2025 & 2025 Spotlight Travel Expos & Other Africa Tourism Exhibitions
The 2025/26 calendar is here!
Houston Marketing has released a fresh schedule packed with Spotlight Workshops and key tourism industry dates.
Download the full schedule of events by clicking here.
2025
Date: 03 July 2025
Location: Spotlight Harare (Thursday)
Meet Zimbabwean Travel agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism
Time: Afternoon session 12h00-17h00
Cost: USD850 / ZAR15950 excl. Vat.
Date: 28 August 2025
Location: Spotlight on Africa & Indian Ocean -Kampala Uganda (Thursday)
Meet Ugandan travel Agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism
Time: Morning session & lunch 09h00-14h00
Cost: USD800 /ZAR15200 + VAT
Date: 19 September 2025
Location: Dar es Salaam Spotlight on Africa & Indian Ocean (Friday)
Time: Afternoon session for DAR based tour operators and travel agents who sell corporate & leisure travel to rest of Africa & Indian Ocean
Cost: USD800/ ZAR15,200 excl. Vat.
27 September 2025 World Tourism Day
01-03 October Magical Kenya Expo Nairobi
07-09 October -ATTA Essence of Africa Malindi Kenya
11-13 October -Swahili International TravelExpo - S!TE -Dar es Salaam
Date: 22 October - Maputo Mozambique - Spotlight TravelExpo (Wednesday)
Targeting Maputo-based Travel agents & tour operators selling inter-regional and overseas travel.
Time: Afternoon session & cocktail party for Travel agents Corporates / Embassies / NGO’s
Cost: USD810 / ZAR14,800 excl. Vat
23-26 October -FIKANI Tourism Fair by INATUR
03-05 November World Travel Market London
2026
Date: 22 January 2026 - Arusha Tanzania - Spotlight on East Africa TravelExpo (Thursday)
Targeting Arusha & Moshi based travel agents & tour operators selling inter-regional travel.
Time: Session from 13h30-19h00 - Gran Melia Hotel
Cost: USD825
Date: 11 & 12 February Spotlight Travel Expo Nairobi
Meet Kenyan Travel Agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism.
- 11 February- Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30 Sarova Panafric Hotel
- 12 February -Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30 Sarova Panafric Hotel
Cost to be advised
17 February – Start of Ramadan
18-19 February - Z Summit Zanzibar
19 -20 March Eid Al Fitr
Date: 28 March - Windhoek Namibia - Spotlight on Africa Travel workshop (Saturday)
Targeting Namibian Travel agents & tour operators who sell travel to overseas destinations, Indian Ocean islands, Rest of Africa and Domestic tourism.
Time: Saturday full day session 09h00-16h00- Venue Windhoek Country Club Resort
Cost: ZAR12700 excl. Vat / USD700
03-06 April Easter
06-08 April -ILTM Africa - Cape Town
13-15 April World Travel Market Africa - Cape Town
Date: 21 April – Accra Ghana - Spotlight on Africa Travel workshop (date to be confirmed)
Meet Ghana based Travel agents & tour operators who sell travel to Rest of Africa, overseas destinations, Indian Ocean islands, and Domestic tourism.
04-08 May - We Are Africa
04-07 May Arabian Travel Market Dubai
11-14 May Indaba Durban (date to be confirmed
05- 07 - June - Karibu Kilifair Arusha
Date: 18-19 June - Gaborone Botswana -Spotlight on Africa & Overseas Destinations (Thursday & Friday)
Meet Botswana Travel agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel + domestic tourism.
- Thursday 21 June- Evening Networking Party for top Travel agents
- Friday 22 June -Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30
29 - 30 June - ATTA Experience London
Date: July - Spotlight Harare (Thursday)
Meet Zimbabwean Travel agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism
Time: Afternoon session 12h00-17h00
Date: Late July- Dar es Salaam Spotlight on Africa & Indian Ocean (Friday)
Time: Afternoon session for DAR based tour operators and travel agents who sell corporate & leisure travel to rest of Africa & Indian Ocean
Cost: USD800/ ZAR15,200 excl. Vat.
Date: Late August Spotlight on Africa & Indian Ocean -Kampala Uganda (Thursday)
Meet Ugandan travel Agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism
Time: Morning session & lunch 09h00-14h00
Cost: USD800 /ZAR15200 + VAT
Date: Mid-September Spotlight Travel Expo Nairobi (dates to be confirmed)
Meet Kenyan Travel Agents & Tour Operators selling Regional & Overseas Travel & domestic tourism.
- Tuesday - 18h00-20h00 - Networking cocktail party for Exhibitors & Directors of key travel agencies and Inbound Tour Operators -
- Wednesday- Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30
- Thursday -Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30
Cost: USD1850 /ZAR35,000 excl. Vat
Date: 21 October - Maputo Mozambique - Spotlight TravelExpo (Wednesday)
Targeting Maputo-based Travel agents & tour operators selling inter-regional and overseas travel.
Time: Afternoon session & cocktail party for Travel agents Corporates / Embassies / NGOs.
Cost to be advised
Dates and Prices are provisional
- VAT is only applicable for South African Registered companies.
Find out more at www.houstonmarketing.co.za / www.spotlightworkshops.co.za
Contact Derek Houston at derek@houstonmarketing.co.za | 082 464-0901 / +27 12 665-1191
Download the full schedule of events by clicking here.
