About Innovation Station

Innovation Station is GroupCollect’s speaker series at the SYTA Annual Conference, featuring short talks, panel discussions, and open conversations throughout the event.

Bringing together tour operators, destinations, attractions, suppliers, technology partners, and industry organizations, Innovation Station is a place to share practical ideas, exchange perspectives, make new connections, and explore the ideas shaping the future of group travel.

This series begins August 20, 2026, with sessions continuing throughout the conference.

Check back here for updates on session descriptions, times, and topics.

Our Speakers

• Barb Mock — Travel With Barb

• Brad Rosenbaum — Hemisphere

• Bryce Wilson — GroupCollect

• Casey Cole — Music USA Festival

• Corey Black — GroupCollect

• Corey Steinfast — Broadway Plus

• Dana Romanello — Country Music Hall of Fame

• Dayne Whitehurst — Medieval Times

• Emily Michelin — Hemisphere

• Ethan Cook — Jassby

• George Nimmo — Travel Resource Consultants

• Greg Dotson — Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

• Greg Takehara — Tourism Cares

• Jeff Mazzarisi — PAC

• Jim Coggin — Visit Virginia Beach

• Jim Vozzella — 360 Chicago

• John Marshall — Datafy

• Kasie Smith — Serendipity

• Keith Snode — GroupCollect

• Laura Kreutzer — Visit Orlando

• Lisel Bruscia — Bob Rogers Travel

• Lorey Hall — Visit Cincy

• Mark Topley — New York Yankees

• Melissa Yelton — Green Light Tours

• Patrick Cole — Broadway Plus

• Renee Wilson — NYC Tourism + Conventions

• Ryan Kramer — GroupCollect

• Sharon Keating — GroupCollect

• Tim May — Premier Tour & Travel

• Tom Merrill — Bob Rogers Travel