9 travel technology startups from around the world, presented in front of 6 judges and 300+ attendees at the 2019 Future of Travel Summit in Miami, FL. Pruvo, rebook the same hotel room for a cheaper price, won the Peoples Choice award. DestyGo, smarter conversations for travel companies with AI, won the judges award.
Pruvo Winner Peoples Choice, DestyGo 1st Place Judges.
The tech Summit was produced by LAB Ventures and presented by JetBlue Technology Ventures. Expedia group sponsored the Startup Pitch Competition.
Matt Zito, Managing Partner of Travel Startups Incubator® participated as moderator of the Investment panel. “We felt the investment panel shed light on some of the current problems in travel tech investment and how global startup founders can navigate the current ecosystem to successfully raise capital.” Following the 30-minute panel session, the panel then took questions from the audience.
The investment panel included, Christina Heggie, Investment Principal, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Mark Farrell, Managing Director, Thayer Ventures, Amir Amidi, Managing Partner, Plug and Play Travel and Suzanna Chiu, Partner, Amadeus Ventures.
We enjoyed meeting and talking with startup founders Hotailor, DestyGo, Pruvo, Parkway, Adrenaline Hunter, B2BOOK.NET, Smartvel and Baarb as part of a speed-dating session early that morning. Special thanks to Pamela Granoff and Tigre Wenrich for having TSI at the Summit. Below are some images from the event, enjoy!
