Conferences + Summits for Travel Creators, Digital Nomads, and Tourism Industry Professionals5/21/2025 
Whether you simply love traveling and are looking for tips and tricks to turn your passion into a job, or you're a full time traveler making 8 figures a year, or you are a travel agent or represent an amazing DMO, there's something for everyone at an amazing travel creator conference, and these are the best ones held annually around the world! I'll update this regularly once an event passes and the next date/location have been announced!! Do note, many of these travel creator summits have speaker and volunteer applications, that allow you to either attend for free OR be actually PAID - but you need to apply MONTHS ahead, sometimes a full year ahead - so stay on top of it! **UPDATED REGULARLY**
2025
May 28-30 - AdventureELEVATE in Denver, CO ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association) AdventureELEVATE & World Summit : An annual three-day regional conference for media, outbound tour operators, and thought leaders in the adventure travel community. June 2-4 - ITT Conference in Sardinia Open to ITT (Institute of Travel & Tourism) Members and leading personalities in UK's tourism + travel industry. June 6 - 8 - Creator Camp in Tahoe June 7 - 13 - Nomad Cruise - Greece June 16-19 - TBEX North America in Quebec, Montreal, Canada TBEX is the largest conference and community of travel creators and influencers in the world. July 15-16 - Traverse Waypoint in London. For travel industry and online media and journalists, content creators, brands, destinations, agencies, and influencers. August 9-15 - Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas September 9-12 in Ireland - TBEX Europe TBEX is the largest conference and community of travel creators and influencers in the world. October 1-4 - TBEX Summit America in Wichita, Kansas TBEX is the largest conference and community of travel creators and influencers in the world. Oct 12 - Nov 9 - Nomad Cruise - US-Australia October 13-14 - TravMedia IMM Asia in Singapore TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. October 13-16 - Adventure Travel World Summit in Chile ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association) AdventureELEVATE & World Summit : An annual three-day regional conference for media, outbound tour operators, and thought leaders in the adventure travel community. Only 50 media delegates are accepted, registration was due in January. October 26-29 - Travel Fest in Mayakoba Mexico Luxury travel show November 5-7 - CruiseWorld in Fort Lauderdale, Florida November 4-6 - WTM in London World Travel Market (WTM) - where travel and tourism meet - a travel and influential event 44 years strong.
2026
January 10-11 - Seattle Travel & Adventure Show January 17-18 - Washington DC Travel & Adventure Show January 21-22 - TravMedia IMM North America in NYC TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. January 21-25 - Fitur in Madrid, Spain International tourism trade fair. January 24-25 - New York Travel & Adventure Show March 4-6 (tickets available in December) - ITB Berlin Every year in March the world of international tourism gathers at the largest travel trade show, ITB Berlin. February 14-15 - Phoenix Travel & Adventure Show February 21-22 - Chicago Travel & Adventure Show February 26-27 - TravMedia IMM Australia TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. February 28 - Mar 1 - South Florida Travel & Adventure Show March 7-8 - Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show March 2 - TravMedia IMM Germany TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. March 11 - TravMedia IMM France TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. March 21-22 - Bay Area Travel & Adventure Show March 28-29 - Dallas Travel & Adventure Show April 10 - TravMedia IMM Brazil TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. April 11-12 - Denver Travel & Adventure Show April 13-15 - WTM Africa in Cape Town, South Africa April 13-16 - Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami April 14-16 - WTM Latin America in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 4-6 - WTM Arabian Travel Market in Dubai May 29-31 - WITS Summit in Chattanooga TN WITS Summit / Women in Travel Summit: The largest gathering of women travel creators in the world and the premier event for travel's top marketing talent. Attendees can apply for free tours and FAM trips. Speakers and volunteers provided complimentary tickets.
NOT YET SCHEDULED:
Travel Massive holds regular meetups and events around the world, check out upcoming events here! Women's Travel Fest - postponed from Feb 2025 to TBD 2026 TravelCon Nomad Summit TravMedia IMM UK TravMedia's IMM (International Media Marketplace) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters and influencers. Sidewalker Daily Creator Cruise AdventureELEVATE - Catalonia ATTA (Adventure Travel Trade Association) AdventureELEVATE & World Summit : An annual three-day regional conference for media, outbound tour operators, and thought leaders in the adventure travel community. 
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Every platform is trying to recreate the amazing success of TikTok, and for good reason! YouTube recently released Shorts (vertical videos under 60 seconds) and influencers are loving the new Instagram Reels. But did you know, you can upload to ALL OF THESE with just a quick edit from basically ONE VIDEO!?!? Even an old landscape video!
There are many ways to do it, but here's what I've been doing on my iMac and it's very simple! Watch my video tutorial below and read on for the detailed steps!
1. FILM
If you're filming something new, simply film with your phone in vertical orientation. You can also use landscape video footage as long as you are able to edit so that the content is viewable when cropped to .56 of the width.
2. EDIT
Edit the video as you would normally. For those looking for a mobile solution, you can easily achieve similar results using the Adobe Express free video editor on your smartphone. I use iMovie on my iMac. You need to edit the video down to the correct length for each specific platform. Then download the file to your computer. You may need to re-edit to a different length and download a few times, for example if you plan to upload to IGTV you'll need it at least 61 seconds, and if going on YT Shorts it'll need to be under 60 seconds. Very slight difference but very important!!
Here's an example of a video I edited to vertical from a landscape video, which was my YouTube channel's best performing video (almost 1 million views). Original on left, YouTube Shorts on right:
3. Make it Vertical (1920 tall x 1080 wide)
I do this by opening up Keynote and dragging the video into it.
4. May need to convert file type
You can simply upload the video right after exporting the Keynote project to movie in mpeg4 format. However, Instagram needs mp4, so you'll need to convert it for that and there are many free options. I usually use Cloud Convert. Then, because you need to upload from phone, on my computer I drag the converted mp4 file to my Google Drive and then download it from there onto my phone. 
5. YouTube Shorts Specific Upload Notes
If you have shorts on your YouTube app, you can film and upload without all the above steps. The rest of us (most of us) don't have it yet so have to take above steps. Then, when you upload it, you'll have to be sure to include #SHORTS in the title and video description!!! You can create a landscape thumbnail as usual (I love Canva for this, just click "youtube thumbnail" and your size is spot on!), which will only be seen by people viewing the video on regular YouTube. Those viewing on Shorts won't see the thumbnail. Do your tags and SEO stuff as per the usual.
6. Enjoy the Sweet Smell of SUCCESS!!
Some have been finding IG Reels to be getting TONS of views recently, especially in comparison to regular IG posts suffering the wrath of the algorithm. I haven't noticed mine doing great, but I have had some exciting results with YouTube shorts. Below are the analytics of the first Shorts video I did - I made a quick vertical version of my channel's top performing video (before and after videos embedded above) and it is KILLING it for my channel!! If your channel is monetized, the video will be monetized when viewed on regular YouTube, but not monetized when viewed via Shorts shelf. Since they're so short, they're not likely to bring in any substantial income, but they can get great views and more importantly, NEW SUBSCRIBERS!!! 
I hope you found this tutorial helpful!! If you have any other tips, or you found an error, I'd really appreciate a comment below so I can keep this post up to date and accurate!!
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