Our commitment to destination partnerships extends well beyond traditional marketing. Through Destination FOCUS and now Destination Exchange, we’re creating more ways for our partners and advisors to share intelligence, build lasting relationships and identify opportunities together. These connections are fundamental to delivering value across our network and supporting sustainable business growth.
Beverly Hills gathering brings destination partners and luxury travel advisors together for deeper collaboration and engagement
NEW YORK (November 4, 2026) – Internova Travel Group, one of the world’s largest travel services companies representing more than 100,000 travel advisors worldwide, hosted Destination Exchange on November 3 in Beverly Hills, bringing global tourism board partners and luxury travel advisors together to share market intelligence and discuss emerging travel trends.
Destination Exchange builds on the success of Destination FOCUS, Internova’s annual thought leadership event held in New York each spring. Bringing the concept to the West Coast in a more intimate regional format, the gathering offers destination partners direct access to luxury travel advisors and their perspectives on evolving traveler interests and preferences.
Hosted at the Beverly Hills office of Global Travel Collection, one of Internova’s luxury travel brands, the event featured industry insights, a panel discussion with local travel advisors, interactive roundtables and networking opportunities. Discussions explored new destination trends, changing travel patterns and ways destinations can better position themselves in a competitive travel market.
“Our commitment to destination partnerships extends well beyond traditional marketing,” said Stephen McGillivray, Chief Partner Marketing Officer, Internova Travel Group. “Through Destination FOCUS and now Destination Exchange, we’re creating more ways for our partners and advisors to share intelligence, build lasting relationships and identify opportunities together. These connections are fundamental to delivering value across our network and supporting sustainable business growth.”
“Internova offers a powerful combination of global reach, exceptional advisor expertise and a deep understanding of what drives travel decisions,” said Chris Allison, Vice President of the Americas, Tourism Australia. “For destinations like ours, the opportunity to exchange insights directly with advisors and other destination partners is invaluable. These conversations help us better understand what travelers are looking for and how to translate insights into tangible value for our destinations.”
Organized by Internova’s Partner Relations Destinations team, Destination Exchange reflects the company’s broader commitment to supporting destination partners and the advisors who sell their destinations. Alongside Destination FOCUS, the event expands opportunities for destinations to engage with advisors across Internova’s travel agency businesses, including Global Travel Collection, Travel Leaders Network, Nexion Travel Group, ALTOUR and The Vacation Group.
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About Internova Travel Group
Internova Travel Group is one of the world’s largest travel services companies and a 2026 Forbes Most Trusted brand, bringing together a portfolio of leading brands that deliver high-touch, personalized travel expertise to leisure, corporate and entertainment clients. Through its distinctive divisions, Internova manages leisure, business and franchise operations and represents more than 100,000 travel advisors across 6,000 company-owned and affiliated locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom, with a presence in more than 80 countries worldwide.