Join us on Travel Massive Island this July

If you have been following Travel Massive on Twitter or Facebook you know we have been working to create a new, fun project. What first started as our April Fool’s joke is slowly becoming reality. So now we want to know…

Are you free in July?

Join us for a fun, experimental unconference on a Greek Island, focused on destination rebranding, creative content creation and planning the sustainable future of Greece’s island of Ios in a participant-driven event.

So what is Travel Massive Island, you might ask?

It’s an experimental Travel Massive concept. We want to bring a cross-section of our global community together to meet, collaborate and share ideas on how to rebrand and market a unique destination for the future.

Keep in mind that this event is neither a big party, nor an official tourism event. It’s a global gathering of creative tourism professionals, who want to do something useful and innovative, while having fun and enjoying the amazing island of Ios at the same time.

The Island:

Ios is a world famous Greek Island with close proximity to Mykonos and Santorini. It is known as a party island but has a lot more to offer – and we want to inspire the world to rediscover Ios and its secrets. You can easily get to the Island by ferry from airports in Athens, Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros-Crete, Ιkaria and Milos.

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When:

Travel Massive Island will start on 18th July and end on 26th July. The official program, complete with participant-driven sessions and discussions, will be held from Tuesday, 21st to Saturday, 25th of July (see details below).

Participants:

Are you a CEO? Founder? Start-up? Tour operator? Video Creator? A Blogger? Journalist? DMO? Consulting company? PR agency? Anybody who is up for a week hanging out on Travel Massive Island Ios to meet, learn and share ideas is welcome.

Purpose:

The aim of the event is to bring together travel industry experts, leaders, and innovators along with adventurous travel professionals to create ideas and share knowledge about how we can make a positive impact in travel for the island of Ios, and explore its sustainable future.

Our hosts are LuxurIOS Island Experience, a local brand that wants to show a different side of the island away from the famous party scene.

More reasons to come:

– Meet and connect with travel insiders, leaders, and innovators in the travel industry.

– Join collaborative workshops & informative sessions created through a participant-driven unconference.

– Immerse in a creative environment to work and collaborate with content creators.

– An island. And yes, you’ll be living on it!

Format & Theme:

Three (3) days of a self-organising, participant-driven unconference. In order for the event to be successful everyone should be willing to share their knowledge and ideas and be ready to help out.

The unconference will focus on three key themes:

1. Video and creative content

Hailed as the future of content, how can emerging video platforms document and share the visitor experience? Calling presenters, filmmakers, YouTubers and aspiring actors. Let’s create something inspiring.

2. Sustainability

We make an impact everywhere we go. What sustainability practices can we learn from an island with two thousand inhabitants and how can we improve the communities we visit? Calling responsible tourism experts, advocates, leaders and innovators.

3. Local tours

How can “living like a local” provide a more valuable and authentic experience of a destination and change its perception to a visitor? Calling tour operators, tour startups, and local guides.

This could be your ride

Outcomes:

This event is part of a project by Luxurios and their rebranding strategy. As a result of the event, we expect to get both creative content and great ideas on the destination marketing and branding. However, the outcome of this collaborative experiment is up to YOU. We count on your ideas and inputs! On the last day of the Unconference we will host a wrap-up report from each workshop, and a content and video screening evening.

Tentative Itinerary

July 18 – 21 – Welcome to Ios! Arrival & Island Explorations
July 21 – Unconference Day 0: Opening session.
July 22 – Unconference Day 1: Collaboration sessions.
July 23 – Unconference Day 2: Project work
July 24 – Unconference Day 3: Presentations & travel film screening
July 25 – Closing party with international DJs

Costs:

– The unconference is FREE to attend, but you’ll need to cover all the other costs including transport and accommodation.

– Travel Massive is negotiating deals with sponsors, so we might have access to some discounted accommodation and transport partners.

– The Island hosts an annual party on the 25th of July with international DJs including David Morales. The public entrance cost is 50EUR but all Travel Massive members gain free access.

*Travel Massive is not making money from this event and it is merely a fun global gathering of like-minds!

Travel Massive Island is part of a month long project by Travel Concept Solution.

Sponsors:

Media Partners:

Contribute:

The event will be run in an open and collaborative style. If you have any inputs or something you’d like to contribute (from a great idea to workshop, presentation to giveaway) let us know by sending an email to island@travelmassive.com.

UPDATE:

We’re pleased to announce that Visit Greece has agreed to host up to 10 people in Athens, before your trip Ios or post-trip on the way home at the 5-star Metropolitan Hotel Athens.

We are also very happy to announce that Aegean Airlines and Sea Jets will be supporting travellers headed to Travel Massive Island.

In the next few days, we will be releasing more updates. Stay tuned!

REGISTER NOW. Limited spots available.

If you have any questions, contact us at island@travelmassive.com