Join us at a special half-day mini-conference in London, for an experimental travel industry "barcamp" focusing on the future of travel.
Where will the travel industry head in 2017? What trends should we focus on? What should we be working on right now to capture the next wave of travel innovation and disruption?
WHAT IS A BARCAMP?
Barcamps are hands-on event where every attendee is a participant. This is a collaborative event where members can share their collective knowledge in a number of breakout sessions focussing on the future of travel.
Sessions will be based on interactive "microhacks" and "mini presentations" and run by the attendees. At the start of the event, we will pitch and vote on what microhacks and presentations we want to work on and share.
MICROHACKS AND MINI PRESENTATIONS:
- "Micro hacks" - collaborative expert brainstorm to discuss and solve a particular topic.
- "Mini presentations" - sharing a skill or knowledge to other members.
Microhack ideas:
- Predicting the top destinations trends in 2017 - will #brexit and Trump shift European travel?
- Deep dive into the future of customer acquisition strategies for travel (platform vs search?)
Mini-presentation ideas:
- How to build a successful instameet to tap into millions of followers
- Building your own messenger bot in 20 minutes
- Asia travel industry 101 (what the heck is LINE and WeChat?)
Registered members will be provided with a link to a Google Doc to add and share topic suggestions before the event.
At the end of the day, we'll grab some beers together and share the the output of each breakout session!
PROGRAM:
2.30pm - 2:45pm: Welcome and member introductions
2:45pm - 3:00pm: Barcamp planning - pitch and vote for microhacks and mini-presentations
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Breakout sessions #1
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Breakout sessions #2
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Wrap-up mini talks from sessions, followed by barcamp drinks!
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
- The online travel industry is expected to reach over $400 Billion USD in sales by 2020. This is a wave that you don't want to miss.
- Learn from your peers and share your knowledge.
- Learn insights to help take your travel startup, business or websites to the next level.
- Meet some new, cool people who also like to go to bars and work in the middle of the day :)
WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF IT?
You will benefit from the awesome powers of collaboration and teamwork. As this is a collaborative event, you will get out of it as much as you're willing to put in. Barcamps are great learning experiences and we're excited to be trialling this event in London for the first time!
WARNING! THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT.
Just so you know, this is an experimental event. We're going to make stuff up as we go. The WiFI might drop out. Not everything will go to plan. But that's half the fun :)
