London, United Kingdom, February 8, 2025 / TRAVELINDEX / OurAfrica.Travel 2025 is officially live, and there has been a flurry of activity on the platform ever since. Buyers and exhibitors are networking and pre-scheduling their meetings for the show from 17 – 21 February 2025.
We are delighted to introduce an exciting new addition to the show with the launch of a Story Series, starting on Tuesday 11th February until 14th February. One of the topics is a celebration of some of our tourism industry’s heroes making a difference. These will be hosted by industry legend Colin Bell and will be accompanied by live webinars. Colin will be discussing some of the key topics and challenges in the industry today that will hopefully resonate with most of us.
Colin will be discussing some of the key topics and challenges in the industry today which are not only close to his heart but hopefully resonate with most of us. He has pulled together a list of guests who he will be chatting to during this Story Series, that you definitely won’t want to miss!
Colin Bell started his working life as a safari guide in Botswana in the 1970s. Over the years his travels took him to many far corners of Africa, witnessing first-hand some of the best wildernesses and some of very worst conservation catastrophes. Those coal face experiences led him to become one of the early initiators of the ‘Green Safari‘ tourism model – long before it became a fashionable “thing”. Over the years he co-founded market leaders including Wilderness Safaris, Great Plains Conservation and now Natural Selection Safaris.
“Story Series started off as a simple idea to create a platform to dive a little deeper into showcasing some trade suppliers who make a difference. Jonathan Robinson from Bean There Coffee Company and Emma Borg from Painted Wolf Wines sprung to mind! One conversation with Colin Bell later and we had a Story Series concept. Shortly thereafter, Colin had a line-up of 10 people to interview!” said Co-Founder Allie Hunt.
The line-up includes Dave Wilson, Dr Andrew Baxter, Dr Ross Harvey, Craig Spencer, Dr Colleen Begg, Rod Cassidy, Simon Byron and Jackson Lusiya.
Story Series will also include live webinars about harnessing the power of AI in tourism from David Ryan, CEO & founder of Rhino Africa and Natalia Rosa, founder of Big Ambitions. Sammy Kelly, Head of Product Development from The Travel Hub Collection will also offer daily webinars.
Registration for Story Series will open on Friday 7 February and is for show participants only. Whilst registration for new exhibitors is now closed, registrations for buyers and media is open until 14 February via the OurAfrica.Travel’s website.
