22 May, 2009
Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2009: Day 2
Posted by: Francesco In: Startupper's life
With some days of delay I’m summarizing up what happened during the second day of Eye for Travel’s Travel Distribution Summit Europe 2009.
What caught my attention was indeed the “Get funded” contest and panel, who saw four startups (TravelWhere, Zoombu, Joobili and Tourdust) pitching their business to the audience and four angel investors: Dick Porter, Chairman, STA Travel, Hugo Burge, Founder, Howzat Media; John Kent, CEO, Youtravel.com and Steve Endacott, Owner, On Holiday Group.
I liked the enthusiasm and content of most pitches, in particular Zoombu impressed me for the passion its founders put into their pitch. Their idea is to easily book a travel with just one click. You’ll insert only starting address and destination, while Zoombu will manage all the hassle for you, proposing only three best ways for you to choose: cheapest, fastest and greenest.
This very ambitious project won, even if many doubt around technological difficulties arose among the business angles.
Later next week, I’ll publish a complete report from the conference!
