31 Oct 2018
Tags: travel, tourism, Event, Influencer, London, sit-UP, QEII Centre, TravMedia Event, TravMedia
One-day Conference, Marketplace and Awards To Take Place at QEII Centre 26 March 2019
sit-UP (www.situpevent.com), a brand new event connecting the travel industry with influencers, has been announced by TravMedia UK.
The day-long show takes place on Tuesday 26 March 2019 at the QEII Centre in Westminster, and will combine a morning conference, afternoon marketplace and evening after-party featuring a new influencer awards ceremony.
sit-UP takes centre stage at the QEII the day after the venue hosts IMM – also created by TravMedia UK - the market-leading event connecting the travel industry with the media, attended by almost 200 travel brands and over 300 journalists in 2018.
Moderator and guest speaker at sit-Up will be Alex Hunter, former global Head of Online for Virgin Group, overseeing its global digital strategy and Sir Richard Branson's personal digital outreach. Alex is now a speaker, investor and an award-winning vlogger with the show Attaché.
Other speakers include Emma Mead, Head of Global PR, VisitBritain and VisitEngland; Philip Trippenbach, Head of Influencer, Edelman London, and Sumandeep Sohi, Investigations Executive, Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). They are joined by top influencers including 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).
In the afternoon, attention turns to the Travel Influencer Marketplace, sit-UP's three-hour networking marathon, where influencers hold meetings at the branded exhibition stands of sit-UP delegate brands.
The evening plays host to a glamorous after-party and the inaugural sit-UP Awards, with top influencer campaigns by travel brands celebrated alongside the individual achievements of influencers. The evening climaxes with the announcement of the Influencer of the Year.
Said Henry Hemming, Managing Director of TravMedia UK: “We created sit-UP to address the demand for an event that's purely about business between influencers and travel and tourism brands.
“sit-UP's here to fuel those burgeoning commercial relationships between influencers and the industry, and has resulted from unequivocal demand from our industry customers for a memorable live event in this space.”
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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
