WTM London, the world’s most influential journey and tourism occasion, is launching WTM Journey Tech for 2026, a significant co-located occasion designed to capitalize not solely on the significance of expertise in journey, but in addition on the rising variety of exhibitors, patrons and guests fascinated by expertise.
WTM Journey Tech has been launched in direct response to robust stakeholder demand, with the sector rising 55% year-on-year at WTM London and greater than half (52%) of tourists actively trying to find journey tech firms.
Housed in a devoted new corridor with a non-public entrance, it brings collectively world leaders, innovators and resolution makers, with greater than 46,000 commerce guests from greater than 180 international locations and 5,500 certified patrons attending the broader occasion.
Uncover groundbreaking options alongside the interactive Innovation Freeway and uncover how applied sciences corresponding to large information, AI and IoT (Web of Issues) are shaping the way forward for journey and enabling smarter, extra sustainable locations.
The Innovation Freeway will even showcase inexperienced expertise options and sustainable developments that align with the trade’s dedication to a carbon-neutral future.
There will even be a theater completely for WTM Journey Tech content material, often known as the “Future Stage,” internet hosting main case research, fireplace chats with senior C-suite audio system and panel discussions with trade specialists.
The “Future Internship” program might be constructed across the following areas of curiosity:
Digital Transformation
Platforms and integration
AI and clever operations
Details
Funds and Fintech
Geopolitics
Danger and market disruption
Distribution and retail
Investments and innovation
The Future Stage line-up is orchestrated by 5 newly appointed advisors: Professor Dimitrios Buhalis from Bournemouth College, Rita Varga from RaizUp; Shaon Talukder from GeoTourist, Jane Thompson from ICF and Paul Davies from Mintel.
The consultants are additionally serving to to reshape the face of WTM’s convention content material, with a deeper dedication to inclusivity and a stronger emphasis on actionable outcomes and trade finest practices. The speaker listing is at present being finalized, with a spread of key leaders from throughout the journey expertise ecosystem lining as much as take part. Final yr, Journey.com Group, T2RL, easyJet, Sabre, Almosafer, Tourism Economics and extra had been on stage.
WTM Journey Tech additionally acknowledges the significance of face-to-face interactions. Networking alternatives are baked into the agenda, together with a celebration on the finish of the second day.
Chris Carter-Chapman, Exhibition Director of WTM London, stated: “Journey expertise is changing into an more and more vital a part of our occasion. We’re launching WTM Journey Tech from a place of energy: now we have listened to exhibitors, patrons and guests and have give you a proposition that displays their altering wants in a dynamic market and builds on our successes.”