On May 4-5th, we will have the pleasure to attend the World Tourism Forum in Lucerne as visitor, Switzerland. The Forum aims in gathering CEOs, Ministers and Embassies and investors as well as startups of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
We are excited to learn about the new trends in the travel and tourism sector, as the principal industry where Planify is active (learn how Planify is used in the tourism industry as well as in the incentive travel).
This year, World Tourism Forum has selected young startups for a workshop before the conference. Four of them will be selected by a jury comprising travel entrepreneurs like Roland Zeller (who founded travel.ch, Switzerland’s largest travel agency) and Sam Friend (who leaded Wotif to an IPO and who founded TravelCandy, first member only travel deals website in Australia) and pitching the audience during the conference.
We, at Planify, are always keen to discover new technologies and evaluate if the travel innovation could be implement in our product. Therefore, we thought that you may be interested in the travel and tourism startups present at World Economic Forum 17 are the following:
- Bidroom (category « Transaction») is a revolutionary private hotel-booking platform that generates direct reservations without charging any commission and provides the best rates for guests.
- CityStasher (category « Destination ») is a digital platform for left luggage, connecting travelers with local businesses who store their bags for 60% less than station facilities.
- Daytrip (category « Transaction») is a platform for traveling with local drivers who drive them from one city to another, exploring sights along the way that would otherwise be difficult to reach using traditional public transportation.
- Green City Solutions (category « Impact») addresses the global problem of air pollution by combining a special, vertical installed moss culture with internet-of-things technology.
- Hello Here (category « Hospitality») is a platform designed to improve hosts-guests engagement and upsell on-demand services provided by hosts in short term rentals
- Hospitality Leaders (category « Hospitality») is a hospitality industry community portal aggregating a global candidate pool enabling digital talent management and recruitment for the hospitality industry worldwide.
- Hypermedia Interactive Services (category « Impact») is a Startup that has developed a bespoke learning and performance ecosystem solution in sustainable practices for the hospitality industry.
- Global Himalayan Expedition (category « Impact») is focused towards providing clean energy, digital education and wireless connectivity access to remote Himalayan communities through impact tourism.
- Orbirental (category « Hospitality») is a SaaS Technology platform that enables vacation rental management companies to streamline and scale their business through automation and integration.
- Swiss Institute (category « Impact») is a game changer in developing tourism and skills in Sri Lanka and South Asia.
- Paris Helpline (category « Destination ») service is the first tourism travelers caring service aimed at any major destination of the world.
- Servantrip (category « Hospitality») is the first e-Commerce Global platform that allows local “drivers, travel guides, interpreters, and legal advice” to access easily to international clients.
- Tastemakers Africa (category « Destination ») is an online marketplace where you can list, discover, and book epic experiences in African cities.
- TimeLooper (category « Destination ») is a global augmented virtual reality production and content distribution company that specializes in the development and delivery of immersive experiences.