Sponsors
AdThrive
AdThrive’s mission is to build a creator-first future. We manage digital advertising sales and technology for more than 3,500 creators and independent publishers, empowering them to build thriving long-term businesses and maximize revenue. With AdThrive it’s easy to focus on what you do best — produce great content.
Airheart
Travelers are looking for a way to turn the trip inspiration they find through social media, forums, and word-of-mouth into customizable plans of their own.
Airheart allows travelers to easily create and share all of their travel plans, even if they’re only aspirational. Creators can turn their expert knowledge of travel into bookable itineraries for people looking for unique experiences, while making real money doing what they love.
Join us as we launch to a waitlist of over 40k travelers.
Alabama Tourism Department
The Alabama Tourism Department is the state agency responsible for inspiring and facilitating travel to and through Alabama. With a thriving interest in civil rights history, culinary excellence, unique cultural experiences and Alabama’s pristine beaches, more than 29 million travelers spent over $18 billion in the state in 2019. The Alabama Tourism Department has won top national and regional awards from World Travel Market in London, U.S. Travel Association, National Council of State Tourism Directors, Travel Weekly magazine, the Southeast Tourism Society and the Southern Public Relations Federation for its tourism marketing campaigns.
Arkansas Tourism
Arkansas Tourism, a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, strives to expand the economic impact of travel and tourism in the state and enhance the quality of life for all Arkansans. The division manages 14 Arkansas Welcome Centers and employs more than 60 staff members across The Natural State.
Aweber
AWeber is one of the world’s leading email marketing solutions for small businesses, entrepreneurs and content creators. Over the past 20 years, AWeber has helped more than one million customers reliably connect with their audiences through powerfully-simple email marketing solutions. Along with its award-winning 24/7 US-based customer support, AWeber delivers entrepreneurs and small businesses the ability to quickly load and manage contacts, send amazing emails, and analyze results without having to be tech whiz.
Banff & Lake Louise Tourism
Banff and Lake Louise offers incredible experiences that reconnect people to the natural world. Situated in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains in Banff National Park, within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, accessible year-round adventure and wellness is cultivated every day of the year by visitors from across the globe. Home to three ski resorts, countless glacier fed lakes, two vibrant townsites, and authentic Canadian culture and cuisine, this place is unforgettable, and it’s truly alive.
Destination Toronto
For the trailblazers who leave no destination unexplored; meeting in Toronto puts you at the economic, innovative and cultural heart of Canada. An exciting city that’s ever-evolving, our multicultural roots are expressed through thriving local artists and innovators. Explore vibrant neighbourhoods, each one representing different facets of Indigenous, European, African, Caribbean and other cultural influences that add to our city’s eclectic identity. Follow your curiosity through towering skyscrapers, down artistic alleyways, and into one of the world’s biggest film festivals. Navigate sprawling seasonal markets, barhop live-music venues and land at a championship sporting event. Even if you’ve been here before, there’s always new adventures to be had.
GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide is the booking platform for unforgettable travel experiences. Travelers use GetYourGuide to discover the best things to do in a destination — including walking tours by top local experts, local culinary tours, cooking and craft classes, skip-the-line tickets to the world’s most iconic attractions, bucket-list experiences and niche offerings you won’t find anywhere else. Since its founding in 2009, travelers from over 170 countries have booked more than 45 million tours, activities and attraction tickets through GetYourGuide.
Google for Creators
Google for Creators is a homebase for creators to learn, grow, and get inspired. We offer tips, tools, and content designed to help creators make the most of their web presence
GoRving
People have always been intrigued by RV travel, now more than ever. Go RVing’s mission is to inspire potential RVers by sparking their curiosity through rich, authentic, and diverse storytelling. The go-to resource for new RVers, Go RVing is the one-stop-shop for everything one needs to get started RVing. With so many tips and inspiring stories, you’ll be amazed at the many ways RVing can enrich your life.
Huntsville
A mix of high-tech cool and sublime southern culture, Huntsville, Alabama truly has something for everyone. In the Rocket City, everyone can be an astronaut for a day at the largest space museum in the world, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. You don’t get to space without creativity, and Huntsville has it. With the arts on display through murals, museums, and more, you can also take in nature’s beauty with plenty of outdoor activities.
Intrepid Travel
Intrepid Travel is the world’s largest small group adventure travel company. As a certified B Corp, we’re all about treading lightly, travelling sustainably and showing how tourism can be a force for good (yes, in all 120+ countries we visit!). So if YOU’RE all about getting out of your comfort zone, authentic experiences, and small groups of like-minded travellers, join us. We’ll be waiting at intrepidtravel.com to help you adventure and #BeIntrepid.
