Hospitality Social Media Summit 2027Executive programme

Two days of strategy, commercial thinking and specialist practice for hospitality marketing leaders and teams

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ProgrammeDay 1 masterclass and
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Programme Overview

Turn social
into a stronger commercial capability

HoSS brings together strategy, commercial thinking and specialist practice to help hospitality teams connect social more clearly to demand, conversion, reputation and revenue.

  • FORMATTwo days, in person
  • LOCATIONLondon
  • AUDIENCEMarketing, social, digital, brand and commercial leaders
  • APPROACHStrategy masterclass plus specialist working labs
  • OUTCOME Practical frameworks and work your team can take back into the business

Hospitality Context

Built specifically
for hospitality

200+Participants across London and online
14 countries represented
86% senior and leadership roles

Participants Represented
Organisations Including

Fairmont
Hilton
IHG
Hyatt
Dorsett Hotels
Frasers Hospitality
Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences
Malmaison and Hotel du Vin
JKS Restaurants
Cassa Collective Hotels
Trump Hotels
The LaLiT London
Cassidy Hospitality
4C Group
CB Classic Hotels
Bhutan Spirit
LFH
Lake District Hotels
D & Co
The Killarney Park
Springboard Hospitality
Macdonald Hotel & Resort
Urban Pubs and Bars
Coya Hotels

Participant Perspective

9.5/10
overall experience
87%
would recommend HoSS

Post-programme questionnaires,
HoSS 2026. [X] responses.

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Programme Impact

Social now
carries
a broader commercial mandate

Marketing teams are being asked to connect social activity more clearly to demand, conversion, reputation and revenue.

At the same time, content volumes, channels, AI tools and external partners have increased.

HoSS develops the strategic and commercial capability behind those investments.

Value for your organisation

Make existing marketing investment work harder

Participation is designed to help organisations:

Strengthen strategic decision-making

Focus teams and investment around clearer commercial priorities.

Use AI with greater judgement

Identify where AI creates value while protecting brand quality.

Strengthen measurement

Use KPIs that support better commercial decisions and conversations.

Improve content effectiveness

Connect audience, creative, channel and commercial objectives more deliberately.

Build clearer routes to revenue

Connect social more closely to demand, conversion and direct commercial outcomes.

Learning Outcomes

What you will develop

By the end of the programme, participants will be better equipped to:

Set commercial priorities for social

Set commercial priorities for social

Connect social activity to demand and conversion

Connect social activity to demand and conversion

Build stronger content and channel systems

Build stronger content and channel systems

Manage reputation and guest engagement more effectively

Manage reputation and guest engagement more effectively

Apply AI with greater strategic discipline

Apply AI with greater strategic discipline

Measure and communicate social performance

Measure and communicate social performance

“Your team already makes these decisions every week. The programme changes the judgement behind them, and that judgement applies to every campaign, budget and platform choice for the year that follows.”

Who Attends

Built for the people responsible for hospitality growth

HoSS is designed for leaders and specialists making decisions across social, marketing, brand, digital, ecommerce, reputation and commercial performance.

Particularly valuable for teams that need a shared approach to strategy, execution and measurement

Heads and Directors of Marketing
Social and Content leaders
Digital and Ecommerce leaders
Brand and Communications leaders
Commercial and Revenue leaders
General Managers with marketing responsibility
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Your Learning Experience

Two days built around application

You don't leave with notes. You leave with work already built for your organisation.

Day 1

Build the strategy

A structured Executive Social Strategy Masterclass taking participants from commercial priorities through audience, channels, content, brand and measurement.

You leave with a completed social strategy framework for your organisation.

Commercial objectives
Audience and channel choices
Content priorities
Brand voice and governance
Measurement
Execution priorities
Day 2

Apply it to specialist challenges

Focused working labs aligned to your role and business priorities. Each lab runs for 90 minutes and is led by a practitioner in that discipline.

Choose [X] labs aligned to your remit and priorities.

Social revenue
AI and discoverability
Content performance
Paid social
Reputation and social care
Measurement
Creator strategy
International audiences

Practical Outputs

Leave with work your team can use immediately

Participants develop practical
outputs including:

Social Strategyon a Page

90-DayExecution Plan

Commercial MeasurementFramework

Content and CampaignFrameworks

AI Workflows andBrand Guardrails

Social Care andReputation Plan

The emphasis throughout is application to your own organisation.

Beyond the Room

Continue the learning after London

Resources remain available after the programme so teams can revisit the work as priorities evolve.

  • Executive workbook
  • Templates and frameworks
  • Session materials
  • Session recordings
  • [X] months of Digital Hub access
  • Certificate of completion

Certificates confirm participation in the programme.

Programme Faculty

Learn from practitioners with experience inside the work

HoSS faculty combine senior hospitality experience with specialist expertise across social strategy, content, digital performance, AI and reputation.

