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The American Society of Travel Advisors’ (ASTA) Travel Advisor Conference is in full swing this week. Advisors both near and far are mingling in Salt Lake City, Utah, for a few productive days of networking, learning and growing their businesses.

During today’s general session, in addition to hearing from ASTA President and CEO Zane Kerby, a variety of suppliers and motivational speaker Aron Ralston, attendees received important information for the 2026 Travel Advisor Conference, including dates, location and speakers.

The 2026 conference will be held May 27-29 at the new Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, California. Year after year, ASTA brings in exciting new voices to the stages, and the keynote speaker for next year’s convention is a New York Times best-selling author of multiple self-help books and podcast host, Rachel Hollis.

But that’s not all — in addition to Hollis, there are a host of travel experts speaking at the conference including Nadia Sparkle, founder of Travel With Sparkle; Denella Ri'chard, host of Traveling With Denella Ri'chard; Angela Hughes, CEO of Trips & Ships Luxury Travel and a travel and tourism professor at Brigham Young University; and Kha Ly, marketing and technology expert specializing in the travel industry.

If this sounds like an event you don’t want to miss, you’re in luck, as registration is now open. Click here to secure your spot. In order to attend, advisors must be active ASTA members.


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Codie Liermann is the managing editor of The Compass. She began her career in the industry as a travel advisor prior to working as an editor. With a passion for creating valuable content for travel advisors, she aims to develop meaningful relationships with all types of travel companies in order to share their unique messages with the travel agency community.


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