Travel Startups Incubator invests in Biz Airlines a Business Travel Mobile Booking Solution

LogoRGB_FullTravel Startups Incubator is pleased to announce our investment in Biz Airlines. Using embedded airline routing business intelligence, Biz Airlines offers executives the most cost-effective, efficient way to get where they need to go.

Biz Airlines is a business travel booking solution focused on providing executives with the most direct, cost-effective travel options available. By mixing and matching airline offerings, airport transfers, and charter jets, Biz Airlines provides managed travel itineraries on native iOS and Android apps via an intuitive, user-friendly wizard.

Biz Airlines founder and CEO Bruno Santiago has extensive experience not only in marketing and advertising and international business, but in traveling the world. “I know more airports around the world than I know towns,” Santiago says. “Being on the road as a CEO for my former business was important to get us at a profitable position, but it took away my time on the job and caused me to spend too much time away from my team.” (more…)

An OTA Killer Arrives?

MTCs are more personalized, customized, efficient and fun than using an OTA.

A new mobile travel application is infiltrating the consumer travel industry that we believe will change how travelers plan and ultimately purchase travel. We’ve coined this new travel application, “mobile travel chat” (MTC). Riding the waves of smartphone proliferation, data ubiquity, and the success of mobile chat apps, MTC is gaining steam fast and may ultimately drive traffic away from OTAs as MTCs are more personalized, customized, efficient and fun than using an OTA. (more…)

Travel Startups Incubator invests in PanTrek an Online Booking Engine for Inter-City Bus Transportation in Latin America

PanTrekLogoTravel Startups Incubator is pleased to announce our investment in PanTrek (BETA) an Online Booking Engine for Inter-City Bus Transportation in Latin America.

The “Expedia of Latin America Bus Travel,” PanTrek provides company profiles, user reviews, and ratings, plus the most comprehensive Latin American bus information available.

PanTrek is an online booking engine designed to help travelers navigate the many challenges of bus travel in Latin American countries. By combining all available companies’ routes and fares onto a single booking engine, PanTrek provides immediate, detailed information regarding the most trusted and affordable transportation providers. (more…)

Proxce wins Most Innovative Startup Company at Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit

Travel Startups Incubator portfolio company Proxce won “The Most Innovative Startup Company” at the Phocuswright Travel Innovation Summit, one of the most coveted travel startups awards in the world. Africabookings another TSI portfolio company had a fabulous presentation and exhibited at the conference. Overall it was a great event and we got to talk and meet with many travel startups. Below is a video and slide show of pictures from the event.


Mike Coletta joins Travel Startups Incubator as Managing Director

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We are pleased to announce that Mike Coletta has joined Travel Startups Incubator (TSI) as Managing Director. Mike will be opening up a New York City office for TSI, helping us on-board investors to our investor network, working with our startups and organizing our first travel startups event.

In his 14 year career, Mike has spent time as a travel entrepreneur, consultant, analyst, marketer, and organizer, building hands-on expertise in travel technology and a large network in the startup community. His most recent role was Program Manager at Dreamit, a Forbes-ranked top 10 startup accelerator. He is the founder of award-winning travel startups Fantrotter and EuropeUpClose, the Organizer of innovation-focused Meetup group Travel 2.0, and a Board Member with Travel+SocialGood. He was selected as one of 35 members in the Phocuswright class of 2013 “Young Leaders under 35”. Mike graduated from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst with a BBA in Finance and minor in Psychology. He has traveled to close to 40 countries.

Nicole Zito, Managing Partner of TSI says, “Mike is very passionate about startups, travel technology and well connected in New York City. As we start to build out Travel Startups Incubator into a global investment company for travel technology startups we will be counting on Mike to bring his notorious work ethic and creativity to help TSI advance to the next level.”