Join us for the second Travel Massive meet up in Sofia - the networking event for the travel & tourism industry professionals and change-makers in Sofia and Bulgaria.
Come along and have a chat with interesting and like-minded people with the same passion for the travel industry like you.
19:00 - 20:30
Panel Discussion: Is Sofia tourist-friendly?
Topics:
> How tourists see Sofia? What are their frequently asked questions?
> What are the tourism problems of Sofia
> Is Sofia friendly to locals
> How can we improve the image and friendliness of Sofia as a tourist destination?
We are going to ask a few tourism professionals with direct contacts with visitors of Sofia to share their views, opinion and ideas on the topic. Prepare your questions too!
20:30 - 22:00
Drinks and chat at Bar Friday! Introduce yourself to the other tourism professionals, share ideas & collaborate. Letβs create a useful, supportive and vibrant travel industry community in Sofia.
SPEAKERS
Stefan Ognianov
Stefan Ognianov is the president of the executive board of the 365 Association, which provides free tours and other services in the cities of Sofia and Plovdiv.
Christine Milner
Christine Milner has lived in Sofia for 25 years. Founder of Bulgaria's English-language newspaper The Sofia Echo (1997-2010), co-founder of Sofia the Insider's Guide, and the In Your Pocket guides for Bulgaria. She now runs Sofia Restaurant Week and hopes to put Sofia on the map of favourite destinations for culinary tourism.
Georgi Zahariev
Georgi Zahariev is the founder of Sofia Green Apartments. In the past, he's been part of the management in various family hotels which helped him gather experience and know-how to create his own business with the modern instruments of the travel industry like Airbnb. Georgi uses his work with tourists to develop scientific researches about the topic he's passionate about - Soft diplomacy.
Moderator: Maria Stoyanova
Maria is a travel blogger at Travelling Buzz, co-founder of the Association of travel bloggers in Bulgaria (ASTOM) and organizer of the Travel Massive networking events in Sofia.
Travel Massive events aim is to gather together tour companies, tour guides, travel bloggers, media, tech, hospitality representatives, travel agents, start-ups in the tourism industry, etc.
The event is free but a registration is needed at Travel Massive website. Special thanks to our event partners - Bar Friday!
Travel Massive Sofia closed group on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/102593120315482/
The event on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1779846262078466