Welcome to Travolution's European Summit

Our flagship event once again invites travel technology professionals to London on May 13, 2025.

Keeping up with the change in demand to stay reflective of our industry, we’ve listened and moved the summit back to ensure greater opportunities for more meaningful conversations and the ability to foster new partnerships.

We’ve harnessed content on an array of pressing topics that are pertinent to success in the ever-evolving landscape of our sector, while being mindful of consumers’ demands from technology servicing travel.

This year’s summit will delve into the latest trends and innovations shaping the future of travel, including the potential of the Metaverse, the rise in experiential travel and the digitisation of transport services.

Being the pinnacle platform for top industry suppliers to meet with existing and new clients, the summit will once again include a one-to-one meetings schedule. Suppliers and buyers will agree to pre-confirmed 15-minute meetings in our extended networking opportunity before the insightful content kicks off.

We’re at an inflection point, make sure you’re not behind the curve and register for the 2025 Travolution Summit to find out how to get ahead.

For event enquiries, please contact  Jamie.Dunning@Jacobsmediagroup.com, and for sponsorship enquiries contact Kim.Hulbert@jacobsmediagroup.com .

Why should you attend the Travolution European Summit?


EXCLUSIVE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Engage in meaningful discussions and build valuable connections with key industry players through pre-confirmed one-to-one meetings.


THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Hear senior travel and non-travel industry leaders present, discuss and debate the ever-evolving landscape of the travel technology sector.


KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Learn practical advice from others’ experiences through case studies, live demos and fireside chats to inform your future strategies.


STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Gain insight into the topics that are pertinent to your future success.

AGENDA

Tue 13th May 2025
08:30
Breakfast
09:00
1:1 meetings
11:00
Coffee break
11:15
Editor opening
11:20
Opening keynote: Future scoping

What do things look like now and what will the future hold? How is AI and search going to develop over the coming years, what remains a priority and how you can rise to the landscape changing for volume of channel choice consumers now have with AI.

Speakers:

Joe Welton, head of travel, AWS UK

Christopher Evans, CEO, Collinson International

11:35
Fireside chat: Meet lastminute.com’s new CEO

From employee to entrepreneur - meet the man behind it all. With a background in experiences, digital underpinning everything it all and consumer behaviour, we look at what the future holds for the OTA with a new person steering the ship.

Moderator:

Kate Harden-England, editor, Travolution

Speaker:

Alessandro Petazzi, CEO, lastminute.com

11:55
Panel Discussion: Towards the future of travel retailing - Adapting to consumer expectations

In an era where consumers expect seamless, personalised, and flexible shopping experiences, how can travel agencies evolve to meet these demands? This panel, hosted by DataArt, will bring together expert voices from travel technology and retailing industries to discuss the challenges and opportunities in modernising travel retailing. From overcoming legacy system limitations to integrating data-driven insights and eCommerce-inspired shopping experiences, our panellists will share their perspectives on how the industry can innovate and remain competitive in a rapidly changing landscape.

Moderator:

Nick Boni, senior solutions consultant, DataArt

Speakers:

Jack Bark, senior solutions architect, Amazon Web Services

James Lemon, global industry lead - hospitality, travel & leisure, Stripe

Denis Baranov, global head of retail, DataArt

12:35
Spotlight: A fast website requires a fast organisation

Rewind to early 2019 and loveholidays was sitting at the top of the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 list, but its technology was struggling to keep pace with the scale of the business. Now, as the UK's largest online travel agent, it processes more package holiday combinations each day than there are grains of sand on Earth, consistently returning search results in under 150 milliseconds, 50 times faster than the original page speed.

This transformation wasn’t achieved by rolling out a single technical project, but by fundamentally rethinking the kind of company it is. Mike Jones, CTO of loveholidays, will share how a shift in the OTA's identity from being a travel company that uses tech, to a tech company that happens to be in travel, has driven the company's exponential growth post-pandemic.

Speaker:

Mike Jones, CTO, loveholidays

12:50
Live demo: Why the Metaverse is set to be a hit for 2025?

As numbers set to reach 700 million monthly users this year, why is it that this year we might see the technology take off?

Speaker:

Roman Townsend, managing director, Belvera Partners

13:05
Panel discussion: Connect, distribute and pay – Web3 and crypto as enablers

Discover the unexpected ways Web3 and cryptocurrency are reshaping the travel landscape, growing in popularity as a form of connectivity and payment. What’s unique about these businesses? What are the practical use cases for travellers and for travel businesses in the B2B ecosystem?

