Future Travel Experience and JetBlue Technology Ventures Announce Four Finalists in the 2017 Start-up Competition and Showcase
August 23 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
The “Best New Start-Up” will be chosen at FTE
Global in Las Vegas, 6-8 September
Future Travel Experience and JetBlue Technology Ventures today
announced four finalists in the 2017 Start-up Competition and
Showcase, a global start-up competition designed to help
discover early-stage start-ups developing innovative concepts or
products that aim to enhance the future passenger experience or
ancillary revenue opportunities during the airport or inflight
phases of travel. The finalists will now advance to a Start-up
Showcase at Future Travel Experience Global 2017 in Las Vegas from
6-8 September 2017, where they will exhibit their products to an
audience of 700+ senior attendees representing airlines, airports
and other air transport and travel industry stakeholders. The
winner will be chosen by audience vote and announced at the FTE
Global Awards Ceremony.
2017 Start-up Competition and Showcase Finalists:
- Destygo (Paris, France) builds
artificially intelligent chatbots for travel companies, giving
travellers instant personalised offers and fast answers. Destygo’s
mission is to create, build and improve powerful chatbots for the
travel industry through its own technology and a dedicated team of
chatbot specialists.
- SeatAssignMate (New York) aims
to help airlines and agencies increase ancillary revenue from email
point of sales by building an interactive check-in app into
travellers' inboxes. Through SeatAssignMate, travellers can
purchase paid seats, select meals, and check-in bags whenever or
wherever they open up their confirmation email, either via mobile
device or on desktop.
- SkyLights (San Francisco) is
developing a virtual reality (VR) platform for inflight
entertainment. SkyLights enables passengers to tune out of their
environment by enjoying premium cinematic entertainment using VR
headsets. Passengers can enjoy premium 2D, 3D or 180º cinematic
entertainment on an IMAX-like wide-angle screen. Skylights
integrates content licensing deals, secure software, headset
hardware and ground operations.
- TravelCar (Los Angeles) is a
peer-to-peer car-sharing service that provides an affordable,
trustworthy, and environmentally-friendly alternative to
traditional car rental services at train stations and airports.
Using TravelCar, car owners can park for free at the airport and
earn money by renting their car to other travellers.
The winner of the Start-up Competition and Showcase will be
announced at the FTE Global Awards Ceremony at the Gala Evening,
taking place at Omnia, Caesars Palace on Thursday, 7 September.
For more information about Future Travel Experience Global 2017,
please visit:
http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/fte-global/.
About JetBlue Technology Ventures
JetBlue Technology Ventures invests in, incubates and partners
with early-stage start-ups at the intersection of technology and
travel to improve the entire travel experience. The company
prioritises investments that advance the customer-centric journey;
technology-empowered customer service; the future of operations and
maintenance; revenue management, sales & distribution; and new
regional transport ecosystems. Founded in 2016, JetBlue Technology
Ventures is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways
Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) and is located in Silicon Valley,
California. For more information, visit JetBlueVentures.com.
About Future Travel Experience
Future Travel Experience (FTE) was established in 2006 and is an
independent events and online media business dedicated to improving
the end-to-end passenger experience. Having started with a
standalone event in North America, FTE now hosts four annual events
around the world – FTE Global, FTE Asia EXPO, FTE
Europe and FTE Ancillary – which are attended by
thousands of senior air transport, travel and technology industry
figures each year. For more information, visit
www.futuretravelexperience.com.
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