Insured Nomads
Insured Nomads is deploying the preeminent insurtech and traveltech platform empowering remote workers, expats, location independent and adventure travelers to safely & intelligently live, work and play anywhere around the world. An unprecedented combination of insurance and technology providing protection beyond benefits for those beyond borders. Our mission is the evolution of insurance for the revolution of travel.
Japan National Tourism Organization
As the official tourism board of Japan, JNTO seeks to inspire travelers to visit Tokyo, Kyoto and beyond once borders reopen to international tourists. Focusing on sustainability, diversity and preservation of its history and culture, JNTO encourages travelers to explore the country while supporting local businesses, learning about indigenous cultures and helping conserve its natural sites.
Matador
Matador is a global media brand for modern adventurers and a leading travel publisher. Matador Creators is a free platform for travel creators where we connect you with press trips, paid brand deals with hundreds of tourism boards and brands like Samsung, REI, Subaru, YETI, Lufthansa, Hilton, and Chase. At Matador Trips, we also run small-group adventures to destinations like Peru (Machu Picchu), Ecuador (volcanoes), Tonga (swimming with humpbacks), and Mexico (surf, cenotes, and tequila). Come say hi at our booth!
Medjet
Accidents, illness and injury can happen while traveling. When they do, Medjet can get you home! Most insurance medevac benefits only get you to the “nearest acceptable” hospital in the case of an emergency. That’s important coverage, but if you want to make sure you can be moved to your hospital AT HOME — regardless of “medical necessity” (and yes, even for COVID) — top travel experts also recommend you have a Medjet Membership. We protect individuals, families, tons of celebrities, corporations, Fortune 500 executives…even the NFL. We can protect you too!
Memberful
Best-in-class membership software for independent creators, publishers, entrepreneurs and more! We seamlessly integrate with the tools you already use, while fading into the background so your brand shines bright. You have complete ownership and control of all things related to your audience, your finances, and your membership business. Used by some of the biggest travel creators, we help people like you invest in your community, while getting paid to do the work you love.
Memphis
Home of the blues, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll, Memphis is where the soundtrack of your life comes from — and where a new generation of musicians continue making music today, inspired by the rebel legends who came before them. Behind the music is a creative energy and grit: the spirit of an American original where anything is possible, the Mississippi River makes a mighty backdrop, every place you go tells a civil rights story, and the barbecue, soul food — and everything else you’ll eat tastes as good as you’ve heard.
point.me
Find better flights, for fewer points. point.me is the only search tool that makes it easy to discover the best real-time award flight options on 150+ airlines, along with a suite of features that make it easy for you to get the most out of your reward points, no matter what points you have! We partner with top travel influencers, and would love to chat about how we can help your audience travel better.
Relic
Relic is a full-service advertising agency, uniquely structured to service tourism-centric clients across the country. Our goal is to free up bandwidth for our clients and allow them to focus on the bigger picture, and the parts of their jobs they enjoy most. As part of that, Relic wanted to provide a new and exciting way for DMOs to showcase their destination, which is why we created the Destination Marketing Podcast Network (DMPN)—a network designed for destinations to create their own turnkey podcast. Talk to Relic about joining the network.
Rhino
Rhino is a social, content-sharing platform that enables people to share and discover travel experiences through photo, video, and text. Built with the mission to make the world a more inclusive place, we’re creating a space that celebrates diverse travel perspectives, creative storytelling, and meaningful connection.
Join our community to discover, learn, and grow alongside other explorers. Your adventure awaits.
Safety Wing
SafetyWing is your home country online. They are building a global social safety net for digital nomads and remote companies: from travel and health insurance to a truly borderless world. They offer Nomad Insurance, which is travel insurance that covers you worldwide, with Covid-19 and unexpected quarantine coverage and Remote Health, which is comprehensive health insurance solution for remote teams that covers everyone globally, no matter where they are in the world.
Seeker
Seeker is the social platform to find and share the places you love. With over 22,000 places to discover and 1,500 guides, Seeker is the fastest growing community of user-curated trips and guides. Create, publish and share embeddable and visual guides on Seeker in minutes. TravelCon attendees can use invite code TRAVELCON22 to join.
