2025 National Travel and Tourism Week Georgia Summit

Come join us for the kick-off of National Travel and Tourism Week in South Georgia, celebrating amazing rural destinations and experiences!!

About this Event


National Travel and Tourism Week Georgia Summit
Presented By: Batchelor & Bradley Insights Group
Celebrating Rural Tourism | May 4-6, 2025

Motto: Cultivating Vibrant Communities. Forging Lasting Connections

Overview

National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) is an annual celebration that underscores travel’s essential role in driving our nation's economy. Established in 1983, NTTW has become a cherished tradition, celebrating the U.S. travel community and highlighting how travel stimulates economic growth, creates quality jobs, inspires new businesses and elevates the quality of life for Americans every day.

Mark your calendars for #NTTW25, which will be celebrated during the first full week of May 2025 with our South Georgia Kick-Off May 4-6 in Sumter County as we celebrate a $2.9 trillion industry that supports 15 million American jobs. One in every 11 U.S. jobs depends on travel, making it a critical driver of our economy and a force for connection and opportunity.

Details

• Date: Sunday, May 4 - Tuesday, May 6, 2025
• Time: 6PM – 1PM
• Location: Sumter County Georgia - Plains Community Center (operated by Friends of Jimmy Carter)

SPONSORED BY:

• GEORGIA GROWN (GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)
• FRIENDS OF JIMMY CARTER
• KOINONIA FARM
• BATCHELOR & BRADLEY INSIGHTS GROUP

National Travel & Tourism Week Partners

US Travel Association

Explore Georgia

Georgia Grown

Friends of Jimmy Carter

Visit Americus-Sumter County

Americus Main Street

Accommodation Partners

The Windsor Hotel

The Plains Antique Inn

Koinonia Farm

Transportation Partner

Americus Main Street (Trolley)

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Agenda


🕑: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 4 - Hotel Check-In (Americus or Plains)

Info: Accommodation Partners: The Windsor Hotel, The Plains Historic Inn & Koinonia Farm. Reference the South Georgia NTTW Conference

🕑: 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Welcome Reception (Americus)

🕑: 07:00 PM
Networking Dinner (Americus)

🕑: 10:00 AM
MONDAY, MAY 5 -Private Welcome Reception for Invited Dignitaries (invite only)

🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
MONDAY, MAY 5 - Tourism Expo & General Networking Welcome Reception (Plains)

🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:30 PM
Lunch Program Begins (Plains)

Info: Confirmed Tourism Operator Keynote:

Mrs. Kim Carter Fuller, Executive Director - Friends of Jimmy Carter

| Other Speakers Includes - Industry Leaders:

Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia Grown)

Georgia Department of Economic Development (Statewide Tourism-Explore Georgia)

🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM
Workshops: Educational Marketing & Tourism Operations

Info: Workshops: Educational Marketing & Tourism Operations hosted within:

Historic Inn, Southwest Trophy & Gifts, Plains Peanuts & Plains Sweet Stems Flower Shop

🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Main Stage: US Travel Association Keynote

🕑: 03:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Tours of the Town

Info: President Jimmy Carter – Boyhood Farm, Koinonia Farm & Wolf Creek Winery

🕑: 06:15 PM - 07:30 PM
Evening Reception (Americus)

🕑: 07:30 PM
Networking Dinners Around Town

🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
TUESDAY MAY 6 - Southern Charm Breakfast & Explore Georgia Presentation

Info: Hosted at Koinonia Farm

🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Full Tour of Koinonia Farm

Info: Deep history that touches almost every state in America as the Birthplace of Habitat for Humanity and a Candy Kitchen dating back to the 1940s that produces fair trade chocolate and homemade baked goods that feed the world. Experience Rural Tourism at its finest. See the place that hosted great leaders like President Jimmy Carter, Clarence Jordan, Martin Luther King Jr., Millard Fuller and more! Home to the 2026 Peace and Pecans Festival!

🕑: 12:00 PM
Closing Lunch Program (Koinonia Farm)

🕑: 01:00 PM
NTTW South Georgia Programming Concludes with Networking & Connections

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