TMI Hot Topic 2025 - The Future for Tourism - An Innovative Approach to Destination Management

TMI Hot Topic 2025 - May 21st 10-2pm

'The Future for Tourism’

An Innovative Approach to Destination Management - Your chance to pick up ideas for a thriving future!

Join The Tourism Management Institute and industry experts for an insightful Hot Topic - Future Proofing Your Destination and ensure your destination is best placed to move forward with the latest AI innovations, digital practices & strategies. We will look at sustainable tourism in action also explore the role destinations and those responsible for economic development can play in driving regenerative tourism and decarbonising the supply chain.

This year's online event on the 21st May will focus on developmental case studies and forward planning for Destination Strategies, Digitalisation and Regenerative Tourism.

21st May 2025

Programme is currently being finalised with full list of Speakers to be announced in due course:

AI & Digitisation speakers include:

Shaon Talukder - CEO and Founder of travel-tech company, Geotourist

Joshua Ryan-Saha - Director - Travel, Tourism and Festivals, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Granicus/Simpleview

Sustainability in Action speakers include;

Rebecca Armstrong - Head of Impact & Development, The Travel Foundation 

Ewout Versloot - Strategist, Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions

Jan Klavora - Director & Tourism Development Specialist, Visit Goodplace,  Slovenia Green Project for Slovenian National Tourist Board

Saba Kauser - Behavior Change Specialist, Behavior SMART

21st MAY PROVISIONAL TIMINGS

09.55 Break In

10.00 Welcome – TMI President - Kathryn Davis

10.05 - 11.30 - Sustainability in Action 

11.30 - 11.45 Comfort Break

11.45 - 12.45 AI & Digitalisation - How AI is rapidly transforming the tourism industry.

13.00 - 13.55 Tourism Landscape & National Strategy

14.00 President close

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