Frequency a smart device communication system that will replace and augment existing communication tools currently in use in the airline industry using VoIP technology wins the Eye For Travel Startup Awards at the San Francisco Digital Summit.

Frequency’s customers are commercial airlines that use a combination of VHF radios, HF radios, mobile phones, landline phones, satellite phones and emails. Frequency is a startup in Propeller, a Irish TravelTech Accelerator program.

Frequency Founder CEO, Darach Comhrai, Matt Zito, Moderator of the Startup Awards, Frequency Co-founder Justin Perry.

A special thanks to Bruce Rosenberg, COO of HotelPlanner, for sponsoring the Startup Awards. Judges and panelists for the days sessions included, Brian Harniman, Managing Director, Brand New Matter, Seth Rosenfield, Managing Director, Petsky Prunier, Amir Amidi, Managing Partner, Plug and Play Tech Center, Utpal Kaul, Head of New Product Incubation, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Ganesh Mani, Advisor, TravelWits, Briehan Burke, Catalyst Investors and Matt Zito, Managing Partner, Travel Startups Incubator®.

Travel technology companies presenting included: Frequency, TravelCar, Triend, Streetography, OnceThere, Torchfi, Air DB, TWIP, iAppTours and StayPal.

TravelCar was the runner-up.

Samuel Saint-Jean, US Strategic Partnerships, Kimberly Wason, Marketing Director, Matt Zito, Travel Startups Incubator

While in San Francisco, Nicole and I also had the opportunity to meet the entire development team of Streetography, a TSI portfolio company. We had drinks and a great southern dinner at Farmerbrown.

Konstantin Varik, Dimitri Strauneanu, Mike Lanza, Matt Zito, Anna Tropnikova, Cristian Crasneanu, Alex Parshin.