Host Week 2025
Join 3,000+ advisors for HAR's FREE event!
📍 Location: VIRTUAL
🗓️ Dates: Jan. 27-31, 2025
I have to tell you how much I LOVED Host Week. You and your team ROCKED IT!! Great programming, flow, and consistency. Great job all around. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- Mary Ann
We hit 3,000 registrants in 2024 - Thank you!
Your access to Host Week is year round! Here's how you can start pre-gaming for Host Week 2025...
1) Register for Host Week 2025!
2) View the 2024 Host Week magazine.
3) Binge your favorite 2024 sessions.
Watch Host Week 2024
The live event has ended, but you can still join the fun! Watch the 2024 Host Week playlist here.
⭐️ THANK YOU to our 2025 Host Week Sponsors ⭐️
Our amazing sponsors keep Host Week free for you!
Like Shark Week. But for Hosted Advisors.
Join us for Host Agency Reviews' fifth annual Host Week event!
The crew here at HAR throws a party every January to celebrate the thing we're most obsessed with: hosted advisors. It’s a week-long celebration of hosted travel agents and the industry that supports them!
Pop in throughout the week to get to know host agencies and consortia better, access special deals exclusive to Host Week event participants, let industry leaders inspire you with their uplifting keynotes, and attend EduSpots from some of the most passionate educators out there!
We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of presenters who are prepared to get you ready for an amazing 2025 and help you up your agency's game.
Best of all? It's free.
Host Week Magazine is Coming Soon!
Register to ensure you get the Host Week magazine hot off the press!
The magazine is chock-full of details and info to maximize Host Week. Inside you'll find:
Agenda
Speakers
Exclusive Specials
Articles from Industry Pros
CoffeeSpot Sessions
Start your Host Week mornings with a little buzz of great information from our CoffeeSpot sponsors! CoffeeSpot attendees will be entered to win a handful of $7 gift cards each day! (Sign up for all of them to increase your chances to win!)
Please note: CoffeeSpots require a separate registration from Host Week.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Are you ready to streamline your business and "tech" it to the next level? This interactive CoffeeSpot with WeTravel will demystify tech-stacking and provide bite-sized steps for leveraging the right tools. Whether you're a tech newbie or looking to refine your systems, learning how to stack smarter will lead to simplified operations, an enhanced customer experience, and your bottom line ultimately being met more easily.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
I learned about Tern and will now be using them as an operating system
because of your meetings this week!!
- Carol
2025 SCHEDULE OF FUN
The Host Week schedule will be coming early December.
Meet the Host Interviews
In partnership with ASTA
Good news! This year, ASTA (American Society of Travel Advisors) is partnering with us to deliver our one-of-a-kind host interviews! Join the travel's stellar trade organization to get an insider look at host agencies!
Meet the Consortia Interviews
Consortia power a host agency's business just like a host can power YOURS! Whether you're looking to align direct with a consortia or want to learn more about your host's consortium, these are for you.
Meet our Host Week Speakers
Alvin Adriano
Director of Industry Affairs, ASTA
Arman Bimatov
Pam Bonin
Director, Strategic Membership Partnerships, ASTA
Stacey Cabell
Founder, Starsuff Travel, LLC
Stephanie Cannon
Founder, With Stephanie Cannon
Dan Christian
Podcast Host, Travel Trends Podcast
Yulia Denisyuk
Freelance Journalist
Becky Decosta
Partnerships & Events Coordinator, Travefy
Tony DeNicola
Owner / Travel Advisor, TDJ Travel
Stephanie Gries
Senior Education Manager, Travefy
Christine Hardenberger
Owner, Modern Travel Professionals
James Hills
Digital Marketing, Flow Voyages / Flow Media Marketing
Cathleen Johnson
Marketing Manager, Expedia Cruises of OVC
Burton Kelso
Chief Tech Expert, Integral
Jenn Lee
President, Vacation Planners
Steph Lee
Founder, Host Agency Reviews
Dave Meihoefer
VP of Sales & Engagement, Travel Planners International
Karen Morales
Travel Advisor & Owner, Go Joyforward
Lary Néron
Founder, Airfare Consultant
Courtnie Nichols
Founder & CEO, TravelBash
Rita Perez
Special Projects Manager, Host Agency Reviews
Indira Ramgarib Katwaroo
CEO, Magical Island Tours & Travel LLC.
Michael Schottey
Sr. Director of Marketing, ASTA
Mary Stein
Sr. Content & Data Manager, Host Agency Reviews
Kate Thomas
Owner of North & Leisure
Grace Van Hollebeke
Founder & CEO of Lucia
Abbey Von Gohren
Admin. Assistant & Editor, Host Agency Reviews
Cyndi Williams
CEO, Wanderlust Campus
Ajanaclair Wise
Owner, Ajanaclair Wise Travel
Shayna Zand
Director of Partnerships & Enterprise Sales, WeTravel
Knowledge gains were huge.
Even better than at some in person events.
-Susan
Feeling Lucky?
Register to win a fab prize from our amazing Host Week supporters!
Want to submit a giveaway prize? Get more info on participating!
Let's Be Honest. It's all About Cute Animals.
Presenting the Host Week'sanimal friends. These are the pets who power the people who power our industry!
To submit a pet pic, register for Host Week. Details will be in your confirmation email.
Bacon
Utah
Fennec
Fennec
Nova
About Host Agency Reviews
Launched in 2012, HAR is leading travel industry directory that helps match travel advisors to hosts, franchises, and consortia.
But that's not all we do, we love creating in-depth resources to help travel advisors start and grow their agencies!
Throughout the week you'll meet the HAR team--Steph, Mary, Rita, Abbey, Juan and our three dogs. We can't wait to see you!
It may look like a run-of-mill contact email that leads to a black hole of email inquiries, but it's not! We are real humans, with real computers, who read your real-life emails.
Reach out if you have questions or would like to participate!
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