TIS 2026: last chance to see 700 solutions in action

The final day of TIS 2026 brings together presentations, demonstrations, and networking with more than 700 innovative solutions. Thursday, October 8 still offers a concrete opportunity to learn about technologies applied to tourism, listen to leading companies, and find potential strategic partners. It is not just a farewell: it is the moment to see which ideas are ready to move from talk to practice.

The final day concentrates what the sector is looking for now

For any tourism professional, the final day matters because it condenses in a few hours three very specific needs: understanding how the traveler is changing, improving profitability, and discovering tools that can be incorporated into the business. TIS 2026 proposes this journey with presentations, 1-to-1 meetings, demonstrations, and business contacts.

What’s left to experience at TIS 2026?

The program for Thursday, October 8 includes new perspectives from PayPal, ABBA Hotels, the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, IART - International Alliance of Regenerative Tourism, El Bulín Casas Rurales, World2Meet, Iberia, and Skol Apartments Marbella Holidays, among other entities and companies.

The organization presents this day as the conclusion of three days of innovation, inspiration, 1-to-1 meetings, and connections. The idea that runs through the event is clear: tourism innovation no longer consists solely of anticipating what is coming, but in transforming what is done today. In other words, less showcase theory and more solutions that can be measured.

An agenda designed for decision-making

The programming is not limited to reviewing trends. The sessions address issues with direct impact on hotels, destinations, rural accommodations, airports, and tourism businesses: regeneration, bookings, artificial intelligence, data, branding, profitability, and new ways of communicating with the traveler.

This focus makes the final day more useful than a succession of talks. The visitor can compare proposals, identify specific problems of their company, and leave with a list of pending conversations. And that, in a professional congress, is usually far more valuable than collecting cards without knowing what they are for.

Thursday’s sessions put names to the major changes

The agenda is especially interesting for those who need to translate innovation into results. Each block starts from a recognizable challenge: reducing impacts, selling better, recovering destinations, adding value to a territory, or turning a passing point into part of the experience.

Which presentations stand out during the morning?

From 10:00 to 10:30, in the Main Auditorium Orange Empresas, a session in English with simultaneous Spanish translation will analyze how hotels and destinations can turn regeneration into an operational and revenue advantage that can be quantified, in a context marked by climate pressure, volatility, and directives on ecological declarations.

Between 10:30 and 11:10, the SAP Auditorium will host a session on the evolution of the purchasing process. The content examines how travelers search, compare, and book accommodation, with attention to new sources of inspiration, last-minute bookings, price sensitivity, WhatsApp, and artificial intelligence.

Afterwards, from 11:10 to 11:55, also in the SAP Auditorium, the focus shifts to rural tourism. The session will address the combination of authenticity, technology, and business strategy to improve profitability and guarantee the viability of these businesses.

What topics are addressed before the closing?

From 12:00 to 13:00, the Main Auditorium Orange Empresas will host a roundtable on the Spanish Network of Gastronomic Villages. The meeting will review how the project has evolved in just one year and how it drives the touristic and gastronomic promotion of its villages, as well as creates new proposals and experiences linked to the territory.

The agenda also includes two sessions in the Piñero Auditorium. From 12:20 to 13:00, in English with simultaneous Spanish translation, the evolution of travel influencers will be studied, shifting to act as experience creators, presenters, storytellers, and trusted destination voices.

In the Illes Balears Auditorium, from 12:30 to 13:00, the Dominican Republic will show how it uses data, technology, and innovation for destination management and recovery, as well as to integrate information and monitoring systems. From 13:30 to 14:00, the same space will host the case of Aeropuertos Argentina and its transformation of airports into a visible and relevant part of the journey.

The closing of TIS 2026 will take place from 13:00 to 13:30 in the Main Auditorium Orange Empresas. It will be a session to share the main conclusions of the edition and celebrate what has been built during the event. The programming ends soon but leaves a very practical takeaway: tourism is changing in how it sells, manages, and tells its experiences.

More than 700 solutions and 8,000 leaders in one place

The exhibition area is another great reason to attend the final day. For tourism and hotel companies, concentrating suppliers, operators, and specialists in one event allows comparing options without turning the search into an endless collection of isolated meetings.

What can be found in the exhibition area?

TIS 2026 brings together more than 700 innovative solutions and services linked to the transformation of the tourism and hotel sector. The organization highlights the presence of more than 200 leading companies, including Huawei, Microsoft, Orange Empresas, PayPal, SAP, T-Systems, Telefónica, CitySightseeing, A1Digital, Illes Balears, Fluge, Girasomnis, NEST - Tourism Innovation Center, NFON, PastView, and Septeo.

The interest is not only in seeing familiar logos. Companies present their innovations in action through practical cases, live demonstrations, and digital solutions within the Tourism Innovation Theatre. For the visitor, that difference matters: a tool explained on stage can be understood, but a demonstration allows better evaluation of whether it fits a real need.

Why is networking an essential part?

TIS 2026 announces high-level networking activities with more than 8,000 tourism leaders. This volume turns professional conversations into one of the event’s main assets, especially for those seeking a technology partner, a commercial collaboration, or a specific solution.

1-to-1 meetings offer a simple advantage: they allow getting straight to the problem. Instead of navigating a broad offer without criteria, the professional can focus the conversation on their objectives and contrast what each company can offer. Technology can be brilliant; if it solves nothing in daily operations, it remains decoration.

• More than 700 innovative solutions and services.
• More than 200 participating companies.
• More than 8,000 tourism leaders in networking activities.
• Practical cases and live demonstrations.
• 1-to-1 meetings and sessions on business, destinations, and technology.

The event also invites continuing the conversation on social media using the hashtag #TIS2026. For those who cannot review the entire agenda, the organization keeps available the 2026 agenda, the exhibitor list, and the option to get a pass. These are the three most useful accesses to quickly decide which sessions and companies best fit each professional profile.

TIS 2026 faces its final day with a very concrete proposal: presentations on changes already affecting tourism, more than 700 solutions to examine in action, more than 200 companies, and a network of more than 8,000 leaders. Those looking for applicable ideas, professional contacts, and technology with demonstrations still have one last opportunity to experience the event firsthand.