TravMedia's Influencer Conference, Marketplace & Awards takes place at the QEII Centre London, 26 March 2019.

Leading tourism and travel brands and over 50 influencers have already signed up for the first-ever sit-UP, TravMedia UK's brand new event (www.situpevent.com).

sit-UP is a business-focused event connecting the travel industry with influencers, and takes place on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London. The event combines a morning conference, afternoon marketplace, and evening after-party coupled with a brand new awards ceremony.

Brands already confirmed for the day include Atout France; Bournemouth & Poole Tourism; Cayman Islands Department of Tourism; Classic Cottages; Dusseldorf Tourist Board; KE Adventure Travel; Tourism NT (Northern Territory); TrekAmerica; Visit Aberdeenshire; Visit County Durham, and VisitDenmark.

Registered influencers include Alex Zouaghi (A on the road); Carolina Trippar (Steph T); Dave Brett (Travel Dave); Emily Luxton (Emily Luxton Travels); Jenny Eaves (Monkey and Mouse); Jodie Dewberry (Alajode); Macca Sherifi (An Adventurous World); Olivia Cox (TV & Radio Presenter); Sean Webster (Sug Sean); Steffi Crivellaro (Steffi DayDreamer); Vicky Etherington (Eat Sleep Love Travel), and Yishyene Chew (smallcrazy).

Among the high-profile speakers at sit-UP's conference are Alex Hunter (Attaché) the former global Head of Online for Virgin Group; Emma Mead, VisitBritain; Philip Trippenbach, Edelman; David Reilly (Life of Reilly); Julie Falconer (A Lady in London); Karen Beddow (MiniTravellers); Paul Johnson (A Luxury Travel Blog), and Sian Lewis (The Girl Outdoors).

Following sit-UP's morning conference, the afternoon plays host to the Travel Influencer Marketplace, a three-hour networking marathon, where influencers hold meetings at stands of sit-UP delegate brands. The evening consists of a glamorous after-party and first-ever sit-UP awards ceremony celebrating the work of influencers and brands, climaxing with the announcement of the Influencer of the Year.

sit-UP takes place the day after the QEII hosts IMM – also created by TravMedia UK - the market-leading event connecting the travel industry with the media. Demand for IMM has been equally strong with exhibition space almost sold out and almost 200 media already registered.

Said Henry Hemming, Managing Director of TravMedia UK: “Growth in the travel influencer space is prodigious and the registrations we're seeing for sit-UP is testimony to that.

“It's clear the travel industry wants a dedicated forum for meeting and talking business with top influencers.”

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EDITORS NOTES

Originally created by a travel journalist seeking a better way to research and report travel news, TravMedia is dedicated to creating thriving online communities of travel journalists and travel PR professionals.

The company currently operates in 11 countries: Australia, Germany, Dubai, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Africa, and has amassed over 50,000 journalist and PR members.

In the UK, TravMedia and Food4Media are part of the family of websites that also includes Homes4Media.com and Property4Media.com, sites that are owned and operated separately by News4Media Ltd.

The technology used by the sites has become an essential tool for journalists and PR professionals in their day-to-day activities, as they connect and share information in their working lives.

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For further information, please contact:

Ana Rodrigues

sit-UP Event Manager

T: +44 (0)20 3440 8914

E: ana.rodrigues@travmedia.com