Retail, food and agriculture

TTRA Annual International Conference 2027

The association's 57th annual conference on travel and tourism research, for academics and practitioners. Calls for practitioner and academic work are open.

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June 29 to July 1, 2027, Sheraton Grand Seattle, Seattle, WA. Dates confirmed on the organizer's page: 2026-11-02. Recheck before you book, since organizers change details.

Independent planning reference. Delta Arc is not the organizer and does not sell tickets. Delta Arc has not announced attendance at this event, and listing it is not an endorsement.

What to see

  • Practitioner presentations are due November 23, 2026. Source
  • Academic submissions are due December 28, 2026. Source

What to plan

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Parking and the venue

Parking

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Transit

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Accessibility

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Where to stay

The Sheraton Grand Seattle is named as the venue, and hotel reservations are open. Source

Official housing page. Use it first: offers that use a show's name are not always connected to the organizer.

From the airport

Travel details for the Seattle area.

Airports

Airport to the venue

Link light rail runs from the airport to Westlake Station downtown in about 40 minutes, with trains every 8 to 15 minutes. The bureau describes it as a direct ride to the convention and hotel core, and driving is about 14 miles. Source

Rideshare

Uber and Lyft pick up in the Ground Transportation Plaza on the 3rd floor of the parking garage, at stalls 1 to 34. Cross a skybridge from the terminal and go down one level. Uber Black meets at a selected door outside baggage claim. Source

Taxis

Taxis are on the 3rd floor of the parking garage at the north and south curb. Companies shown are the first 12 taxi entries on King County's licensed list, and the list is not exhaustive. Source

From an official list, in the order shown there. It may not be complete, and listing a company is not an endorsement. Check current fares with the operator.

Black car and SUV pickup

Pre-arranged limousines pick up on the Arrival Drive (lower drive). For meet-and-greet, drivers use designated limousine stalls on the 3rd floor of the parking garage and check in at the Ground Transportation Booth. Source

Public transit

The Airport/SeaTac Link station is reached from baggage claim by going up to the fourth floor and crossing the skybridge to the garage level. A Train-to-Plane shuttle also runs between the terminal and the station. Source

Seattle travel guide →

Questions worth asking there

A claim at a show is a starting point. These questions help you test it.

  • What attendance or return figure is claimed, and how was it measured?
  • Does the figure come from verified registration or scan data, or from a survey?
  • Which comparable event or travel program has used this, and for how long?
  • Which planner or buyer of a similar size will confirm the outcome?

Common questions

When is TTRA Annual International Conference 2027?

June 29 to July 1, 2027.

Where is TTRA Annual International Conference 2027 held?

Sheraton Grand Seattle, Seattle, WA.

How do I get to TTRA Annual International Conference 2027 from the airport?

Link light rail runs from the airport to Westlake Station downtown in about 40 minutes, with trains every 8 to 15 minutes. The bureau describes it as a direct ride to the convention and hotel core, and driving is about 14 miles.

Where should I stay for TTRA Annual International Conference 2027?

The Sheraton Grand Seattle is named as the venue, and hotel reservations are open.

All the way through

Before, during and after

Before the show

Set the decision you want to improve, then plan the trip.

During the show

Test any claim on the floor, from your phone, in six questions.

After the show

Turn notes into a decision while they are fresh.

Where next

Stay with it

Understand

The evidence and sources in Supply Chains and Procurement.

Plan

Shows and conferences in Supply Chains and Procurement, with what to see and how to get there.

Build

How Delta Arc would approach the decision in front of you.

Everything in Supply Chains and Procurement →

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Plan it

Guides for any show

First time at a major show

A show floor rewards a plan. Decide what you need to learn before you see the program, then let the program fill the plan.

Show planning checklist

The same checklist works for a payments summit, a marketing conference and a machine tool show.

Parking and getting there

Parking and transit change by event and by day. The venue and the transit agency are the sources to trust, close to the date.

Hotels and travel

Use the organizer's official housing page as your starting point. Third-party offers that use a show's name are not always connected to the organizer.

During the show

A claim on a show floor sounds as firm as a published figure. It usually is not. Keep the same few questions in your pocket, and class what you hear.

Meeting planner

A meeting earns its time when both sides know the question before they sit down.

After the show

The value of a show is decided in the two weeks afterward, when notes turn into decisions or get lost.

How to cite this page. Delta Arc, LLC. “TTRA Annual International Conference 2027 planning reference.” DA-EV-ttra-international-conference-2027, version 1, as of 2026-11-02. https://thedeltaarc.com/events/ttra-international-conference-2027/

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