First FoodTreX London Food Travel Innovation Summit A Huge Success

Nov 19, 2018

The FoodTreX London | Food Travel Innovation Summit that took place on Sunday, November 4 was a huge success according to the 107 delegates from 31 countries who attended, with 9 out of 10 delegates saying they would attend the next FoodTreX London event.


The ten speakers shared their knowledge and insight about innovating topics that impact the food tourism industry, such as 5G communications and wayfinding, virtual reality and marketing, the customer journey and foodservice expectations, entrepreneurism, special diets, developments in social media marketing, sustainability and food packaging waste reduction, technology innovations in wine tourism, and current trends and issues in food tourism.


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Coming up next year in 2019, the World Food Travel Association will produce regional food travel summits Pamplona, Spain, and Thessaloniki, Greece, as well as an online food travel summit. The Association will also repeat the Food Travel Innovation Summit in London on Sunday, November 3, 2019, the day before the world-renowned World Travel Market begins.


Learn more about FoodTreX events taking next year on the FoodTreX website.

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