TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 will take place in Seville from October 18-20

 

TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023 is preparing for its new edition in Seville, Spain. From October 18 to 20, the city will be the international meeting point for players in the tourism industry value chain aiming to transform their businesses and destinations by focusing on innovation and new technological tools, that maintain sustainability at the center of their core business. TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit has become the technological forum of reference for the tourism industry, which has changed the location to Hall 2 of FIBES to accommodate the high demand of exhibiting companies. In total, more than 200 firms will exhibit the latest solutions in areas such as Business Intelligence, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Cybersecurity, 5G connectivity, or virtual and augmented reality, to improve the competitiveness and the impact on the travel and tourism industry.

7 key trends that will drive tourism competitiveness

For three days, the Tourism Innovation Global Summit will host more than 150 conferences in six simultaneous auditoriums, where more than 400 industry experts will address the seven key trends that are defining the new tourism: driving innovation to reshape the future of travel; embracing the digital transformation; sustainable practices to promote environmental conservation, social responsibility and economic viability; embrace human centricity and explore how it can transform the travel experience; exclusive sessions for CEOs to promote peer-to-peer discussion for top-level executives in the industry; marketing and sales strategies; and trends, innovations and best practices in the MICE and business travel sector.

The congress will host different forums focused on each segment of the travel industry, from the MICE sector to destinations, hospitality, distribution channels and OTAs, business travel, transportation, activities and culture and leisure travel. In addition, the congress will present specific content agendas for different professional profiles, to address their daily challenges.

TIS2023 holds the new edition of A World for Travel

This year, TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit and A World for Travel (AWFT), in partnership with the Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council, are joining forces to boost the transformation of the industry. By running alongside each other, the carbon footprint of the two events is reduced considerably.

AWFT, after its inauguration virtually in 2020, was held in Évora, Portugal 2021 and then in Nîmes, France 2022. This year AWFT is thrilled to be in Seville, Spain where the organizations aim to boost the transformation of responsible and sustainable tourism around the world through intersecting governments, industries and suppliers who touch the traveller.

Government officials, ministers of tourism, private sector captains of industry, NGOs, academics, experts and media will participate in discussions sharing groundbreaking initiatives envisioned as the industry looks ahead to shift towards the future. More than 80 special speakers will be associated to each of the 5 themes in these shifts: climatic, environmental, technological, economic and societal. Each will be tasked to deliver new insights, experiences, products and most critically, new ideas on leadership in sustainability.

If the first 3 editions of AWFT were largely devoted to the effects of crises and their consequences, this 4th edition will look to the future with optimism, determination, and control. “Shift Towards the Future” is an invitation to turn the page on travel at all costs towards sustainable travel. It is about transformation more than adaptation. It is about finding the best strategy rather than refining management.

Tags: TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2023, Global Travel and Tourism Resilience Council