Organised by Messe Berlin Asia Pacific, this year’s event reaffirmed Travel Meet Asia’s position as a focused and agile B2B platform tailored to the travel and tourism industry across Asia.
With a more focused approach on outbound travel, the event welcomed over 1000 travel trade professionals, featured 100+ sellers, and facilitated more than 5,215 pre-scheduled business appointments between top-tier buyers and travel solution providers. Travel Meet Asia continues to set a benchmark in fostering commercial partnerships across the Leisure, MICE and Corporate travel sectors.
The event was officially opened by Ni Made Ayu Marthini, Deputy Minister for Marketing at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, whose presence underscored Indonesia’s growing influence in the regional travel ecosystem.
“Travel Meet Asia 2025 offered a valuable opportunity to showcase our diverse destinations — from Priority Tourism Destinations like Lake Toba and Borobudur to vibrant hubs such as Greater Bali and Jakarta. We also highlighted our award-winning tourism villages that reflect Indonesia’s rich culture and sustainable tourism potential,” commented Ni Made Ayu Marthini.
The exhibition floor was a hub of targeted engagement, welcoming prominent regional and international companies including: The Ascott Limited, Meliá Hotels International, Millennium Group, Business Events Sarawak, DidaTravel, Resorts World Sentosa, Miki Travel, SUNRATE, Khiri Travel, Ama Waterways, TUI Hotels & Resorts, Bintan Resorts, New World Saigon Hotel, Tokyu Hotels Asia, Heritance Aarah & Adaaran Resorts, Nippon Travel Agency, Wow India Travel & Tours, Seeru and Congress Rental Indonesia.
The event delivered quality meetings and renewed business partnerships across key travel verticals, supported by a strong mix of local and international participants.
This year’s conference programme was one of the event’s major highlights, with over 640 minutes of content spread across 22 sessions and featuring 40 renowned speakers. Key themes included market trends, destination marketing, business travel, accommodation, travel tech and transport.
The speaker line-up included:
- Rio Kondo, VP Development, Indonesia & Malaysia, Accor
- Budijanto Ardiansjah, Managing Director, MYDUTA TOUR and Secretary General, ASITA
- Yasa Sediya, Managing Director, Destination Asia Indonesia
- Riyanti Teresa, Industry Manager – Travel, Google Indonesia
- Raj Kumar, Managing Director, IPC Group
- Jonathan Seevaratnam, Founder and CEO, JIGGEE
- Ryan Adrian, Managing Director, NICE
- Budi Tirtawisata, Group CEO, Panorama Group
- Anasthasia Handayani, President Director, Plataran Indonesia
- Apichai Sakulsureeyadej, CEO, Radiant1
- Abd Elmohaimen Mansi, CEO & Co-founder, Seeru
- Patrick Legrand, Director of Operations, Indonesia, The Ascott Limited
- Sani Gouw, VP of Product, TruTrip
- Henry Yu, Managing Director Asia, Uniworld Boutique River Cruises
- Adam Piperdy, Founder & Chief Experience Officer, UP Group Asia
These thought leaders and C-suite speakers shared insights into the future of travel in Asia, from personalisation and digital transformation to sustainability and cross-border collaboration.
Looking ahead, Travel Meet Asia remains committed to providing a dedicated, focused, and efficient platform for building business and advancig dialogue with Asia’s travel ecosystem.
