Phocuswright Conference Winners — Photo by Ed McDonald

Travel industry research authority Phocuswright announced the winners of Summit and Launch, held Nov. 7 and 8, during The Phocuswright Conference currently underway in Hollywood, Fla. During Summit, 24 innovative startup and emerging companies and the winners of Battleground: The Americas, APAC and EMEA demonstrated groundbreaking applications and solutions set to change the travel industry. Launch featured nine established companies unveiling their travel innovations.

"We created the Phocuswright Innovation Platform to identify and recognize the entrepreneurs and ideas who are shaping the future of the travel industry," said Michael Coletta, Phocuswright's manager, research and innovation. "We are proud to have once again brought to the stage a world-class group of startups and established companies who are leveraging the latest technology to create breakthrough value across all travel industry segments."

Winners were determined by the Summit Dragons, a panel comprised of travel and technology experts. Winners represent the top innovation in two categories: Startup and Emerging. Additional awards include the Brand USA Award for Travel Marketing Innovation, the General Catalyst Award for Travel Innovation – which comes with a $100,000 convertible note, the OAG Award for AI Innovation, and People's Choice.

AWARD FOR TRAVEL INNOVATION – EMERGING CATEGORY
Winner: UpLift
Runner-Up: Mezi

AWARD FOR TRAVEL INNOVATION – STARTUP CATEGORY
Winner: Redeam
Runner-Up: conichi

BRAND USA MARKETING INNOVATION AWARD
Winner: Beach-Inspector.com

THE GENERAL CATALYST AWARD FOR TRAVEL INNOVATION
Winner: Redeam

OAG AWARD FOR AI INNOVATION
Winner: Mezi

SUMMIT PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Winner: Redeam
Runner-Up: TWIP and Wanup

LAUNCH PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR INNOVATION
Winner: ixigo
Runner-Up: Sift Science

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMPANIES

Free access to streaming and on-demand video of Phocuswright Conference sessions – Summit and Launch demonstrations, and Center Stage presentations – is available. On-demand content is available through March 31, 2018.

ABOUT PHOCUSWRIGHT INC.

Phocuswright is the travel industry research authority on how travelers, suppliers and intermediaries connect. Independent, rigorous and unbiased, Phocuswright fosters smart strategic planning, tactical decision-making and organizational effectiveness.

Phocuswright delivers qualitative and quantitative research on the evolving dynamics that influence travel, tourism and hospitality distribution. Our marketplace intelligence is the industry standard for segmentation, sizing, forecasting, trends, analysis and consumer travel planning behavior. Every day around the world, senior executives, marketers, strategists and research professionals from all segments of the industry value chain use Phocuswright research for competitive advantage.

To complement its primary research in North and Latin America, Europe and Asia, Phocuswright produces several high-profile conferences in the United States and Europe, and partners with conferences in China, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Industry leaders and company analysts bring this intelligence to life by debating issues, sharing ideas and defining the ever-evolving reality of travel commerce.

The company is headquartered in the United States with Asia Pacific operations based in India and local analysts on five continents.

Phocuswright is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northstar Travel Media, LLC. (116 32nd Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001 United States). www.phocuswright.com

ABOUT NORTHSTAR TRAVEL GROUP

Northstar Travel Group is the leading provider of business-to-business news, information, data, transactions and custom content solutions for the travel, meetings and hospitality industries. Brands under the Northstar umbrella include Travel Weekly, Travel Weekly China, Travel Weekly Asia, TravelAge West, Business Travel News, Phocuswright, Meetings & Conventions, M&C China, Web in Travel and Inntopia. Northstar is the industry leader in marketing solutions, custom content communications, content licensing and database management serving the travel and meetings industries. The company produces more than 52 face-to-face events, taking place in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Northstar is based in Secaucus, NJ, and is a portfolio company of EagleTree Capital. www.northstartravelgroup.com

Eugene Ko
Sr. Manager, Marketing and Communications
+1 646 380-6273
Phocuswright

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