TIS is an international forum for innovation, trends and reflections for the tourism sector, offering managers and companies in the sector the opportunity to learn about the latest technological solutions and products. Over the three days of the event, more than 7,000 tourism professionals will be brought together for a chance to look for the latest solutions to boost their destination or tourism business. In addition, more than 400 experts from around the world will share their strategies and success stories to promote smarter, digital and sustainable tourism at the Tourism Innovation Global Summit.

Across the three days of the event, experts in the field will be addressing the seven key trends that are defining the new era of tourism: driving innovation to reshape the future of travel; embracing the digital transformation; sustainable practices to promote environmental conservation, social responsibility and economic viability; embrace human centricity and explore how it can transform the travel experience; exclusive sessions for CEOs to promote peer-to-peer discussion for top-level executives in the industry; marketing and sales strategies; and trends, innovations and best practices in the MICE and business travel sector.

According to Silvia Avilés, Director of TIS - Tourism Innovation Summit: "At a challenging time for the tourism industry, it is of utmost importance to bring together the entire tourism ecosystem, including companies and public administrations, to develop new ideas that reinvent this sector, one of the most relevant for the national and global economy. That is why, for yet another year, we are bringing together at TIS these new innovative projects with the capacity to transform and reinvent the tourism industry."

Touristech Startup Fest

The fourth edition of TIS will once again host the Touristech Startup Fest competition, aimed at startups from all over the world that want to present their innovative projects with which they are transforming, reactivating and bringing new business models to the tourism industry.

The Touristech Startup Fest will feature 40 hand-selected startups and they will have the opportunity to present their projects to investors, venture capitalists and leading tourism companies that will attend TIS in search of the most disruptive digital projects.