Sponsored airfare, WIT 2018 Convention tickets and more prizes await!
TOP100 Startups, we’ve got good news!
Web In Travel ( WIT ) is excited to sponsor an awesome prize at Echelon Asia Summit 2018! WIT will award the “Most Promising Startup with Travel Possibilities” for the top Travel and Tourism related startups at TOP100.
With that award, the winner will receive:
- Automatic qualification for this year’s WIT Startup PItch semi-finals, taking place at the WIT Bootcamp on October 15. This involves a 5-minute pitch followed by a 3-minute Q&A led by a panel of investors and key industry figures, live on stage.
- This prize includes two tickets to the WIT Bootcamp and main WIT 2018 Conference happening on October 16-17 this year in Singapore.
- WIT will also cover the airfare (low-cost) and hotel accommodation for one person.
The WIT 2018 Conference (Oct 16-17) is a two-day annual event held in Singapore focussing on travel technology, distribution and marketing. Every year, WIT hosts over 500 travel industry delegates from giants like Expedia, Facebook, Airbnb, Grab and many more!
The WIT Bootcamp (Oct 15) is held one day before the WIT conference, where you’ll learn what’s hot and new in the digital travel space. It’s the premiere meet, match and coach place for startups, innovators, investors and travel industry heavyweights. It is also where the annual WIT Startup Pitch semi-finals are held, before the Grand Finals on October 17.
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The WIT Startup Pitch competition is a key feature of the WIT Conference every year, where travel and tourism-related startups compete to earn the title of WIT Startup of the Year and win fantastic prizes. It is an opportunity to be coached by industry veterans and work for a chance to highlight their business at a WIT conference. Past prizes have included up to US$30,000 in seed funding and spots in travel startup accelerator programmes. This year’s grand prize is yet to be announced.
For a travel and tourism startup, it’s the perfect opportunity to have your business idea heard by industry experts.
Now you’re probably asking, how do we apply?
That’s the best part! WIT will be choosing the top startup travel and tourism vertical from the TOP100 finalists Echelon Asia Summit 2018 to fast-track the application process and automatically qualify for the semi-finals at the WIT Bootcamp.
If you’ve joined the Echelon TOP100 Programme this year and in the Travel and Tourism vertical, practice your pitches and nail it during the Qualifiers! You could just find yourself pitching at WIT this October!
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