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✅ Travel Massive, London Chapter Director.
✈️ A commercially driven marketing leader with a strong track record of accelerating growth across global travel, leisure and aviation brands and high-value destination portfolios. Matthew has led integrated marketing, digital, CRM, ecommerce and communications functions within FTSE 100 and international organisations, building high-performing multidisciplinary teams across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
In 2024, he joined FINN Partners as Senior Vice President, Travel & Tourism, leading marketing and communications for destinations such as Experience Oman, Destination DC, Visit Greater Palm Springs, and Fort Myers – Islands, Beaches & Neighborhoods. He now operates as a freelance marketer and serves as Director of Marketing & Brand Partnerships for Family Traveller Live and Sailawaze Live. He is also a member of the ITT’s Education and Training Committee and a Content Advisor to World Travel Market.
A keynote speaker, Matthew has presented at numerous conferences including Air Convention Digital Week, Eye for Travel, Social Media London Live, The National Hotel Marketing Conference and Global Insight’s Travel Marketing Conference. In 2024 Matthew was host of WTM's Marketing Summit and will again host the marketing track in 2025. Recently he was also a guest on Daniel Rowles' Digital Marketing Podcast talking about "The Changing User Journey - Lessons from the Travel Industry in the Age of AI."
Marketing & Product Executive with a luxury tour operator.
Travel Massive needs you. The travel creator economy is evolving fast and we want to hear directly from you. I'm pleased to be collaborating with Ian Cumming and Kateryna Topol, alongside our friends at Stay22, on Travel Massive's 2026 Travel Creator ... show more
London Travel Massive 3 days ago
Tomorrow, I'm looking forward to hosting a Live Webinar on Travel Massive: "Stay22 Unpacked: The $1 Billion Blueprint for Travel Content Success" and would love to have you join. I'll be interviewing Feuza Reis (Founder of Fuse Travels & Partnerships M... show more
London Travel Massive 1 month ago
An opportunity to join the industry’s most influential voices at "Travel Marketing Question Time" on Wednesday 11th March at News UK headquarters. The afternoon will feature two dynamic panel sessions, bringing together senior leaders and recognised exp... show more
London Travel Massive 2 months ago
Travel Massive London brought the global travel community together in force during this year’s World Travel Market (WTM), hosting two packed events that drew a combined 500 registrations from industry professionals, innovators, and creators from around ... show more
Hi everyone, I'm Matthew Gardiner, Director of Travel Massive London and Host of the WTM Marketing Summit. From long-time listener to guest! It was a delight (and a proud moment) to join Daniel Rowles on the Digital Marketing Podcast - a show I've foll... show more
