This year marks the 15th anniversary of the New York Times Travel show. Each year over 30K travel enthusiasts attend the event at the Javits Center where over 40 destination specific seminars are offered, 900 media professionals attend and over 500 booths offer direct contact with Boards of Tourism, cruises, resorts and tour representatives for 170 plus destinations. The event mainly sponsored by Turkish Air and South Africa offers a multifaceted experience as each day seems to cater to a different group, starting with media and travel professionals. The weekend caters to families and non-industry travelers. Products, services, and travel trends are highlighted through a whole travel conference agenda with interesting topics.
This year the highlights included luxury, spa and wellness, travel media, cruising, Caribbean updates on 33 destinations, culinary food and wine tours in Europe and one of a kind experiences in Africa. Ultimately, every region was covered with additional panels focused on the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Latin America and other panels focused on family travel, travel bloggers, adventure travel, young travel professionals and destination weddings. There was also a large L.G.B.T travel presence and several representatives from Cuba. Not only is this yearly travel event highly informative, it’s also entertaining.
“Each year, more and more travel professionals and enthusiasts attend The New York Times Travel Show and for good reason,” says Maggie Kiselick, vice president of advertising and managing director, The New York Times Magazine. “People rely on the Show to provide both exceptional travel offerings and helpful information to help them plan their trips to see the world. We look forward to hosting even more people at 2019’s show.”
Star Speakers included travel expert Pauline Frommer, fashion designer Zac Posen and musical artist Action Bronson. The 2018 show also highlighted new seminar topics such as: “Seeing Mexico City and Barcelona Through Their Burgeoning Art Scenes,” with art expert Maria Brito; “The Best Travel Gadgets of 2018,” a conversation with experts of New York Times’s product review website Wirecutter; and “Sustainable and Socially Conscious Travel” with New York Times travel and lifestyle writer Shivani Vora; among many others.
2018 Travel Show Exhibitor Award winners included:
Best in Show- Turkish Airlines
Best New Exhibitor-Hostelworld
Most Interactive-Korea Tourism Organization
The People’s Choice-Puerto Rica Tourism Company
Most Imaginative- Camp Cody
2018 New York Times Travel Show Sponsors
Turkish Airlines was the Presenting Sponsor of the 2018 Travel Show.
South African Tourism, supporter of the Travel Show since 2008, was a gold sponsor of The New York Times Travel Show.
Allianz, The Florida Keys & West Keys, MSC Cruises, Turkish Tourism, and Visit Florida were silver sponsors of the Travel Show.
Israel Ministry of Tourism was the 2018 Taste of the World sponsor. Greek National Tourism was the 2018 Show’s bag sponsor.
Industry Sponsors included: Adventure Travel Trade Association, Africa Travel Association, American Society of Travel Agents, Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Education Foundation, Caribbean Tourism Organization, Cruise Lines International Association, Destination Wedding & Honeymoon Specialists Association, Family Travel Association, International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association, Millennials in Travel, Pacific Asia Travel Association, Professional Travel Bloggers Association, Society of American Travel Writers, United States Tour Operators Association and Well-Being Travel.
Cruise Critic, Family Vacation Critic, Go Nomad, Healthy Aging Magazine, Inside Travel Report, ManAboutWorld, Passport, travAlliancemedia, Travel Market Report, We Blog the World, WNET-TV and WVVH-TV served as media sponsors.
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Real numbers for Jan. 26-28, 2018 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
32,398 participants (the highest attendance in the Show’s history).
10,268 travel trade
22,130 consumer attendees during the three-day event that took place from
600 Brands
176 countries
