I recently made a list of Global Travel Tech Conferences for 2026 and have shared it in a Google Sheet to help others in the travel tech industry learn about upcoming events. Pass it on to colleagues or anyone else you think will find it useful.
What other travel tech conference should I add? They need to be 200+ attendees and have at least one track focused on travel technology (see full list of criteria below).
I'm particularly looking for travel tech conferences and events outside of Europe and North America — what is happening in Asia, LATAM, or Africa? Let me know!
✅ Criteria for inclusion on the list: - Global conference - reasonable representation from multiple countries / continents - Scale - conferences of 200 or more attendees in-person - Travel industry related - Travel technology related - either dedicated conference, or a significant technology component (exhibition area, content track) - Public event - in that anyone can buy tickets and press are not excluded - In-person - co-located events, within reason - I'm not creating multiple lines for the same event
❌ Critera for exclusion: - Invite Only - private meetings or membership-only events - Vendor / tech company hosted user groups (exceptions for ATPCO and UATP) - Meetups and small meetings (<100) - Local or national meetings (needs to be regional or global - will people travel international for it?) - Excluseively virtual or online events - Short events (<4 hours) - esp. single panel or single speaker - General non-travel, tech, web or consumer conferences - Side events, after parties, add-ons, Travel Massive meetups - I'm only listing the primary event - list your chapter meetups here on Travel Massive - Award shows & gala dinners - Networking only events with no content or exhibitors - ...or I think the list is getting too long - ...or I think we have scope creep into other sectors
Catherine - I think at minimum I should link to your list from mine. I have a few of the events you mention, but is it OK if I look at the remainder and merge some of the bigger/techier ones into mine? I'll credit you and link to you as a contributor.
I had some fun over the weekend with Claude Code, and now I have a little Javascript that'll read the Google sheet and convert the events into an iCalendar (ics) file, and uploads it to my website.
"Subscribe" means you can add it as an additional calendar in your preferred software, get updates automatically, turn it on or off, etc. - much like the plugin calendars you have for public holidays. If anyone has Apple calendar, please check it out - I haven't managed to test that, and I'm open to suggestions on the format, details, etc.
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I recently made a list of Global Travel Tech Conferences for 2026 and have shared it in a Google Sheet to help others in the travel tech industry learn about upcoming events. Pass it on to colleagues or anyone else you think will find it useful.
The list is available here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_0pkZIzBV3vyTduleF7i0-H2pRxUtaJFud_Vzz-NK5k/edit?gid=0#gid=0
What other travel tech conference should I add? They need to be 200+ attendees and have at least one track focused on travel technology (see full list of criteria below).
I'm particularly looking for travel tech conferences and events outside of Europe and North America — what is happening in Asia, LATAM, or Africa? Let me know!
✅ Criteria for inclusion on the list:
- Global conference - reasonable representation from multiple countries / continents
- Scale - conferences of 200 or more attendees in-person
- Travel industry related
- Travel technology related - either dedicated conference, or a significant technology component (exhibition area, content track)
- Public event - in that anyone can buy tickets and press are not excluded
- In-person
- co-located events, within reason - I'm not creating multiple lines for the same event
❌ Critera for exclusion:
- Invite Only - private meetings or membership-only events
- Vendor / tech company hosted user groups (exceptions for ATPCO and UATP)
- Meetups and small meetings (<100)
- Local or national meetings (needs to be regional or global - will people travel international for it?)
- Excluseively virtual or online events
- Short events (<4 hours) - esp. single panel or single speaker
- General non-travel, tech, web or consumer conferences
- Side events, after parties, add-ons, Travel Massive meetups - I'm only listing the primary event - list your chapter meetups here on Travel Massive
- Award shows & gala dinners
- Networking only events with no content or exhibitors
- ...or I think the list is getting too long
- ...or I think we have scope creep into other sectors
👉 If you know of an event that should be listed please contact me via DM on Travel Massive (@marklenahan) or on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marklen/
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Thanks for your feedback and support, and see you at a travel tech event this year!
excellent list
This is very useful - cheers.
Thank you!
Thanks, I could not find Japan
Hi Jyunpei, do you know of any large international travel events in Japan this year with a technology track? I'd be happy to add them to the list.
Hi Mark, from what I know there aren’t any Japan-based events this year that meet your criteria. If I find one that fits, I’ll share it.
Great list, very useful!
Wow Mark! We've been keeping a shortlist for local events in NA for our chapter but this is amazing!
What a great resource, thanks for sharing! I have a (less organised) list here of wider visitor attraction and experience events. Ones like IPW, IAAPA and even Ticketing Professionals have good travel tech content - hope it's useful to co-share! www.theplotthickens.co.uk/post/2026-visitor-attraction-experience-and-tour-trade-events-global
Catherine - I think at minimum I should link to your list from mine. I have a few of the events you mention, but is it OK if I look at the remainder and merge some of the bigger/techier ones into mine? I'll credit you and link to you as a contributor.
Absolutely Mark and I'll do the same - in fact I'll do it now.
I just found this list of tradeshows in my bookmarks from 2020 created by @scott-brills — perhaps worth a look to see if you can fill in any gaps!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w1RygcvxRm3-BHEAoYrBk_C9Jq0jYCaJQMutBg18xoI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Wow, I'll take a look!
Super helpful, thanks!
This is helpful -thank you
Mark thank you for this well thought out and researched list
Awesome
Great initiative! This list will be invaluable for the travel tech community. Looking forward to discovering new events in Asia and LATAM!
I had some fun over the weekend with Claude Code, and now I have a little Javascript that'll read the Google sheet and convert the events into an iCalendar (ics) file, and uploads it to my website.
So if you'd prefer to subscribe to this calendar, check the buttons on this page:
marklenahan.com/conferences/
Or pull the ICS file directly from here: marklenahan.com/conferences.ics
"Subscribe" means you can add it as an additional calendar in your preferred software, get updates automatically, turn it on or off, etc. - much like the plugin calendars you have for public holidays. If anyone has Apple calendar, please check it out - I haven't managed to test that, and I'm open to suggestions on the format, details, etc.