My name is Simon Lewis .... I have worked with international brands & destinations in travel including, Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Accommodation Providers, Travel Shows, Tourism Authority's, Online Travel Companies, Social Media and Travel Tech Companies.
In a 20-year travel career, I have traveled to over 70 countries and lived and worked in 9. I now run international marketing agency working in Africa, South America & Europe. We specialize in creative ideas for building brands online & offline.
I quit my first job as a Golf Professional to experience the world and before I was 25 I had lived, worked and traveled in Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia & South America. As well as my professional positions in sales and marketing for the adventure travel industry my other previous jobs include Mongolian Chef, TV Extra, English Teacher in China, Rafting Guide in Israel, Bicycle Mechanic in France & DJ in Germany.
I am a Liverpool FC fan and try and connect with fellow Liverpool FC fans around the world.
I love social media and have a very strong well-connected community of travel industry leaders and influences. According to www.Klout.com, I am in the top 10% of social media influencers.
I founded Travel Concept Solution in 2007, we offer a local and international experience with a small team of specialists and freelancers based in Africa, Europe, and South America through online & offline promotions.
I created the first national South African blogger campaign for Hostelling International which led us to work with South African Tourism on their famous #meetsouthafrica campaign plus we created a new style of destination marketing campaign for Luxurios a Greek travel brand on the island of IOS.
I also launched travel brands Cape Town, Sao Paulo, Rio & Santiago de Chile and I have worked with Cape Town Tourism in Brazil through our Sao Paulo-based team who assist international travel brands enter the expanding Brazilian market.
I have been invited to speak about some of the projects and concepts we have created at conferences around the world.
The Video Summit (Leipzig)
The Norwegian Digital Travel Conference (Kristiansand)
Sports and Events Tourism Exchange (Johannesburg)
The World Tourism Forum (Istanbul)
TBEX (Jerusalem)
WTM Africa (Cape Town)
WTM London
Trablin (Reykjavik)
IGTM (Cannes)