PRESS RELEASE FROM HOST AGENCY REVIEWS
Minneapolis, Dec. 11th, 2025 – Host Agency Reviews recently published its full agenda for its fifth annual Host Week 2025 event, which will take place Jan. 27th to Jan. 31st, 2025. A free weeklong virtual celebration of hosted travel advisors and the industry that supports them, Host Week is the only event of its kind.
Geared toward new and experienced advisors alike, this year’s Host Week will offer dozens of interviews with host agencies, franchises, and consortia to help familiarize advisors with company cultures of hosting agencies; plus 15 EduSpot workshops from industry leaders delivering actionable strategies on AI, BDM relationships, sales processes, client loyalty and more.
Additionally, Host Week 2025 will include:
- 5 daily keynote speeches
- 2 giveaways from Hilton and Celebrity
- 5 CoffeeSpot get-togethers (includes a supplier presentation with a drawing for free coffee gift cards)
- A Host Week Magazine including a schedule, guide, and bonuses resources
- Luminary Awards to recognize the best host agencies in 2025
- Exclusive travel agent discounts
The powerhouse keynote speaker lineup includes:
- Steph Lee with The State of the Host Agency Address
- Arman Bimatov on artificial intelligence in travel
- Burton Kelso addressing cybersecurity essentials
- Dan Christian exploring consumer travel trends
- Yulia Denisyuk discussing media relations
- One Things session wrapping up the week’s insights
Regarding the event, Host Agency Reviews’ Founder Steph Lee commented, “With over 3,000 registrants in 2024, we can’t wait to help shepherd in another class of new advisors in January! It’s amazing to look back to see how Host Week has grown to over 14,000 views and nearly 26,000 audio downloads of 2024 Host Week segments. And yes to the burning question Host Week bona fides are asking: Minneapolis’s South High Community Band will be back again with some amazing music for us as they raise money for South High’s music program!”
The full list of Host Week speakers can be found at har.news/hostweek. HAR’s Host Week event is free to advisors with the support of its event sponsors: GRNconmect.com, Incentive Connection Travel, KHM Travel Group, Levarté Travel, Pickles Travel Network, Travefy, Vacation Planners, and Wanderlust Campus.
The event will be streamed live and available on a drop-in basis. All programming will be recorded. Registration for Host Week and CoffeeSpots is strongly encouraged so attendees can stay apprised of offerings and schedule updates.
Host Agency Reviews® is an independent website connecting travel agents to leading industry resources with 280+ combined host, franchise, consortium, and travel tech profiles with an aggregate 5,500+ reviews. It’s the largest directory for agents on the web. Founder and former host agency director, Steph Lee, started Host Agency Reviews in 2012 to provide critical support for travel professionals to start and grow their agencies. Since then, the HAR team has expanded the site to include a robust industry blog, a free weeklong travel agency startup program, the Travel Agent Chatter quarterly podcast, Friday 15 weekly Q&A, and a 7 Day Setup Accelerator course for launching a travel agency. In 2020, HAR launched, Host Week, a free annual event to recognize and amplify independent advisors and the hosts, franchises, and consortia that support them. In 2024, HAR launched a one-of-kind Travel Agency Technology Directory. Oh, and we like to have fun. Lots of fun. 🙂
