World Travel Market (WTM) London, the world’s most influential travel and tourism event, has announced that the conference programme for 2025 is now live, with 40 sessions already in place with more to follow. This year, for the first time, there is a unifying theme across all stages and sessions: Reimagining Travel in a Changing World. The umbrella theme gives speakers the chance to share their insights how travel and tourism is evolving, from new global policies to shifting traveller behaviours.
The WTM London 2025 conference programme is designed to build on the overwhelming success of last year’s event, where there was a 19% increase in attendance across all tracks and sessions. In particular, the Sustainability Summit saw a 128% hike in attendee numbers, while the dedicated Marketing and Technology Summits both recorded a 75% lift.
The line-up so far includes many of WTM London’s well-established sessions. These include the highly anticipated WTM Trends Report in association with Oxford Economics, followed by a high-profile panel discussion discussing the findings. This takes place in the Yellow Theatre from 11:30-12:45 on Tuesday, 4th November.
The WTM Ministers’ Summit, now in its 19th year, is also scheduled for Tuesday 4 November, taking place in the recently expanded ICC Maritime Suites from 10:30 – 12:30. This year’s iteration, moderated by BBC, will once again bring together global tourism leaders to shape the future of travel through dynamic discussions on policy, strategy, and investment.
The UK’s tourism minister, Sir Chris Bryant, is also part of a C-suite panel, From Fortnum to F1, looking at London’s evolution as an event destination. This takes place in the Yellow Theatre from 15:00 - 15:45 on Tuesday, 4th Nov.
WTM London 2025 also includes a range of standalone summits, aligned with the specific tracks that the conference programme is structured around.
The DEAI Summit, organised by Uwern Jong, Experientialist®-in-Chief, OutThere, will look at Reclaiming Global Inclusion. It takes place in the Orange Theatre from 10:45 - 14:00 on Wednesday, 5 November.
The Technology Summit, organised by Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, President, T2Impact LLC, will look at The Technology Case for Empathy in Travel. It takes place from 10:45 - 14:00 in the Purple Theatre on Wednesday 5 November.
The Geo-economics Summit, organised by Mark Frary, Author, Writer and Consultant, will look at Macro-economic Shifts in Travel. It takes place from 11:00 – 14:15 in the Orange Theatre on Tuesday 4 November.
The Marketing Summit, organised by Matthew Gardiner, Director of Travel Massive and Tina Charisma, Director and Founder, Charisma Campaign, will look at the Travel Marketing Evolution. It takes place from 10:30 – 14:45 in the Yellow Theatre on Thursday 6 November.
The Sustainability Summit, organised by Tina O’Dwyer, Founder & CEO, The Tourism Space, titled “Sustainable Tourism is Dead – Long Live Sustainable Tourism”, takes place from 11:00 – 14:15 in the Purple Theatre on Tuesday 4 November.
Elsewhere, there is a dedicated series of sessions exclusively for media and influencers, covering the impact of artificial intelligence on travel media. This takes place from 14:00 – 16:30 in the Media Centre on Wednesday 5 November.
Other sessions of interest include food futurist Tony Hunter exploring the intersection of food, technology and travel, with a focus on how Gen Alpha is reshaping gastronomy tourism. This takes place from 11:30 – 12:15 in the Yellow Theatre on Wednesday 5 November.
Conference Manager, Brooke Gilbertson, said: “We set the bar really high last year, and the team have embraced the challenge of making the sessions and summits at WTM London 2025 even more appealing.
“The rate of change in travel is accelerating, which is why we’ve briefed all our speakers to consider this year’s theme of Reimagining Travel in a Changing World, and to help attendees find ways to thrive and prosper during this pivotal period for the travel and tourism industry.”
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Notes to Editors
World Travel Market (WTM) Portfolio comprises of leading travel events and online portals across four continents. The events are Arabian Travel Market, WTM London, WTM Latin America and WTM Africa.
WTM London is the world’s most influential travel and tourism event for the international leisure l travel community. The show is the ultimate destination for those seeking a macro view of the travel industry and a deeper understanding of the forces shaping it. WTM London is where influential travel leaders, buyers and high-profile travel companies gather to exchange ideas, drive innovation, and accelerate business outcomes.
Next event: 4 to 6 November 2025 at ExCel London.
Arabian Travel Market (ATM), is the leading, international travel and tourism event in the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. ATM 2024 welcomed over 47,000 attendees and hosted over 30,000 visitors, including more than 2,600 exhibitors and representatives from over 161 countries, across 10 halls at Dubai World Trade Centre. Arabian Travel Market is part of Arabian Travel Week. #ATMDubai
Next event: 4 to 6 May 2026, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai
https://www.wtm.com/atm/en-gb.html
Arabian Travel Week is a 10-day long festival of travel and tourism events that take place in Dubai. All eyes are on the city, as Dubai invites the international travel industry to come together each year and take part in the events so that we can shape the future of travel together. The travel events that are part of Arabian Travel Week include ATM Start Up Competition, ATM Travel Tech, GBTA Business Travel Forums and Buyer Networking.
https://www.wtm.com/arabian-travel-week/en-gb.html
WTM Latin America is held annually in São Paulo and attracts more than 29,000 tourism professionals and almost 800 exhibiting companies during the three-day event. The event offers a qualified content combined with networking and business opportunities. In its latest edition, in 2024, WTM Latin America kept its focus on effective business generation and was able to schedule in advance six thousand meetings that were held between buyers, travel agents and exhibitors.
WTM Latin America contents are available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Next event: 14 to 16 April 2026 – Expo Center Norte, SP, Brazil
WTM Africa launched in 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. The event welcomes 6,000 travel industry professionals to Africa’s leading and only business to business (B2B) exhibition for both the inbound and outbound African travel and tourism markets.
Next event: 13 to 15 April 2025 – Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town http://africa.wtm.com/
About ATW Connect: Africa Travel Week’s digital arm, is a virtual hub packed to the seams with interesting content, industry news and insights, and the opportunity to hear from experts on a variety of topics in our new monthly webinar series. All with the aim to keep all of us in the travel and tourism industry connected. ATW Connect focuses on inbound and outbound markets for general leisure tourism, luxury travel, LGBTQ+ travel and the MICE/business travel sector as well as travel technology.
WTM Global Hub, is the WTM Portfolio online portal created to connect and support travel industry professionals around the world. The resource hub offers the latest guidance and knowledge to help exhibitors, buyers and others in the travel industry face the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic. WTM Portfolio is tapping into its global network of experts to create content for the hub. https://hub.wtm.com/
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