With the Covid-19 vaccine rollout well underway in the UK, the travel industry - including BGTW member Sarah Lee and her team at Captivate - is planning its path back.

Propel: FORWARD, a virtual conference on February 23 and 24, is providing the travel industry and travel content creators and media with the road map for recovery in a post-pandemic world. See this video for details.

Practical advice, key insights from thought-leaders and scheduled networking are the cornerstones of this two-day online event. Already being tagged as a landmark conference, Propel: FORWARD will cover themes such as:

RECOVER: How destinations and travel brands are working to restore the industry, plus exploring responsible reporting for content creators.

REFOCUS: How has the past year changed the industry and how will it impact its future, how to successfully pitch post pandemic. 

RE-IMAGINE: Exploring future trends such as sustainable and regenerative travel, plus a look at diversity in the industry and how we change the face of travel. 

Propel: FORWARD has been developed by the team at Captivate, the travel blogging network, and founders of the Propel Conference for experienced bloggers. Led by Sarah & Terry Lee, Captivate tells the story of travel all over the world, with creative campaigns that generate significant online reach, build awareness of destinations and brands, inform, and inspire travellers to book holidays with its clients. 

Captivate director, Sarah Lee, said: “The conference will help the travel industry, and the media and content creators that support it, to overcome the challenges of 2020 and refocus on the emerging travel landscape of 2021.

“Propel: FORWARD will not only be a starting point for exploring where travel will go next, and for vital networking between industry and content creators/media, but it will provide DMOs and brands with a platform to keep their destination and products front of mind during these challenging times.

"We are also pleased to welcome Graz Tourism as conference partners for Propel: FORWARD."

Susanne Höller, Graz Tourism's head of destination marketing, explained why they got onboard with the event: “After successfully hosting the first Propel Conference in Graz, we jumped at the idea of being a sponsor of Propel: FORWARD. As person-to-person meetings are out of reach at the moment, it is a great opportunity to strengthen existing relations to content creators and build up new ones.

“The post pandemic world will be looking rather different, we all need to face and understand the new challenges which will come our way. So Propel: FORWARD will be the perfect place to learn more about these challenges and how to tackle them. I am happy and proud to be once again part of the Propel family.”

Austrian National Tourist Office, VisitEngland, Grenada Tourism Authority, Vorarlberg Tourism and Tonic Magazine are amongst the roster of sponsors for the event, while further exhibitors and sponsors will be revealed in the coming weeks. 

Propel: FORWARD will also be taking donations for conference charity, The Travel Foundation to support its work in building a sustainable travel future.

Content creator and media tickets are available here and information for exhibitors and sponsors can be found here.

For further details contact Terry Lee: terry@captivatedigitalmedia.com, +44 (0)7887950407.