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Welcome to the Travel Centres Conference 2026: Has Your Business Got the X Factor?

This page is your official guide to everything that’s happening throughout the event.

Find a timetable of events below, as well as a snapshot of everything that’s happening as it happens, through our social media.

Don’t forget to share your experiences of the event with us using the official event hashtag, #TravelCConf.

 

Headline Sponsors

Share your Conference Photos!

Help us bring this year’s conference to life on social media by sharing your experience and tagging the Travel Centres accounts in your posts, stories and reels. 

We’ll be keeping a close eye on activity across the weekend and rewarding creativity, consistency and standout storytelling.

To thank you for getting involved, we’ll be awarding:

• Two €50 prizes for the best daily social posts shared on Friday and Saturday
• One €150 prize for the best overall post shared after the conference

Remember to tag Travel Centres and #TravelCConf, so we don’t miss your content!

Prize winners will be announced following the event to give us time to properly review all entries and capture the full experience, not just the gala dinner and awards.

 

Conference Programme

 

Conference Running Order

Friday 6th November

Time	Content	Speaker
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch	Sponsored by Vertical Systems
14.00 – 14.20	Presentation	Darren Manning, Vertical Systems
14.20 – 16.00	Closed Session — Part 1	Various
16.00 – 16.15	Refreshment Break
16.15 – 17.30	Closed Session — Part 2	Various
19.30 – 20.30	Pre-dinner drinks
20.30 – 22.30	Owners/managers dinner
22.30 – 0.30	Post dinner entertainment

Saturday 7th November

Time	Content	Speaker
9.30 – 9.33	Conference moderator Eoghan Corry welcomes delegates and introduces the morning’s first speaker.
9.35 – 10.00	Agentic micro-learning	Russell Meara, MD, Hablo
10.02 – 10.48	‘The Pursuit of Xceptional Execution’	Kevin Kelly
10.50 – 10.53	Commercial Presentation (1)	Amanda Middler — Silversea
10.55 – 11.15	Our next speaker, from CeADAR — Ireland’s National Centre for Applied AI — will demystify AI and explore some of the most common ways businesses are already putting it to work.	Laura Plunkett, European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Programme Manager
11.15 – 11.30	Morning Refreshment Break
11.30 – 11.33	Commercial Presentation (2)	Val Murphy — Celebrity Cruises
11.35 – 12.00	Will Your Travel Agency Outlive You?	Jo Rzymowska — Keynote speaker
12.02 – 12.05	Commercial Presentation (3)	Jennifer Callister — Royal Caribbean
12.10 – 12.40	Panel Discussion	Jo Rzymowska, Kevin Kelly, Laura Plunkett, Sandra Corkin
12.45 – 12.48	Closing Address	Adam Weatherley, Learning & Development Manager, ISME

Saturday Afternoon & Evening

Time	Content
12.48 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.30	Speed Dating — Part 1
15.30 – 15.45	Afternoon Refreshment Break
15.45 – 17.15	Speed-Dating — Part 2
17.15 –	Announcement of winners of individual exhibitor table draws
17.15 – 19.00	At Your Leisure
19.00 – 19.45	Pre-Dinner Drinks
19.45 – 22.45	Gala Dinner & Awards
22.45 – 23.00	Prize Draw
23.00 – 01.00	Live Band
01.00 – 03.00	DJ