Spotlight TravelExpo Arusha will be a live face-to-face TravelExpo targeting Arusha- & Moshi-based travel agents & tour operators selling regional East African Travel and Southern Africa.
370 Trade from more than 233 companies from Arusha, Moshi, Mwanza, DAR, including 40 DMCs from Kenya, attended the January 2026 Spotlight TravelExpo
Spotlight Travel Expo is organised by Houston Travel Marketing in co-operation with Kilifair Promotion Co. Ltd.
We are expecting 40 exhibitors from mainland Tanzania, Zanzibar and other East African countries to participate.
The major focus of Spotlight Arusha is to promote Inbound and domestic tourism in Tanzania & Zanzibar and regional East African tourism.
We always hold Spotlight TravelExpo Arusha at the beginning of each year to enable Tanzanian & Zanzibar resorts, hotels and lodges the opportunity to meet with Tanzanian inbound tour operators to negotiate rates and update them on new developments.
Who should exhibit?
Zanzibar and Tanzania mainland:
- Hotel groups, resorts & safari lodges;
- Car rental companies
- International & regional airlines
- East African Hotels interested in gaining new corporate business from Tanzanian tour operators & agents
Who will attend as buyers?
Arusha- and Moshi-based inbound tour operators & travel agencies and some buyers from Dar es Salaam & Kenya.
We expect that more than 350 trade will attend.
Programme: Thursday, 22 January - Gran Melia Hotel & Conference Centre
- 09h00: Exhibitors set up tables
- 11h00 – 12h00: Snacks served for exhibitors
- 12h00: Registration by trade, tea & coffee
- 12h30: TravelExpo starts
- 18h00: Prize draw
- 18h30 – 19h30: Cocktail party
- 19h30: End of TravelExpo
- 19h30: Trade and exhibitors invited to Roof Top Bar for
the after party – drinks and food for their own account
TravelExpo Format
The TravelExpo will be a free-flow format (i.e., no fixed appointments). Each exhibitor will have a table (approx. one metre long by 800 mm wide). We provide white tablecloths but suggest you bring your own colorful tablecloth with you. Gran Melia does not provide table-cloths – we suggest you bring your own tablecloth with you. A maximum of two pop-up banners per table will be allowed. No posters etc. can be fixed to the walls.
If you are using a laptop, please bring your own extension cords/adaptors and multi-plugs. We do however recommend that you use an iPad or tablet for your presentations.
TravelExpo Costs
The cost to attend Spotlight Arusha will be USD990 for two staff members per table. Cost for extra staff members will be USD40 per person.
Costs include:
- All expo expenses
- Promotional costs
- Meals as per the programme
- Two representatives at the table
- A 50-word description in the official catalogue that is distributed to all attendees
- A full contact address list of all attendees is sent to exhibitors after the TravelExpo
Costs do not include:
- Air fares
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Meals other than specified in the programme.
- For more than two representatives per table there will be an extra fee of USD40 per person to cover catering costs.
Branding opportunities
To gain more exposure before Spotlight Arusha and during the Expo exhibitors are invited to book extra, exclusive promotional opportunities. See details on the booking form below.
PLEASE NOTE
Please note that we do not allow sellers (e.g. hotels, airlines, lodges, tourism suppliers) to attend Spotlight as buyers unless they pay to exhibit. We only offer complimentary entry to bona fide buyers (travel agents & DMCs).
10% discount if you book tables at both Arusha & Nairobi. Book and pay by 01 December 2026
03 & 04 March: Spotlight Travel Expo Nairobi: Mövenpick Westlands Nairobi: Meet Kenyan travel agents & tour operators
selling regional & overseas travel & domestic tourism. Table cost: USD2050/ZAR37,000 excl VAT
- 03 March- Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30
- 04 March -Spotlight TravelExpo 09h00 -16h30