HoSS 2026 Faculty Included

Whitney Reynolds

Former Global Director
of Social Marketing, IHG
and Kimpton

Laura Ferrari

Co-founder, SHIFT Collective
Former Director of Social Media,
Hyatt EAME

Stefano Della Schiava

Co-founder, SHIFT Collective International Content and Social
Media Strategist

Ben Lilly

Founder and CEO, Giant Leap
Digital
Luxury Digital and Performance Marketing Specialist

Santiago García Solimei

Founder, Unfiltered Mindsets
Former Global Director of Social
Media and Brand PR, Meliá Hotels International

Steve Hyde

Co-founder, Push
AI, Marketing and Digital Transformation Leader

Jai Khan

New Business and Growth Marketing Director, Push
AI, Digital Strategy and Commercial Growth Specialist

Cim Dahir

Account Director, Push
AI-Powered Marketing and
Performance Strategy Specialist

Tom Smee

Head of Social, 80 DAYS
Social Media and Content
Creation Specialist

Participant Perspectives

What HoSS participants say

Chloe North

Head of Marketing, Donnington Group

“Social stops being just a content channel and starts becoming a revenue line.”

Tessa Coutts

Social Media Manager, Emerald Hospitality Group

“Two days of genuinely useful thinking, not fluff. Taking a lot of this straight back to Emerald Hospitality Group.”

Ian Moloney

Marketing Communications Manager, The Killarney Park & The Ross

“There are so many courses out there that tell you how to do social media or build your strategy, but very few focus on the hospitality side, which is so unique.”

Lee Clarke

Sales and Marketing Manager, Grand Hotel Birmingham

“Something like this pulls you out of the routine, refreshes your thinking, gives you more knowledge and brings you back up to date with trends and ideas. I would definitely recommend attending.”

Laura Delaney

Marketing and Communications Manager, Fairmont Cheshire

“It was great to hear from so many industry leaders and gain fresh perspectives on the evolving role of social media within hospitality, from building stronger strategies and driving revenue to creating meaningful guest connections.”

Rupert Riley

Social Strategy Manager, Urban Pubs and Bars

“Plenty to take back to 68 pubs at Urban Pubs and Bars.”

Rav Matharu

Senior Marketing Executive, JKS Restaurants

“It’s given me a lot more confidence to develop our own social media strategy for the restaurants. There were tips and ideas introduced that I’d never thought of before.”

Olivia Edmondson

Marketing Executive, Lake District Hotels

“There are so many social media and marketing conferences and experiences, but to have something that is just talking about hospitality is so important.”

Sandeep Krishnan Krishnakumar

Sales Manager, The LaLiT London

“It offered valuable insights into effectively using social media and the growing role of AI in marketing.”

Participating as a Team

Build shared capability across functions

Bring complementary roles together around one commercial framework, while each applies it to their own remit.

Marketing leadership

Strategy and priorities

Social and content

Creative systems and execution

Digital and ecommerce

Conversion and measurement

Brand and reputation

Governance and guest engagement

Commercial leadership

Performance and business contribution

Recommended team size: 3 to 5 complementary roles.

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Hospitality Social Media Summit 2027

June 2027
in London

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No payment or commitment

HoSS 2026

  • 200+ participants
  • 14 countries represented
  • 86% in senior and leadership roles
  • 9.5/10 overall experience

Bringing a team?

Organisation rates are available for multiple delegates.

Early Bird ends 31 October 2026. Places are subject to availability.

Book 2027. Start now.

Early Bird doesn't mean waiting
until April

Reserve your HoSS 2027 places and receive immediate access to the HoSS 2026 Executive Programme for the same number of team members.

13 expert sessions13 expert sessions
Practical frameworks & templatesPractical frameworks & templates
8 lab toolkits8 lab toolkits
Digital Hub accessDigital Hub access

Start strengthening your social capability now, and arrive in London in May 2027 already working from the same frameworks.

Booking 1-2 places?

Secure your Super Early Bird tickets directly and save 55% until 31 October

Bringing a team?
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offer:

Planning to bring 3 or more colleagues? Tell us how many places you are considering and we'll send you the team options, including rates, inclusions and booking terms.

No payment required at this stage.Participant names can be confirmed later.

Want to start before June?
The inaugural programme
is available now.

Recordings, practical frameworks, tools and six months of Digital Hub access.

£195

Included for confirmed
HoSS 2027 delegates

Partnerships

Partner with
HoSS 2027

Reach the people shaping hospitality social. Connect your organisation with senior hospitality professionals across marketing, digital, social, brand and commercial performance.

HoSS 2026 was supported by leading industry, program media and content partners. See the 2026 partners.

Hospitality professionals in a meeting

Hospitality Social Media Summit 2027

London, June 2027