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Tourism Tenders & RFPs eBook
FREE EBOOK: Helpful Guide To The World of Tourism Tenders & RFPs

Explore practical strategies and tips for navigating travel and tourism RFPs with this straightforward eBook. Whether you're experienced or just starting, this guide provides useful insights to help you enhance your RFP responses and secure more contracts.

Highlights include:

  • • Step-by-step RFP response framework
  • • Real-world examples and case studies
  • • Techniques for distinguishing your proposals
  • • Tips on using technology effectively for RFPs
  • • Improve your approach to RFPs and grow your tourism business

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10 Free Ways To Make Your Business Better
FREE TOOLKIT: 10 Free (or almost free) Ways To Make Your Business Better

Discover ten valuable and mostly free tools to enhance your tourism business. This eBook provides practical insights and resources, helping you streamline operations, boost productivity, and elevate your marketing efforts.

What's inside:

Stay ahead in the competitive tourism industry with this comprehensive guide. Download now and take the first step towards a better business.

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Upcoming Tourism Events

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USTOA Annual Conference & Marketplace

Nov 30
San Francisco, CA, USA

United States Tour Operators Association annual conference

12 Months of the Year

October

Loyalty & Awards
Toronto, Canada
Starts on: Oct 5

Travel loyalty programs and technology

Tourism Innovation Summit (TIS)
Seville, Spain
Starts on: Oct 6

Innovation, technology and sustainability for tourism

Loyalty Summit Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Starts on: Oct 7

Travel & retail loyalty programs and strategy

Arival 360 Spokane
Spokane, WA, USA
Starts on: Oct 12

Tours, activities, attractions, technology, OTAs

World Aviation Festival
Lisbon, Portugal
Starts on: Oct 13

Airlines and airline technology, travel retailing, passenger experience

IATA World Sustainability Symposium (WSS)
Brussels, Belgium
Starts on: Oct 13

Air transport sustainability

IMEX America
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Starts on: Oct 13

MICE — meetings, events and incentive travel

Business Travel Show America
New York, NY, USA
Starts on: Oct 14

Corporate travel

Skift Transatlantic Summit
Dublin, Ireland
Starts on: Oct 15

Tourism, Transatlantic Travel, Aviation

ITB Asia / Travel Tech Asia
Singapore
Starts on: Oct 21

Travel, destinations (DMC, DMO), hotel, technology

Routes World
Frankfurt, Germany
Starts on: Oct 21

Airports, airlines and DMOs

GBTA WINiT Summit
Dallas, TX, USA
Starts on: Oct 26

Women and gender equity in the business travel industry

IATA World Passenger/Financial Symposiums (WPS & WFS)
Macao, China
Starts on: Oct 28

Airline pax.ex., OOSD, tech, modern retailing, finance

Future Travel Summit
Barcelona, Spain
Starts on: Oct 29

Travel tech, startups, innovation

November

The Hospitality Show
Miami, FL, USA
Starts on: Nov 2

Hotels, hospitality, technology

GBTA Europe
Vienna, Austria
Starts on: Nov 2

Business and corporate travel

World Travel Market (WTM) London
London, UK
Starts on: Nov 3

Travel, destinations (DMC, DMO), hotel, technology, marketing

Loyalty Summit Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Starts on: Nov 4

Travel & retail loyalty programs and strategy

Diwali
India / Global
Starts on: Nov 8

Festival of Lights — celebrated across South Asia and the global diaspora

Loyalty & Retail Media Summit
London, UK
Starts on: Nov 10

Travel & retail advertising, media and loyalty programs

ITB Americas
Guadalajara, Mexico
Starts on: Nov 10

Travel, destinations (DMC, DMO), hotel, technology

Airlines
London, UK
Starts on: Nov 11

Aviation, Aviation Management, Sustainability, AI, Infrastructure

Skift Commerce Summit
New York, NY, USA
Starts on: Nov 11

OTAs, Travel Commerce, Distribution, Hotels, Airlines, GDS

Skift Aviation Forum
New York, NY, USA
Starts on: Nov 12

Airlines — commercial, sustainability, loyalty, technology

Loyalty & Awards
Vancouver, Canada
Starts on: Nov 16

Travel loyalty programs and technology

IAAPA Expo 2026 (Premier Event)
Orlando, FL, USA
Starts on: Nov 16

Amusement parks, museums, attractions, destinations

IGLTA Global Convention
Seville, Spain
Starts on: Nov 17

LGBTQ+ travel and tourism

Digital Travel Summit
London, UK
Starts on: Nov 17

Airlines, Hotels, Holidays — tech and digital transformation

The Phocuswright Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
Starts on: Nov 17

Travel, travel tech, startups, investment

IBTM World
Barcelona, Spain
Starts on: Nov 17

Business events and meetings, event technology

APEX FTE Expo Asia
Singapore
Starts on: Nov 18

Airline retailing, passenger experience, digital, technology

Airports Innovate
Barcelona, Spain
Starts on: Nov 23

Airports

USTOA Annual Conference & Marketplace
San Francisco, CA, USA
Starts on: Nov 30

United States Tour Operators Association annual conference

December

The Beat Live
New York, NY, USA
Starts on: Dec 1

Travel distribution, business travel and technology

TTI İzmir – International Tourism Trade Fair
Izmir, Turkey
Starts on: Dec 3

Turkish tourism trade fair

Routes China Summit
Shanghai, China
Starts on: Dec 3

Airports, Airlines, Network Planning, Data/Analytics

TakeOff North America
Rogers, AR, USA
Starts on: Dec 8

Destinations, DMOs, tourism, airports

Travolution European Summit
Paris, France
Starts on: Dec 9

Digital transformation, travel tech, AI, tourism

CAPA Airline Leaders Summit – World
Milan, Italy
Starts on: Dec 10

Airline management, strategy, economics

Black Travel Expo
TBC, USA
Starts on: Dec 15

Black travel and tourism

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Latest News

What 255 DMOs Are Spending On in 2026

We analyzed 500+ live tourism RFPs from destination organizations worldwide. Here's what the data reveals about where DMOs are directing their marketing budgets in 2026 — and what it means for agencies chasing travel and tourism contracts.

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Big ideas are taking shape in the latest Sigmund on the Syllabus cohort.

Some of the most exciting ideas in tourism are not coming from boardrooms or pitch competitions. They are coming from classrooms.

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See What We've Built

From AI-powered idea development to real-world academic programs, Sigmund has evolved into a living platform for collaboration in travel and tourism. Here's what's now live.

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One Year and 1,000+ Business Opportunities Shared

Sigmund’s AI-powered RFP HUB surpasses 1,000 tourism opportunities worldwide.

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Nothing Mentioned, Nothing Gained: Why Sharing Your Ideas Is the Key to Success

Why sharing ideas is the key to real progress.

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