The 2nd annual, Future of Travel Tech Summit is being held February 12, 2019 in Miami, FL at the Lyric Theatre. TSI is looking forward in participating. Matt Zito, Managing Partner of TSI will be moderating the investment panel in the morning session.
TSI readers, get 20% off the conference pass using discount code TRAVELTECH20 at checkout.
Pitch Competition: The pitch competition is open to 10 travel tech startups. Go Here to apply to present. Apply by January 1, 2019.
Attend The Conference: The Future of Travel Tech Summit focuses solely on technology and how it is causing rapid and unprecedented change in the travel and tourism industry. The program has a curated agenda including panels on topics such as, in-destination experiences and revenue management, a startup pitch competition, and keynote speeches by leading industry disruptors.
When: February 12, 2019 from 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Where: Historic Lyric Theater, 819 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33136
The 2019 summit, presented by JetBlue Technology Ventures and sponsored by Avis, brings together industry leaders and some of the brightest and most innovative travel and tourism startups in the world.
We look forward in seeing you there!
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Calling all destination marketing and in-destination travel technology startups.
Do you have technology that is impacting destination marketers? Technology that helps travel planning or in-destination discovery? Destination marketers include Destination Management Companies, (DMO’s), State and City Visitor & Tourism Bureaus, Tour Operators and In-Destination Travel Suppliers.
If yes, please submit the simple form at the bottom of this page to be considered to present and exhibit at the conference.
Connect Travel Marketing Leadership Summit Feb 20-22 2019. Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee Florida (Disney Orlando area). Conference website here.
• 4 startups will pitch their technology solution to 200+ global executives, heads of digital and marketing, CEO’s, CMO’s, GM’s, and industry tourism leaders. Get in front of buyers and destination marketers for your technology pilots and commercial agreements.
• 5-7 minute pitch-presentation.
• 15-20 minute panel discussion to follow the presentations including Q&A from the audience.
• Exhibit booth space in the Innovation demo area during the 3-day conference to demo your technology and meet with travel executive attendees. See pics from last year below. The location is fabulous and there was major networking activity last year with each company that presented inking deals from the conference.
• 2 attendee conference badges to attend the full-conference.
Timeline/Due Dates:
Apply now to present. We have 2 spots left as of 1/1/2019.
Feb 1st: TSI to announce 4 companies selected to present and attend the conference.
Feb 1st: Pitch deck due along with high-res logo, company summary, detailed bio and contact info.
Feb 20th: Pitch/Presentation day, exact day and time, TBD.
Cost:
Free to submit to pitch.
If your company is selected to present a $500 fee will be charged by TSI.
We are excited to be partnering with Connect Travel on this event for the 2nd year. This is an opportunity for travel tech startup to get their technology in front of USA & International buyers attending the event.
8-global travel technology startups participated in Travel Startups Incubator®, 9-week Traction Program, from Sept 1-Nov 1, 2018. The 8 startups participated virtually online. Matt Zito, Managing Partner of TSI, presented over 100+ learning content modules, including video webinars and a dozen guest speaker sessions. Included in the Traction Program were (3) 1-hour strategic advisory calls with the TSI staff.
During the weekly programs, TSI portfolio companies participated as guest speakers, as well as senior executives from leading global travel companies. All the guest speakers spoke about their experiences and shared insights into how the startups can succeed in the travel industry.
The 9-week schedule included:
Week 1 – Traction and The Tools We Use
Week 2 – Trends & Movements Impacting the Travel Industry & How To Create the Next Uber
Week 3 – Product Development, Simplify Your Product, Iterate, Co-Build To Gain Traction
Week 4 – Revenue Models in Travel, Pricing Schemes
Week 5 – Pitching, Presentations, Investment Deck Tips & Insights
Week 6 – How To Successfully Pilot Your Technology
Week 7 – Getting Investors
Week 8 – Travel Technology Conferences
Week 9 – Traction Day
Testimonials:
John Lee, CEO, CultureMee “The Traction Program could not have come along at a better time for us. We found it very challenging to find people with deep experience in building and scaling successful B2B and B2C travel start-ups who had seen the challenges from both the perspective of co-founders and investors. Having already dealt with the big players in travel, Matt Zito was able to help guide us in finding our product market fit and bringing us to the next level. During the Traction Program, we won the “Best Travel Technology Product” at the Global Youth Travel Awards, which was a major plus, and with Matt as an advisor we feel we are in a much stronger position to take advantage of this. Thank you Matt for all the advice and support you gave to us.”
Dennis Vilović, Founder, Troop Travel “Laser-focused content, practical examples and clear call for actions, combined with 1:1 calls with Matt and executive webinars with leading industry experts sharing very powerful insights created an amazing value for us. And the best is, the TSI Traction Program is virtual. So we could join from anywhere and go through the content as often as we wanted.”
We’d like to thank the Amadeus for Startups team for being a sponsor of the Traction Program and participating as guest speakers.
The following companies listed in alphabetical order participated in the Traction Program. Click on the links to view their pitch decks, executive summaries and company videos.
CultureMee
Kiva Solutions
nXus Software
Streetography
Troop Travel
Yana Trip
yuriQa
Stealth (anonymous)
If a company is of interest to you for business development or investment please contact them directly and tell them you saw their Traction Day presentation.
About the Traction Program:
The Travel Startups Incubator® Traction Program is a global incubation, and acceleration program, open to any startup in the world to join. The program is now officially being launched as an ongoing, evergreen program so you can join and get started at any time. The program is virtual; all you need is Internet access and a desire to gain traction in your startup.
The Traction Program can also be licensed or sponsored by corporate travel companies and Universities as a boot camp for employees and students to understand the travel startup global ecosystem.
How It Works:
In the Traction Program, you’ll access the TSI Portal to view the program schedule, to access the weekly video webinars, content and to listen to our travel executive guest speaker sessions. The program content for each week is released 24-hours prior to the scheduled date. You can consume the weekly programing content on your own time, at your pace.
In addition to the TSI Portal, you’ll have access to the private TSI Slack channel, where you can post questions about what you’re learning. Matt Zito, Managing Partner of TSI will provide (3) 1-hour, one-on-one advisory calls with each company over the 9-week program.
Inside the Slack channel you’ll have the opportunity to network with other founders going through the program and our Traction Program graduates. Each company that completes the Traction Program receives a TSI Traction Program certificate. The certification is very valuable and can be used to leverage investors, business development partners and new company hires showing your commitment to build a successful travel startup.
Lifetime Access. Each company that joins the Traction Program will have lifetime access to the TSI Portal and Slack channel. As we update content and bring in new guest speakers, you’ll have the opportunity to learn even more after your 9-week program ends.
Join the Traction Program Now!
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Contacts:
John Lee, Co-Founder
Email: john@culturemee.com
Website: www.culturemee.com
View the presentation in a clickable PDF viewer.
CultureMee Pitch Deck
