The vision and inspiration of the new generation of scientists who will be a key element tourism entrepreneurship of the future in Greece, supports XEE in practice with its actions in favor of start-up entrepreneurship and in particular with the accelerator for the development of new innovative business ideas codenamed CapsuleT Travel & Hospitality Accelerator.
In recent days, the 5th Ideas Platform Competition of the CapsuleT Travel & Hospitality Accelerator ended, where young scientists, through workshops and mentoring sessions, developed their ideas, with the aim of creating start-ups. ups which will offer solutions to tourism. and hospitality issues.
President XEE: To be able to be there tomorrow, we must combine the values of hospitality with technological development”
To be able to be here tomorrow, we need to combine the values of hospitality with technological development,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hospitality, Alexandros Vasilikos, told APE-MPE, referring to CapsuleT’s actions. Travel & Hospitality. for those of us from an earlier generation that means we don’t have much to tell you about how anything that’s done today will be done. are the values of hospitality, which are also the basic core that guides us and that we must advocate.
This is also the goal of CapsuleТ, it is our guiding objective through this action: to open the possibility of communication between. generations, between technology and hospitality, so that we are here tomorrow, explained Mr. Vasilikos.
Accelerator Director: This year exceeded all previous participation records
For her part, Katerina Saridakis, director of the Accelerator, referring to the completion of the 5th competition, noted that this year exceeded all previous participation precedents of past years with the 14 teams really giving their best -themselves.
The 3 teams that came out on top this year were WeTip, Terminal Trecks and MyNavlo, winning cash prizes from the accelerator, free services and benefits from strategic program partners as well as entry into the 7th round of acceleration of CapsuleT.
The 3 ideas that stole the show
Regarding the business ideas of the first three groups that stole the show, we can highlight the following:
WeTip
A digital tipping platform for the hospitality industry. Very easily, the customer scans the QR code, chooses the tip they want and leaves an opinion and/or a comment on the service of the hotel employee.
Terminal circuits
A solution that transforms stopovers between flights into discovery experiences. It offers personalized tours and activities during stopovers, through sightseeing and local cuisine, while taking care of all the logistics without the traveler having to waste time waiting for their next flight.
MyNavlo
A back office solution designed specifically for yacht charter operators that puts businesses in control by connecting their tools, offering operational automation, comprehensive reporting and a central database.
“Student life isn’t just about partying.” CapsuleT Travel & Hospitality Accelerator gave us the cachet and a very strong argument for potential customers to trust us, underlined the members of the start-up MyNavlo at the APE-MPE on the occasion of their participation in the IdeaPlatform. MyNavlo consists of 5 members, 2 of whom are developers and the rest take care of the administrative part of the processes.
Harilaos, referring to the award given to his company, stressed that his idea was complete and the result of hard work. We are working day and night to produce the final product, which will be officially released to the market in August, Charilaos emphasized. And as he explains, “student life isn’t just about partying.” The MyNavlo team consists of Dionysis Xynos, who, as he says, is the brains behind everything, Charilaos Harelis, Ioanna Andrianopoulou, Dimitris Lazanas and Alexandros Skurtis.
Below are the 14 teams whose ideas aspire to become the cornerstone of the future generation of businesses in Greece, as they participated in both the preparatory period and the competition part of the 5th Ideas Platform .
CoolTravelApp
An online platform that helps travelers find a destination and organize their trip. The process is simple, easy and fun, based on user preferences and with the support of an intelligent algorithm.
Employment
An employment and recruitment platform that wants to create a bond of trust between the company and the worker regarding seasonal work in tourism, where recruitment will be done automatically with a single click via the application.
Jobs at HoReCa
A personnel search platform for hotels, cafes and restaurants, where recruiters directly select candidates according to the criteria they want, with the opposite logic to that of traditional advertisements on websites.
HotelZero
A comprehensive SaaS solution for accommodation providers that simplifies and automates their sustainability journey, from training to planning to sustainability reporting. It improves hospitality and promotes sustainable tourism in a quick and easy way.
Idyll
A mood board creation platform for people who want to get inspired and turn their ideas into unique travel experiences. Using machine learning, user-selected images are mapped to activity booking options that express the digital collage style.
MyNavlo
A back office solution designed specifically for yacht charter operators that puts businesses in control by connecting their tools, offering operational automation, comprehensive reporting and a central database.
Physical care
An online platform that provides connections for collaborations, green skills training and information on financing opportunities, with the aim of modernizing the tourism sector and creating a community of ecopreneurs.
Qwest
An all-in-one OTA that delivers 100% personalized, gap-free travel plans powered by AI, with just one click. It guarantees the cheapest fares on flights using a method similar to the logic of limit orders on the stock market. It mainly targets students and young people who are looking for affordable and unforgettable travel experiences tailored to their interests.
REACH
A mobile app that redefines influencer marketing for hotels and restaurants. It provides direct access, direct booking and live tracking to thousands of digital creators around the world to promote the company’s brand organically, through a mobile app.
Seasonalists
A platform for finding seasonal staff that will function like a marketplace unlike all the platforms that exist on the market today. This will allow businesses and employees to immediately and securely find the most ideal partnerships through a two-way evaluation system.
Terminal circuits
A solution that transforms stopovers between flights into discovery experiences. It offers personalized tours and activities during stopovers, through sightseeing and local cuisine, while taking care of all the logistics without the traveler having to waste time waiting for their next flight.
Voyageab
A marketplace to easily and quickly search and compare vacation packages, tours and experiences from travel agents, who promote their products at low cost and without commissions.
TripNext
A platform that aims to save travelers time in the process of searching for a destination and discovering unexplored places and authentic experiences, through the use of a questionnaire to provide personalized suggestions based on interests of the traveler.
WeTip
A digital tipping platform for the hospitality industry. Very easily, the customer scans the QR code, chooses the tip they want and leaves an opinion and/or a comment on the service of the hotel employee.
In all cases, the positive on Greek tourism and the country. in general.