These three questions were very much at the core of The EyeforTravel North American Innovation Award, held as part of TDS North America just over a week ago in Las Vegas. EyeforTravel picked six of the industry's hottest start-ups and invited them to "pitch" to our panel of investor judges. Before we reveal the winner, we'll look back at the chosen participants:
Roger Wong, Director of Product & Marketing, Room 77: http://www.room77.com/. The concept here is that if you can choose your seat on a plane, why can't you choose your room in a hotel? We all know what it's like to turn up expecting sea views and find ourselves overlooking some grubby bins. What Room 77 offers is the chance to see what individual rooms within a hotel look like, and how to book that room. With 560,000 rooms in the database (and counting), this is not a force to be reckoned with.
Brian Harniman, President, BusinessTravel.com: www.businesstravel.com. This start up aims to capture the business of corporate travel for small business with 20 employers or less. This market is ripe for the picking with over 40 million of these enterprises in the US alone. The unique hotel search facility enables you to find a business hotel with all the small but important requirements you might need- whether that be an iron, wifi… or even on-demand movies for evenings off!
Travis Katz, CEO, Gogobot: www.gogobot.com. With a host of national and international awards under its thumb, and a spread of investors already committed to the Gogobot phenomenon, there's no doubt that this website has a lot to offer. Miles away from the likes of TripAdvisor, the ethos of Gogobot is that when you plan a trip, you should get the advice and tips you need from your extended network of friends, family and colleagues, and from people who "travel like you."
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