Events platform Bizly took the judges¡¯ choice for top
honours at the 2020 Business Travel Innovation Faceoff during the Business
Travel Show at Olympia London, while Tripbam was named people¡¯s choice.
The Faceoff was the first to take place at the Business
Travel Show, which is produced by the BTN Group and took place on 26-27
February.
Eight competitors gave seven-minute pitches for their
product or service in front of a panel of expert judges including Steve Clagg,
travel technology manager for Microsoft; Ami Goldenberg, co-founder and CTO of
FairFly; Katharina Navarro, global category manager travel and meetings at
Capgemini; and Johnny Thorsen, VP of strategy an innovation at American Express
Digital Labs.
The judges then cross-examined, evaluated and critiqued the
presentations and the participants¡¯ answers to questions from the audience to
determine the winner.
The judges commented: ¡°Bizly¡¯s impactful presentation
clearly demonstrated a strong user-centric and collaborative design for
improving the meeting planner experience and streamline the venue-sourcing
process, empowering companies to do more themselves.¡±
Bizly CEO Ron Shah said: ¡°It¡¯s an honour to be recognised by
such a great community and we particularly appreciate the support as we prepare
to launch in Europe later this year.¡±
Meanwhile, the audience voted for Tripbam as the separate
People¡¯s Choice award winner, with CEO Steve Reynolds commenting: ¡°This award
is a game-changer and validated us in the marketplace as we enable companies to
get a deal anywhere in the world.¡±
Louis Magliaro, BTN Group executive vice president and group
publisher, said: ¡°We would like to add our congratulations to the winners and
our thanks to all of the suppliers who competed in the 2020 Business Travel
Innovation Faceoff. We look forward to expanding this programme so our
corporate travel buyer attendees can be introduced to new leading innovation
and unique solutions in 2021.¡±
Other participants in this year¡¯s event included Freelane,
HRS Invisible Pay, Mint House, Rydoo, Sixt and Viselio.
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