Posted: 3/10/22 | March 10th, 2022
In less than two months, our big travel conference, TravelCon, kicks off! TravelCon is a three-day conference that will connect media with industry leaders, influencers, and celebrated writers through keynote speeches, small-group writing and photography workshops, breakout tutorial sessions, networking events, and industry panels.
So, if you’re in the travel industry, this conference is the place to meet with brands, connect with your peers, and learn practical, to-the-point methods for building your audience, growing your traffic, and making a lot more money.
This year’s conference is April 29–May 1, 2022, in Memphis, Tennessee, hosted by Memphis Tourism.
We have a ton of updates for you considering that we last wrote a month ago:
Speakers
We have over 50 confirmed speakers and have finalized our keynotes speakers! Here’s who you can expect at the event:
Keynote Speakers
Pauline Frommer
Frommers
Jeff Goins
Author, real artists Don’t Starve
Pico Iyer
Author
Nicole Walters
Business Coach
Breakout Speakers
Faith Adiele
Author, meeting Faith
Karen Akpan
The mommy Trotter
Bani Amor
Travel Writer
Alexandra Baackes
Alex in Wanderland
Derek Baron
Wandering Earl
Casey Barks
Fairmont hotels & Resorts
Gabby Beckford
Packs Light
Jade Broadus
Travel Mindset
Colby Brown
Photographer
Joshua Bush
Avenue two Travel
Jason Cochran
Frommers
Mike Corey
Fearless and Far
Annemarie Dooling
McClatchy
Brennan Dunn
RightMessage
Meagen Eisenberg
TripActions
Lawrence Ferber
Journalist
Cal Fussman
Author
Don George
Author, The way of Wanderlust
Lebawit Lily Girma
Skift
Erica Hackman
Nomadic Network
Monet Hambrick
The traveling Child
Dalene and Pete Heck
Road trip Alberta
Joseph Hernandez
Editor
Milton Howery III
Memphis Tourism
Marcus Hibdon
Travel Portland
Anne & Mike Howard
HoneyTrek
Sheri Howell
Medjet
Jeff Jenkins
Chubby Diaries
Alexandra Jimenez
Travel fashion Girl
Ciara Johnson
Hey Ciara
Christine Kaaloa
GRRRLTRAVELER
Richard Kerr
BILT
Nadya Khoja
This Is Nadya
AJ Kinney
Matador Network
Cory Lee
Curb complimentary With Cory Lee
Travis Levius
Freelance Writer
Sylvia Longmire
Spin The Globe
Kelley Louise
Impact travel Alliance
Avagail Lozano
Avagail Adventures
Rachelle Lucas
The travel Bite
Kristin Luna
Camels & Chocolate
Doug Mack
Author, The Not quite states of America
Mickela Mallozzi
Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi
Chris Mercer
MeasurementMarketing.io
Chris Oldfield
Nomadic Matt
Angie Orth
Angie Away
Nils Parker
Brass Check
Alle Pierce
Alle Abroad
Amy Pool
Playa Project
Carmela Resuma
Flyte
Catarina Rivera
Blindish Latina
Patricia Serrano
Fresh Traveler
Kelly Soderlund
TripActions
Charu Suri
Journalist
Somto Ugwueze
Somto Seeks
Amanda Williams
Dangerous Business
Benet Wilson
The points Guy
Valerie happiness Wilson
Trusted travel Gal
You can find all their bios and a lot more about them by clicking here.
Schedule
Our schedule is now live! just click here to see how the days will break down, what speakers are talking about, and what you’ll learn in each talk. We have three days of very robust programming that is created to help show you what you need to know to develop professionally, grow your career, and make a lot more money.
Some of our talks include:
How to successfully Run small group Tours
How to Crush it on TikTok
How to create stories that Grip People
How to build online Communities
How to expand Your service with a Team
Advanced SEO
Google Analytics
Self-Publishing
How to create successful IG Partnerships
We still have a talk on reels, how the TikTok algorithm works, creating courses, and physical products to come too!
Sponsors
We’re going to have close to 40 sponsors at this year’s event. You’ll be able to take meetings, network, and make deals with them all. Here’s a list of who is coming so far:
We still have a lot more on the way! Some other sponsors who are confirmed but don’t have their logos up yet include Alabama Tourism, Banff Tourism, Crabtree & Everlyn, safety Wing, get Your Guide, Go Rving, Seeker, and TripActions.
Workshop Information
As we’ve done in years past, we’re going to have photography and writing workshops. These are half-day, intensive, and hands-on classes that will occur the day before the main event (April 28th). space is limited to 20 people per class and these workshops are an additional cost of $99 USD.
You can learn a lot more about the writing workshop leaders by clicking here (we’re still lining up our photography workshop leaders). Sign-ups will open up on March 28th.
Some other highlights
There’s a bunch of other amazing stuff happening at this year’s TravelCon that includes:
Over 15 niche meet-ups
Two amazing parties
A scavenger hunt around Memphis
Pre- and post-conference FAM trips around Memphis and the region
And a few a lot more surprises I don’t want to spoil!
If you’re a travel creator, you need to be at TravelCon! I created it as a way to bring in experts inside and outside of the travel sphere that can help you grow your business, make a lot more money, and improve your skills. It’s a continuing education conference that will transform your career.
So, come attend this event, mingle with your peers, make deals, and create the connections you need for additionally success.
You can get hold of your ticket here. They’re limited so get them while you can! We’re 40% sold out!
And, if you have any questions, email me at matt@travelcon.org.
– Matt
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