Acai Travel has received the People’s Choice Award as part of Phocuswright’s Launch: Innovation program. BoomPop was named Travel Innovator of the Year, with Wenrix claiming the runner-up spot.
The winners were announced at The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego this week.
Phocuswright’s Launch program is open to companies of any age that are innovating in the travel space, giving them the opportunity to present new ideas to the audience at The Phocuswright Conference.
AB Tasty, Etraveli Group, TripGain, The Data Appeal Company, Gimmonix Technologies and Vio.com also participated in this year’s competition.
Acai Travel, a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2024, provides artificial intelligence (AI) agents built for travel. The company was co-founded by CEO Riccardo “Ricky” Vittoria, CTO Pavel Pratyush and chairman Henry Chen Weinstein.
AI-focused events and group travel company BoomPop is headed up by co-founder and CEO Healey Cypher and co-founder and chief product and design officer Blake Hudelson.
Wenrix describes itself as “travel’s embedded AI platform,” offering a solution for agencies. The company is run by CEO Amir Balaish, CPO Tor Leelo and CTO Armon Avrahamy.
You can learn more about Launch and view the alumni companies here.