Join industry trailblazers as they reveal how blockchain technology is revolutionising connectivity, distribution, and products in travel, potentially becoming the industry's game-changer by 2025.

Moderator:

James Lemon, global industry lead - hospitality, travel & leisure, Stripe

Speakers:

Michele "Mik" Ruberl, vp of product, Chain4Travel

Beatriz Oficialdegui, marketing and communications director, Destinia

Mickael Woelcke, it business analyst & project lead, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd

13:45
lunch
14:45
Panel Discussion: How the ‘forgotten’ parts of a traveller’s journey are digitising

An important part of a traveller’s journey are airports, rail providers, bus and coach travel, and car hire. This panel delves into the work going into these components of a trip are improving.

Moderator:

Martijn van der Voort, travel technology consultant, AstraNomad

Speakers:

Louise Brown, director of digital experiences, Heathrow Airport

Paul Brindley, commercial director, Eurostar

Philip Yan, sr. director - industry relations & flights, Travix & head of airport partnerships, Trip.com

David Norris, chief growth officer, Holiday Extras

15:20
Panel discussion: Finding the missing pieces to the scalability puzzle

We sit down with experts across the sector in a variety of roles that are all necessary to come together to unlock success for business growth by ensuring we don’t trip over certain obvious factors at play when wanting to increase operations. We consider data, marketing, payments and risk.

Moderator:

Andy Owen Jones, co-founder and co-MD, Smartseer

Speakers:

John Musk, product director, Haven Holidays

Nicholas Smith, holidays digital director, eSky Group

Philip Grace, chief development officer, Bob W

16:00
Headline executive interview: An exclusive sit down with Bertrand Sava post HBX Group IPO

This session promises to delve inside of the inner workings of this executive and their business. It will cut open key learnings from success stories, while speaking candidly about overcoming challenges and failures. Everything from the small gains to the mighty wins and across all aspects of business to what their key priorities and focuses are for the upcoming year.

Moderator:

Kate-Harden England, editor, Travolution

Speaker:

Bertrand Sava, general manager retail travel agencies, HBX Group

16:20
Editor's goodbye and networking drinks

SPEAKERS

Denis Baranov
Global Head of Retail
DataArt
Jack Bark
senior solutions architect
Amazon Web Services
Nick Boni
senior solutions consultant
DataArt
Paul Brindley
commercial director
Eurostar
Louise Brown
director of digital experiences
Heathrow Airport
Christopher Evans
CEO
Collinson International
Phillip Grace
chief development officer
Bob W
Kate Harden-England
editor
Travolution
Mike Jones
CTO
loveholidays
James Lemon
global industry lead - hospitality, travel & leisure
Stripe
John Musk
product director
Haven Holidays
David Norris
chief growth officer
Holiday Extras
Beatriz Oficialdegui
marketing and communications director
Destinia
Andy Owen Jones
co-founder and co-MD
Smartseer
Alessandro Petazzi
CEO
lastminute.com
Michele "Mik" Ruberl
vp of product
Chain4Travel
Bertrand Sava
general manager retail travel agencies
HBX Group
Nicholas Smith
holidays digital director
eSky Group
Roman Townsend
managing director
Belvera Partners
Martijn van der Voort
travel technology consultant
AstraNomad
Joe Welton
head of travel
AWS
Mickael Woelcke
it business analyst & project lead
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd
Philip Yan
head of airport partnerships
Trip.com

VENUE

Events at No. 6 is a modern venue located in the City of London, just a short walk from Aldgate and Aldgate East, Fenchurch and Liverpool Street station. As the home of The Royal College of Pathologists, our state-of-the-art space is perfectly designed and is the first and only architectural practice in the world to have approved science-based targets and be carbon neutral via the United Nations Climate Neutral Now framework.

SPONSORS

By attending the summit you will be able to take part in pre-arranged one-to-one meetings with our sponsors and meeting partners that are at the cutting edge of marketing distribution and innovative thinking. 

Event enquiries

Jamie Dunning
event coordinator
+44 7353156331

Editorial contact

Kate Harden-England
editor
+44 7596 599537

Event Sponsorship

Kim Hulbert
international partnerships manager
+44 7729 393938