• Stayz joins line-up at The Travel Bootcamp’s next event  
• Stayz is the longest-running booking site in Australia  
• Joins National Geographic, Georgia Rickard, Lauren Bath, Liz Carlson in event program
• Event teaches best practice in evolving travel media space 

The Travel Bootcamp announces the Stayz juggernaut as a gold sponsor for their upcoming event in Queenstown, New Zealand. 

The Australian holiday rental website has recently expanded to an international audience, now controlling a portfolio of more than 2 million global properties, in over 190 different countries. The company’s mission is to ‘connect travellers with the people and places they love’. 

“Stayz have been an enduring figure in the industry for some twenty years now. It’s a widely known, well-loved brand responsible for connecting thousands of travellers to authentic holiday experiences every day,” said Bootcamp co-founder Lauren Bath. “We’re very pleased to be welcoming them to The Bootcamp family.” 

“We’re very pleased to be a part of the event and support a fellow Australian brand,” said Simone Scoppa, Head of PR and Social for Stayz. “The opportunity to support and promote the next-generation of digital storytellers was really compelling for us as we launch into international destinations as a business, and we are wrapped that the industry leaders at The Travel Bootcamp wanted to have us on board too.” 

Stayz is The Travel Bootcamp’s second event sponsor to be announced, following its newly formed alliance with TravMedia.  

Earlier this week, National Geographic’s Sarah Polger was the first guest-speaker to be included in the event line-up. 

Polger will join event co-founders: travel magazine editor Georgia Rickard, Australia’s first professional Instagrammer Lauren Bath, and world’s top ten female travel blogger Liz Carlson to speak at the October event. 

Further event announcements are due to follow.  

About The Travel Bootcamp

The Travel Bootcamp curriculum teaches best industry practice across traditional, new and emerging digital media.  

The Bootcamp attracts travel professionals from across the globe. Previous attendees have included publicists Yvette Peverell and Cynthia Dammerer, travel writers Briar Jensen, Megan Blandford, and Celeste Mitchell, Queensland Tourism ambassadors Mark Fitzpatrick (@_markfitz) and Jesse Lindeman (@Photobohemian), influencers Georgie Mann (@georgie.mann.photos) and Jules Ingall (@JulesIngall) and travel bloggers Tracy and Rob Morris (@theblondenomads). 

This year’s event is on track to be their biggest Bootcamp yet, taking place in Queenstown, New Zealand, between Friday October 4th and Sunday October 6th. 

All Travel Bootcamp co-founders available for interview 

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