Hotels for World Travel Market London 2026

Travel professionals fill the halls for three days of meetings, deal-making and industry briefings. Tour operators, airlines, tourism boards and hospitality brands set up stands to court buyers and press from across the globe. Expect appointment diaries packed tight, seminar theatres running on tourism trends, and a trade floor where contracts and partnerships get sealed.

Evenings tend to spill into industry receptions and networking drinks rather than public entertainment, since this gathering is built for the trade, not the general visitor.

World Travel Market has been a cornerstone of the global travel trade since its first edition in 1980, growing from a single London hall into one of the industry's most important annual gatherings. A business-to-business event rather than a public show, it exists to connect the people who build the world's holidays: destination boards, hotel groups, airlines, tour operators, technology firms and the buyers who purchase their products.

Since 2002 it has been held at ExCeL London, the vast exhibition centre on the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands, where over three November days the halls fill with exhibitors and delegates from more than 180 countries. Alongside the exhibition stands runs a dense programme of conference sessions, speed-networking, deal-making and evening receptions, with major industry announcements routinely timed to coincide. For the UK travel sector it is the defining week of the calendar, and its scale places enormous demand on nearby hotels.