123compare.me – EMEA Travel Innovation Award winner at Phocuswright Europe 2024

Travel industry research authority Phocuswright has announced the award winners of the latest Phocuswright Innovation Platform program Launch: EMEA, which was held June 11 during the Phocuswright Europe conference in Barcelona. 

Six innovators presented new ideas that are set to change the travel industry. 

Participating as judges were:

• Bryan Batista, chief operating officer, Skyscanner
• Suzanna Chiu, head of Amadeus Ventures
• Alex Gisbert, general partner at Traveltech.vc
• Aaron Gowell, CEO of SilverRail Technologies
• Lisa Katsouraki, senior vice president of corporate development, Etraveli Group
• Miriam Moscovici, vice president of partnerships and intelligence, BCD Travel
• Timothy O’Neil-Dunne, principal, T2Impact

The judges selection for the EMEA Travel Innovation Award was 123Compare.me, a competitive pricing tool that empowers hotel groups to master room distribution by targeting and resolving online price disparities across online travel agencies, metasearch sites and bed banks.

Since the first Travel Innovation Summit in 2008, 629 innovators have now taken the stages at Phocuswright's innovation events. This esteemed group of Phocuswright Innovation alumni has brought countless innovations to the market, with 466 of them have raised funding adding up to over €9.3 billion collectively, and 113 have been acquired. 

View all of this year’s innovators and the alumni here. 

Watch the Launch presentation from 123Compare.me’s chief revenue officer, Pau Ferret, below.

And later, 123Compare.me founder and CEO Jordi Serra spoke to PhocusWire editor in chief Mitra Sorrells in the PhocusWire studio.