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Welcome to the Travel Centres Conference 2025: 20:20 Vision – How reviewing the past can help us to visualise the future.

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.

WhatsApp Group

To make it easy for all our delegates to stay up to date with conference announcements, prize winners and breaking news, we have set up a dedicated WhatsApp Group. Please check your email for an invitation, and don’t forget to join up!

Conference Programme

 

Conference Running Order

Friday, 7 Nov	Content	Speaker
14.00 — 15.00	Your Modern Travel Agency – AI with a Human Touch — Brief intro to what AI tools are and how to use them responsibly	Sean Fahey
15.00 — 16.30	1st Closed Session	Various
16.30 — 16.45	Refreshment Break
16.45 — 17.30	2nd Closed Session	Various
17.30 — 18.30	Vertical Systems update presentation	Darren Manning, Director of Sales
19.45 — 20.30	Pre-Dinner Drinks — Sponsored by Sunway
20.30 — 22.30	Owners/Managers Dinner — Sponsored by MSC Cruises Dinner Wines — Sponsored by Hertz After-Dinner Entertainment — Sponsored by Sun Transfers

Sat, 8 Nov	Content	Speaker
08.30 — 09.30	Registration
09.30 — 09.34	Conference officially opened by ITAA President	Tom Randles
09.35 — 09.55	“Not just another awards ceremony: How TTG’s Top 50 Travel Agencies programme generates valuable market data and supports agents who are striving to improve…	Pippa Jacks
09.56 — 10.00	Sponsor Presentation by MSC Cruises	Suzanne Rowe
10.02 — 10.42	Package Holiday Litigation – the Litigator’s Perspective	John Sheehy & Eimear Gray
10.44 — 11.04	Refreshment Break — Sponsored by Tui
11.05 — 11.45	Surviving the High Street	Sandra Corkin
11.47 — 11.55	Joint Headline Sponsor Presentation	Jennifer Callister & Valerie Murphy
11.56 — 12.46	Boarding Passes for All: Goal Setting That Fuels Transformation	Gerry Duffy
12.47 — 12.52	Closing Words	Adam Weatherley
12.55 — 13.55	Lunch
14.00 — 15.45	Speed-Dating — Part 1
15.45 — 16.00	Afternoon Refreshment Break — Sponsored by Tui
16.00 — 17.45	Speed-Dating — Part 2
17.45 — 19.15	At Your Leisure
19.15 — 20.00	Pre-Dinner Drinks — Sponsored by Melia Hotels
20.00 — 22.45	Gala Dinner & Awards
22.45 — 23.00	Prize Draw
23.00 — 01.00	Band starts
01.00 — 03.00	Disco starts

We look forward to welcoming you to Lawlor’s Hotel, Naas, from 7-8th Nov 2025.