Meaningful Travel Roadshow: Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The Meaningful Travel Roadshow is designed for all tourism professionals who want to deepen their understanding of sustainable tourism to protect the future of travel. Each stop brings together industry leaders, local changemakers, and peers to explore how travel can be a force for good—supporting communities, protecting the environment, and driving innovation across the sector.
At our Pittsburgh stop, the city will serve as an example for how destinations and travel companies can transform challenges into opportunities for more resilient and sustainable futures.
Event Highlights
Educational Programs: Explore key sustainability topics—like urban revitalization, green innovation, and building stronger community connections—that you can apply directly to your own destination or business.
Immersive Tours: Experience off-site activities that bring sustainable tourism practices to life, highlighting cultural heritage, history, and community impact.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with industry professionals from across sectors, exchange ideas, and build partnerships that advance meaningful travel.
Join us at the Energy Innovation Center to see how sustainability principles in action can inspire change and provide models for destinations and travel companies everywhere.
Attendance & Cost:
The Roadshow is an intimate event of 50-75 attendees and open to travel professionals across all sectors.
$229 for Tourism Cares members
$279 for non-members
Location & Parking:
Energy Innovation Center
1435 Bedford Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Parking available across the street for $10.12.
Melody Tent C Bedford Lot
1250 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Accommodations:
There is no designated host hotel for this event, but there are many great options within walking distance of the Energy and Innovation Center (EIC). To help with planning, you can view a hotel map in relation to the EIC here. If you need assistance with an accessible route from your hotel to the EIC, please reach out to Kristina at Kristina.Rocks@tourismcares.org.
Land Acknowledgement
Schedule of Events - October 7
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Location: The Energy Innovation Center
Kick off the day with a welcome coffee, followed by engaging education sessions and workshops designed to inspire and inform.
Panels include:
Flavors of Impact: Explore how local food companies and organizations drive cultural connection and social change.
From Steel to Sustainability: See how destinations can reshape their identity through innovation, green initiatives, and community-driven design
Wrap up the morning with a networking lunch, offering a chance to connect with peers and local changemakers.
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Location: The Energy Innovation Center
Enjoy a local lunch and get to know your fellow attendees and mingle with local partners and changemakers.
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See sustainability in action by immersing yourself in the Pittsburgh community through curated experiences and activities that showcase the area's unique cultural heritage, sustainable practices, and local leaders.
Meaningful activities include:
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Location: Lawrence Hall
Enjoy a networking reception featuring locally-sourced food and drink, celebrating the destination’s flavors and providing an opportunity to connect with local changemakers and industry leaders.
Pittsburgh Meaningful Travel Map
The Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Map is a digital tool that helps the travel trade and sustainably-minded travelers easily source organizations making positive social and environmental impacts in destinations. Discover vetted, sustainable offerings in Thailand that are ready to book for your next trip.
Sponsorship Information
All sponsors receive the full Base Benefits Package, which includes:
Complimentary registrations to attend (based on level)
Listing in press release and media communications
Individual attendee recognition as a sponsor on-site
Logo/listing recognition on-site at the program, Tourism Cares website, event app and event communications
*If you are interested in sponsorship, click below or email carrie.hodgen@tourismcares.org
Thank You to Our Host & Sponsors
SPOTLIGHT: VENTURE OUTDOORS | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Destination Partner: Visit Pittsburgh
Venture Outdoors is an outdoor recreation non-profit with a mission to remove barriers to the outdoors for everyone. They believe that, together, they can help remove barriers that prevent people from connecting with the outdoors. A lack of access to equipment shouldn't stop people from exploring. A lack of instruction shouldn't keep students from learning to bike for the first time. A lack of community shouldn't prevent women and minority runners from joining the race.