktail reception
8:15 PM: Prize pack raffle
9:00 PM: Event ends
👥 Panel experts
ASHLEY ROCHEFORT
Destination Toronto (DMO representative)
www.destinationtoronto.com | IG: @Destination_Toronto
ERIN HYNES
Pina Travels (Creator perspective)
pinatravels.org | IG: @pinatravels | TikTok: @pinatravels
TANIA KABANYANA
Stay22 (Platform perspective)
www.stay22.com | IG: @get.stay22 | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tania-kabanyana-24684721b
KATERYNA TOPOL
Toronto Travel Massive, Paths to Travel Magazine (Moderator)
pathstotravel.com | IG: @katerryna & @travelmassiveTO #TravelMassiveToronto
🎁 Event giveaway:
One-night stay (1) at Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer, including breakfast, furnished by the Germain Hotels. How to enter:
1️⃣ Follow @legermainhotels and @travelmassiveTO
2️⃣ Post an Instagram feedpost or story telling us what you like about the Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer, mention @legermainhotels, @travelmassiveTO and geotag Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer location (double check your tag to make sure it’s the correct location)
3️⃣ All entries must be in by 8:00 PM on October 1, 2026, the raffle will be done at the event.
T&C: The winner must be physically present at the event on October 1, 2026 to receive the reward. Parking and any incidental charges will be the responsibility of the winner. Blackout dates apply.
👏 Event & study partner: Stay22
www.stay22.com | IG: @get.stay22
Stay22 is a Canadian based, global content monetization platform that helps publishers, creators, and events & ticketing platforms drive new revenue from their content through travel partnerships. Our technology captures high-intent readers without disrupting the user experience or taking up valuable ad space.
👏 Venue partner: Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer
www.germainhotels.com/en/le-germain-hotel/toronto-mercer | IG: @legermainhotels
Le Germain Hotel Toronto Mercer offers a refined experience in the heart of Toronto’s Entertainment District, combining thoughtful design, personalized service, and a distinctly local sense of place. Steps from some of the city’s best dining, culture, and entertainment, the hotel is designed for guests looking for an experience that feels both elevated and effortlessly welcoming.
🎟️ Event registration:
There is a maximum capacity, so make sure to register. If there is a waitlist still sign-up in case someone is no longer able to come we will add people from the waitlist. In the meantime, please have a look at your Travel Massive profile and take a moment to make sure it is up to date.
👉 Please note:
* All guests must be registered to attend.
* Attendees must have completed profile to register, including a photo, bio, and links.
* No +1s please.
👉 Cancellations:
If you are no longer able to attend, please try to release your ticket 48 hrs (2 days) before the event so others can attend. Thank you for understanding.
🚨As these events are limited capacity we have a 3-strike no show policy.
📸 This event will be photographed by a member of a Travel Massive team or/and our event partner.
Land acknowledgment: We wish to acknowledge the Ancestral Traditional Territories of the Ojibway, the Anishnabe and, in particular, the Mississauga’s of the New Credit whose territories we gather on. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.
Link to event pageJoin fellow Travel Massive members on Sunday, October 4th for an exclusive afternoon of networking and local history at the newly-refurbished Paris Theatre.
Originally built in 1890, the historic Paris Theatre has recently undergone an incredible transformation thanks to Chris and Fae Pink, the owners and founders of Can Can, and we have secured a behind-the-scenes look at their beautiful new space in Portland. In addition to its renewal as a premier Portland entertainment venue, the Paris Theatre now sits as the centerpiece of Pink Light District PDX, Portland’s latest community-led effort focused on revitalizing downtown and reinvigorating this iconic Portland neighborhood.
Enjoy a special tour of the historic Paris Theatre and hear from the team about Can Can, the Pink Light District and their plans for breathing new life into Portland’s entertainment and tourism industries. A no-host bar will be available in their charming courtyard for libations and mingling and as a special thank you, attendees of our event will receive an exclusive 15% discount for that evening’s 6:30 pm show (tickets available at the box office day-of).
We are thrilled to spend the afternoon together at Can Can’s Paris Theatre and we look forward to seeing you there!
Space is limited. Advance RSVP is highly encouraged. DM Kylie Curtis for questions.
Can Can's Paris Theatre
www.cancanportland.com/about
@cancanportland
Pink Light District PDX
www.pinklightpdx.org
@pinklightpdx
TIS2026: The New Generation of Travel & Hotel Tech
Get ready to reimagine the tourism industry with the most cutting-edge technology showcased at TIS2026!
In an increasingly connected and innovative world, the tourism sector is transforming. The fusion between the travel industry and technology is opening up a world of endless possibilities. From trip planning to destination experiences, every aspect of the traveler’s journey is being reinvented thanks to technological advances. From intuitive mobile applications to augmented reality systems, innovation is elevating the way we explore the world. In this exciting journey towards the future, TIS 2026 stands as the epicenter of change.
Join us from October 6th to 8th 2026, as we explore the latest trends and technological solutions that are transforming the travel industry. This year Tourism Innovation Summit 2026 offers you a unique opportunity to showcase your latest and greatest advancements to +8,000 Tourism professionals.
Learn more at www.tisglobalsummit.com
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