Saturday, June 8, 2024 The Tourism Innovation Summit (TIS) is returning to Seville, Spain, from October 23 to 25, 2024. This year’s event will feature the Touristech Startup Fest 2024, an entrepreneurship competition open to national and international startups. The competition invites startups to present their innovative projects aimed at transforming, reactivating, and introducing new business models in the tourism sector to industry stakeholders and Travel Tech investment funds.

TIS2024 is a technological event focused on enhancing the travel and tourism sector’s competitiveness by promoting smarter, digital, and sustainable tourism. The event is now accepting proposals from startups, with expectations to surpass the more than 400 participants from the previous edition. Startups with solutions in AI, Data, Business Intelligence, automation, 5G, AR/VR, and cybersecurity, applicable across various tourism industry segments (including hotels, tourist transport, distribution channels, OTAs, leisure and cultural tourism, tourist activities and attractions, smart destinations, and the MICE and Business Travel sector) are encouraged to apply.

A total of 40 startups will be selected to present their projects to investors, venture capitalists, and leading tourism companies attending TIS in search of disruptive technological projects. Winners of the Touristech Startup Fest will gain access to various prizes and acceleration, mentoring, or training programs to help them scale thei.