Registration Open for 6th Annual FoodTreX Online Food Travel Summit

2 March 2020
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Today the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) has officially opened the registration of its sixth annual FoodTreX Online Food Travel Summit. The summit brings culinary travel trade professionals cutting edge information, tools, and solutions from our industry’s leading experts. This year, the summit will take place on April 22 & 23. FoodTreX Online is 100% online giving delegates the opportunity to attend an international food travel trade conference from the comfort and safety of their own home or office.

The 2020 FoodTreX Online Food Travel Summit offers a diverse speaker lineup of industry experts. Janice Ruddock, (Former Executive Director of Taste of Nova Scotia ), Sarah Hach, (Co-Founder, Maine Food for Thought Tours ), Sheree Mitchell, (President and Founder Immersa Global ), Samantha Hardcastle, (Owner, Amore Social ), Karolina Buczkowska-Gołąbek (President, Poland Culinary Tourism Association ), and Richard Bagnold (Journalist and Tourist Guide, Major Foodie Dining Reviews ). Topics range from optimizing food tour development to preserving culinary culture, what’s wrong with culinary review sites, and much more!

Erik Wolf, Executive Director, World Food Travel Association, shared, “Anyone in the tourism, hospitality or food and beverage industries is invited to attend the summit. This year we have a great variety of practical webinars that are designed to help you improve your business, whatever it may be.” This year’s summit will host 9 great topics such as “Promoting Food Loving Travel in Low Season”, “How to Differentiate Your Food Tours”, “Crafting a Successful Narrative for Culinary Visitors” and many more.

Registration includes an all-access live pass to attend 9 webinars with Q & A, a pre- and post-Summit networking app [NEW!], one-year access to video recordings of all webinars, a key takeaways summary, an attendance certificate [NEW!], and a 10% discount code to FoodTreX London | Food Travel Innovation Summit taking place Nov. 1, 2020, in London. Here at the WFTA, we have always led innovation in our industry. That’s why we’re adding fantastic new benefits that include our pre- and post-Summit networking app – another first for the food travel trade industry!

For more information and to register for the 2020 FoodTreX Global | Online Food Travel Summit visit here.

FoodTreX events are quality, thought-provoking and topical conferences for the food and beverage travel trade industry, and brought to you by the World Food Travel Association, the world’s leading authority on food and beverage tourism. Wherever you find a FoodTreX event, you can expect the best content, the best speakers, and the best experience.

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