The London Tourist Office will host one of the biggest tourism events of the year on 30 April 2025. The event will be held at The Conduit, Covent Garden, a venue renowned for its modern, innovative design and sustainable management, making it the perfect location for this event. Leading figures of the Spanish and English tourism industries and key press correspondents will participate in the event to promote responsible tourism.

CONFERENCES

The Spanish Tourist Office in London will host Spain Talks. Caring for the Future conference, which will be followed by the presentation of the Sustainability Awards, during which an award will be given to Spain as a sustainable destination. The summit will address issues related to the challenges of changing current tourism models, as well as how to transform those models to safeguard our social and cultural heritage for future generations. The conference will also address the promotion of "harmonious" tourism, aimed at guaranteeing sustainability for all players of the tourism sector, as well as the challenges of achieving a good balance between the demand and supply of tourism products and the capacity to adapt to the current market conditions. This event will serve as a link between the United Kingdom and Spain, strengthening their strategic relations and promoting international communication through this event. Participants from the Spanish and British tourism industries will be the main attendees of the conference, as well as key press representatives from the tourism sector. In addition to the conferences, attendees can also attend the round table discussions and other discussion spaces where they can interact more personally with other attendees from relevant fields of the tourism sector. Finally, representatives of sponsoring destinations will also attend the event, such as Jaime Martínez, Major of Palma, and Tatiana Gonzalez, Head of Tourism Asturias.

Spain Talks

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

12:30 Registration of participants 13:05 Welcome speech from the Director of the Spanish Tourist Office in London 13:07 Introduction from the Spanish Authorities 13:15  PANEL 1: FOSTERING HARMONIOUS TOURISM Formal welcome offered by Mr. Jaime Martínez, Mayor of  Palma de Mallorca 14:35  PANEL 2: DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION & NEW BUSINESS MODELS Formal welcome speech by Tatiana Gonzalez, Head of Tourism Asturias 15:30 FIRESIDE CHAT: CONSOLIDATION AND OVERCAPACITY 17:30 Registration of media staff and networking event with a welcome drink and canapés 18:30 Award-giving ceremony, in collaboration with Wanderlust

AWARDS

Spain Talks 2025 seeks to recognise and commemorate the efforts of UK press that have helped promote Spain as an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable destination. Due to the wide variety of participating organisations, it has been decided, for the first time, to include more categories, with their respective prizes. For this reason, 4 new categories have been created: Media AwardAward for the Best Article on Tourism in a National Newspaper (print)Award for the Best Article on Tourism in a Magazine (printed press)Award for the Best Article on Tourism in Trade Media (printed press/online)Award for the Best Article on Tourism in Online Media (consumer) Ambassador Award (for content creators only) Experience Award, in collaboration with Wanderlust Business AwardThis represents a reaffirmation of the ties between the two countries: therefore, the event will help improve the existing relations between the United Kingdom and Spain, focusing on the United Kingdom's efforts to promote Spain as a country committed to sustainability. It's worth mentioning that stories nominated for the awards don't necessarily have to explicitly mention the word sustainability, but rather address it in some way, such as: Local aid, travel by train or other means of transport, mountain tourism, wine tourism, etc.

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