SMPR Forum & Travel Media Marketplace
March 18-March 20, 2025
Hilton Atlanta Northeast - Peachtree Corners, GA
The Sales, Marketing, and PR (SMPR) Forum & Travel Media Marketplace combines educational collaborative sessions with the opportunity to meet with top-tier media and influencers.
For a day and a half, attendees will focus on exploring and addressing pressing sales, marketing and PR topics with interactive educational sessions led by industry experts. Explore new trends, tools, and technologies for improving sales efforts, marketing, and PR strategies.
Then, dive into an immersive day and a half of scheduled meetings with top journalists, writers, and influencers. Spark fresh story ideas, showcase your destination, and build lasting relationships with exclusive one-on-one media time.
Travel Media Marketplace
Discover the stories and places that are redefining travel, food, and lifestyle in the Southeast!
From March 18-21 in Atlanta, GA., join us for the Sales, Marketing, and PR (SMPR) Forum & Travel Media Marketplace—a premier event connecting you directly with Southeastern destinations eager to collaborate and share fresh story ideas with top media professionals like you. Not only is this at no cost to journalists, but we will also work with you to cover travel expenses.
Travel Media Marketplace is managed by
Meet Our Speakers
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![Deborah Stone, with green and white striped shawl around her shoulders]()
Deborah Stone
Founder and President
Pineapple Public Relations -
![Jacquelyn Blackwell in white jacket and navy shirt]()
Jacquelyn Blackwell
Travel Marketing Strategist Atlas Obscura
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![Mike Jackson in blue jacket]()
Mike Jackson
Vice President of Sales
Discover Dunwoody -
![Adam Stoker in baseball cap and plaid jacket]()
Adam Stoker
CEO & President
Relic -
![Laurie Degon in red jacket]()
Laurie Degon
Senior Manager of Analytics Visit Jacksonville
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![Britt Chapman in tan jacket]()
Britt Chapman
President/Tampa, Miami
Lou Hammond Group -
![Ashley Svarney in black jacket]()
Ashley Svarney
President, Atlanta
Lou Hammond Group -
![Leslie Walker in green tee shirt]()
Leslie Walker, CHSP
Leslie Walker Consulting
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![Suzzanne Ravitz in black and white print shirt]()
Suzzanne Ravitz
Director of Customer Success at 2Synergize, a Granicus Company
