An intelligent social media platform to promote, protect and regenerate destination ecosystems.
Hotel Ramada, Plovdiv · 9:00–13:30 — a morning chaired by Ester Di Iorio, President of FederComTur Est Europa.
TravelHive is an innovative digital platform — powered by artificial intelligence and blockchain — for sustainable tourism, destination management and the growth of local communities.
Tourism becomes regenerative when the people who live a destination, the institutions that govern it and the businesses that work it pull in the same direction.
That is what we are presenting in Plovdiv.
Alongside the platform we present a training programme dedicated to welcoming Italian travellers and positioning Bulgarian destinations on the Italian market. Recognised as the World's Leading Regenerative Tourism Platform 2026, TravelHive turns the room's own discussions into shared, actionable intelligence.
🎯 Live AI demo
A live demonstration of TravelHive's intelligent analysis: the system processes the contributions and discussions from the event and automatically generates summaries, conclusions and strategic recommendations — using AI.
🗓 Programme · 26 June
09:00 — Welcome & registration
10:00 — Institutional greetings
10:30 — TravelHive: AI, blockchain & destination management — Michele Zavoli, CEO Travelware
11:15 — Community-coordination tech · training programme · historic villages · marketing · food & wine tourism
12:20 — Live AI data-analysis demo — Michele Zavoli
12:25 — Closing remarks
12:30–13:30 — Networking cocktail (B2B)
🎤 Speakers
Dr. Michele Zavoli — Co-founder & CEO, Travelware SRL SB
Dr. Sowelu Elios Avanzo — PhD researcher in Computer Science, University of Turin; Travelware collaborator
Prof. Alex Norta (online) — PhD; Chair, IEEE Blockchain Finland/Estonia Group; Travelware advisor
Dr. Federica Benati — Author & consultant on historic villages and cultural heritage
Prof. Francesco Derchi — PhD; Lecturer at Les Roches; Director, SPARK Innovation Sphere
Dr. Roberto Mario De Stefano — PhD; Lecturer at the Open Institute of Technology; co-founder of Regeneration Lab and Visione & Azione
Prof. Vincenzo Aiosi — Senior Service Instructor; lecturer in Oenology and Bar & Beverage at Les Roches
🏛 With the participation of
Hon. Pino Bicchielli — Member of the Italian Parliament
Hon. Rositsa Kirova — Chair, Tourism Committee, National Assembly of Bulgaria
Mariela Modeva — Deputy Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria
Giuseppe De Francesco — Honorary Consul of Italy in Plovdiv
Yuliana Yordanova — Director of Tourism, Municipality of Plovdiv
Dr. Polina Karastoyanova — Executive Director, National Board of Tourism (Bulgaria)
If you build, govern or live a destination, your perspective shapes the platform.
📣 How to take part
Jump in any time in the WhatsApp community — by text or voice — and start your message with your name. The AI tool picks it up and analyses the discussion in real time.
Example contribution
Maria Rossi (DMO Plovdiv) In our destination, regeneration started when local businesses and residents co-managed the visitor flows — here is what worked for us…
You only need to identify yourself the first time.