Teachable
Teachable is the go-to platform for thriving creators to turn their knowledge into scalable businesses. From online courses to coaching products, creators can seamlessly build best-in-class learning experiences, connect with audiences around the world, and maximize their earning potential. Most importantly, Teachable ensures creators maintain full ownership over every aspect of their unique brand and community. Tens of thousands of creators use Teachable to share their knowledge with 45+ million students around the world.
Tennessee
Tennessee is the home of the blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, soul, rockabilly, and rock ‘n’ roll— delivering an unparalleled experience of beauty, history, and family adventure, infused with music, that creates a vacation that is the “Soundtrack of America. Made in Tennessee.”
Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan’s capital, hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 in summer 2021. Tokyo was named Best Big City in the World in CNT’s 2021 Reader’s Choice Awards, adding to its fame as World’s Coolest City, Most Talked About City, Safest City, Best City to Live in. From “Life Changing Ramen” to “most Michelin starred restaurants,” Tokyo has been praised as the “World’s Greatest Food City.” We’ll send TCVB’s monthly newsletters: Tokyo Now and Inside Out Tokyo; discover where old traditions meet new innovations.
Travel Wifi
TravelWifi facilitates travel. What started out as a premiere internet service provider for the U.S. military has evolved to become a holistic approach to all the things one may need when traveling. We provide global portable hotspots, SIM cards, routers and more connectivity options to solve traveler’s biggest obstacles worldwide.
Travel Wisconsin
Inspiring exploration with breathtaking natural landscapes and vibrant urban communities, Wisconsin offers adventures during every season. Scenic highways and byways lead to unique villages, classic Supper Clubs and hidden gem attractions. The state hums with energy, its cities filled with musicians, artists, craftspeople and microbrewers. Wisconsin’s history of immigration has created a distinct food and drink culture, blending traditional dishes with irreverent innovation. The Badger State also loves to celebrate, hosting festivals and events packed with music, food and excitement. Learn more about Wisconsin at TravelWisconsin.com.
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Unbound Merino
Unbound Merino is the ultimate travel hack. Simple, stylish and versatile Merino wool apparel designed to drastically reduce the amount of luggage you pack. Clothing that can be worn for weeks or even months without ever needing to be washed—so you can travel anywhere, for any length of time, with nothing more than a backpack. It’s time to pack less and experience more.
Vacay My Way
Created by hosts, for hosts. VacayMyWay is an industry-disrupting vacation rental listing site designed to simplify the booking journey for guests and listing process for hosts. Specializing in value-centric, bookings with transparent pricing and no guest fees, VacayMyWay includes Guest ID Verification and $5M of Damage & Liability Protection on every reservation. Empowering open communication between hosts and guests, and providing on average, 20% more host revenue, VacayMyWay strives to enhance trust, clarity and convenience in the vacation rental travel experience.”
Visit California
California is a magnet for dreamers, from free spirits to pleasure-seekers to world-changers. Move-magic sunlight bathes its towering redwoods, mellow beaches, enchanted deserts and iconic cityscapes, setting the stage for adventure and discovery. California is the land of boundless opportunity, a place where you don’t just dream, you dream big. Formed in 1998, Visit California develops and maintains marketing programs — in partnership with the state’s travel industry — that keep California top-of-mind as a premier travel destination. For more information about Visit California and the state’s beaches, mountains, cities, deserts and “everybody is welcome” and “anything is possible” culture, visit to visitcalifornia.com.
Visit Franklin
Franklin, Tennessee, just 17 miles south of Nashville, is home to both modern luxuries and rich history. Franklin mixes in an ample amount of classic Southern charm along its quintessential Main Street that is filled with music of all genres and transformative experiences with rural escapes that recharge and inspire.
Visit Mississippi
Mississippi. Birthplace of hitmakers, hip shakers, and world-renowned groundbreakers. Legends are born here. Kings, too. See the humble beginnings of Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King and Elvis Presley – the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. From blues to rock ‘n’ roll to country, rockabilly, soul and gospel, there’s no place on earth that has contributed more to the music of our lives than Mississippi, the “Birthplace of America’s Music.”
World Nomads
World Nomads aims to be a part of every adventurous traveler’s journey by providing travelers from over 140 countries a range of travel insurance and safety services. Our global travel insurance allows travelers to buy, extend, and claim online, 24/7 — even whilst already traveling — and includes coverage for emergency medical/evacuation, baggage, trip cancellation, sports equipment, personal liability, and a large list of adventure activities.
Our policies are underwritten by a suite of premier-tier insurers and emergency assistance. Our travel safety advice, language guides, and free online travel journals keep travelers informed and safe whether traveling to the most trammeled or remote parts of the world.
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