The first round of speakers for TBEX Summit America 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska, is a collection of 10 highly-skilled professionals who will provide travel media – including travel content creators, vloggers, social media specialists, influencers, and photographers – with constructive information, tools, and innovative strategies for success in the current travel and tourism space.
Our only 2nd-ever TBEX Summit event will also provide a wealth of information for travel and tourism industry providers – including tourism boards, tour operators, hotels, and marketing agencies – on how to develop a powerful online presence and work effectively with content creators.
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The format of this event, with its 80-minute breakout sessions, allows for more detailed information for attendees on important topics. We are bringing speakers who gave some of the most highly-acclaimed sessions from our recent TBEX events in Europe to deliver similar content in Anchorage. This includes Mike & Ann Howard, Nour Brahimi, and Ian Ord. now, let’s meet our first round of speakers!
Traveling for the last 12 years through 80 countries across all seven continents, Mike & Anne Howard are on The World’s Longest Honeymoon. Using Anne’s background as a magazine editor and Mike’s as a digital media strategist and photographer, the Howards launched HoneyTrek.com in 2012 to chronicle their travels, and have since written and photographed National Geographic’s bestselling book on couples adventure travel, “Ultimate Journeys for Two”, as well as the Lowell Thomas award-winning glamping guidebook, “Comfortably Wild.” Their storytelling has gained a following of 400,000 across social media platforms and earned them partnerships with 200+ DMOs and travel brands. They love sharing off-the-track destinations, unique accommodations, big adventures, sustainability successes, and the human stories that make each place so special.
Mike & Anne will explain how to land brand deals from start to finish.
Nour Brahimi is the first female Algerian travel vlogger, and one of the top travel content creators in the Middle East and North Africa. With her seven years experience of publishing content across platforms, she gained over 1.8 million followers on the internet. She has helped hundreds of people make viral videos, reaching millions of their target audiences. She is 2019 nominee for Best Algerian YouTuber of the Year and Best Algerian Instagrammer of the Year.
Nour will explain in detail how to go viral with short videos.
Samantha Wei is the co-creator and co-owner of Mytanfeet. Originally from Washington state, she moved to Costa Rica in 2012 and started Mytanfeet alongside her husband Yeison to promote the country’s tourism. Together, they have spent the last 10+ years working full time to turn Mytanfeet into Costa Rica’s top travel blog, publishing over 700 detailed guides about the up and coming tropical destination. Samantha is the main content creator of Mytanfeet in charge of photography and blog posts. As a successful 6 figure travel company in Costa Rica, Mytanfeet has helped thousands of readers plan their own trip to Costa Rica by classic travel blogging and storytelling.
Yeison Kim is one of the co-creators and owners of Mytanfeet, a travel blog dedicated to Costa Rican tourism, his home country. Yeison works on the business side of the website alongside his wife, Samantha and for the last 10 years, Yeison has used his extensive local knowledge and experience to establish a successful travel consulting company in Costa Rica.
Samantha & Yeison will demonstrate how to grow your business.
Ian Ord has been involved in the travel industry since 2002. Working both as an industry professional and as a blogger, as well as attaining a degree in tourism, he has been involved in all aspects of tourism. Ian is a founder of the travel company, Where Sidewalks End, that has been a leading innovator in positive impact tourism since 2011.
Ian will detail how to transform your content into services with a deep-dive tour creation workshop.
Tammilee Tillison has been to TBEX events worldwide and is excited to share her 15 years of experience as a website owner/blogger. Tammilee runs three websites with her husband, John, that focus on travel and food. Tammilee has the unique experience of running three distinctly different websites and has learned what works for each audience group.
Tammilee will be a session facilitator on a topical issue for travel content creators.
Tim Leffel runs five websites so he is constantly testing and monitoring those. As the author of Travel Writing 2.0, he regularly interviewing other bloggers for book updates and the associated blog. Tim also runs a travel writing success course and do individual consulting sessions as an add-on. He also participates in a mastermind with other successful bloggers and monitor the travel blogger Facebook groups for trends and success stories.
Tim will reveal the muddy path forward for content creators after Googlegate.
Kailee Stickler is a senior vice president at Thompson & Co. Public Relations. Born in Healy, Alaska, Kailee is a founding member of the agency’s digital arm, and has spent the past eight years bringing her strong aesthetic and strategic mind to ensure clients maximize opportunities and trends in the ever-evolving virtual landscape. As a senior vice president, Kailee oversees business development and growth strategies for the agency. Additionally, she leads all agency influencer marketing strategies including campaigns for Travel Alaska, Discover Valdez, the Alaska Railroad, Borealis Basecamp and more.
Kailee will show how to reach relationship goals between creators and brands.
We can’t wait to welcome you to this specialized event designed for travel creators and industry professionals focusing on high-level discussions, advanced workshops, and networking opportunities. It aims to delve deeper into the trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the influencer and content marketing in the travel industry in the Americas. For more information about TBEX Summit America 2024 in Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-26, visit: https://tbexcon.com/summit-america-2024/
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