High-Growth Programme Digital Champions are here!
We are beyond excited and proud to showcase the Digital Champions of EU DigiTOUR! After the six-month intensive courses on digitalisation, the companies presented their business pitch combining the knowledge they gained during the High-Growth Programme. These companies are all tech savvy and addicted to innovation, using digital technology to upgrade the tourism industry with disruptive products, but not only, the digital champions attended the Hackathons in Italy, Germany, and Slovenia, helping traditional tourism SMEs to realise their digital solutions and ideas!
🇮🇹 The Italian Digital Champions 🇮🇹
Pythagor is an innovative startup that has developed a software, which continuously checks the potential turnover of the Catering Sector in any area of a city, by analyzing and reprocessing certain public and private data; talks are also underway with banks, to create proofs of concept, and companies, for consultancy on the location of new points of sale. Moreover, the company has developed a system for enriching the information on the map of the amenities closer to entities of Tourist Sector, divided by isochrone, which allows the companies themselves, booking platforms, public administrations to enhance the respective offer, as well as improve the customer experience themselves.
Rescover through the brand Emilialand is an innovative startup that aims to encourage tourism in the Emilia area. The startup develops projects and experiences with high technological content to encourage tourism of the territory.
Cyclando is the one stop shop for cycling holidays. We are a digital ecosystem where it is possible to choose, compare and buy online bike tours organized by selected tour operators or to create a customized experience by combining single services (hotel booking, bike rentals, routing, etc..)
E-Dway has developed, after the two years of pandemic, a mobility branch of the company that creates areas of electric vehicles (e- bikes, scooters, electric scooters) at accommodation facilities, bathing establishments, companies ... with an application that allows the customer independently to book, to start and close the ride.
For 15 years, we have been working to create immersive experiences that place the user at the center, enhancing environments and objects, and telling important stories. We study and design cutting-edge technologies to achieve our goal: because the customer and their project are always at the forefront.
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JAM is a digital platform (30% dedicated to traveler, through an app, and 70% is a full service back-end tools package dedicated to operational staff of the T.O. Travel Agency).
Weforguest use big data and AI to help hoteliers automate marketing and communication campaigns through advanced targeting and automation that significantly increase conversion rates. It is a modular solution that integrates with all hospitality management software and is the data warehousing of tourism.
Yookye is an innovative startup and Tour Operator in the field of experiential tourism. It offers tourists tailor-made travel proposals created by local experts with the added value of blockchain-certified reviews. Yookye has a network of local experts who input accommodations and experiences from their area. Customers are profiled through a form and receive three travel proposals from which they can select the one they prefer and proceed to payment
Traveleco is a benefit company and innovative startup founded in 2021, in Italy, with the aim of supporting and guiding accommodation facilities (hotels, agritourisms, b&b, villages, campsites, etc.) in their transition to sustainability. Traveleco wants to help tourism businesses understand their impact on the environment, climate and society, and consequently reduce it, through the provision of its consulting services.
BikeSquare offers a reservation system and the BikeSquare APP which guides the tourists along the scenic and panoramic routes in the destination where they choose to pedal. During the tour the tourist is encouraged to stop by local partners (restaurants, wineries, bars, etc.).
🇩🇪 The German Digital Champions 🇩🇪
faircations is an online portal for sustainable travel. It is an innovative B2C online platform that makes booking sustainable holidays as easy as possible. The faircations website offers an end-to-end booking journey and a shopping cart system. Furthermore, it aims to become a disruptive sales channel for future partners. Faircations offers certified sustainable accommodations, flights come with carbon offset, additionally it supports an environmental/social organization after each sold holiday.
Green Tiny Houses developed a AR/VR experience within the Green Tiny Village in Harlesiel, that gives an on-site 3D virtual tour through our two different Green Tiny House models and the Green Tiny Sauna Space. This AR/VR tour offers some videos and information about the innovative solutions and green products that Green Tiny Houses have to offer.
Stepin GmbH is implementing a digital customer account, aiming for consolidating information, making the customer journey more transparent and thereby improving the communication between the participants, their parents and the Stepin staff. The existing CRM tool depicts any processes along the customer journey.
What is innovative to the tourism sector about Plazy is the solution of Customized Travel Guidance. Plazy strives to get connected to Open and Big Data, since this will make the tool even more up to date and easier to take care of.
GOLF and SAIL CRUISES GmbH is a tour operator for golf and sailing enthusiasts looking for that individual, special holiday experience!
Sustainable travel with wind power, namely sailing, is the focus. Golfing means a fitness programme in the fresh air, increases life expectancy, relaxes, keeps you healthy, strengthens the muscles and can make the occasional trip to the gym superfluous and consumes less carbon that gyms.
GOLF and SAIL CRUISES travels climate neutrally.
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socialbnb is an online platform that connects travellers with social and ecological projects from all around the world. Travellers can book a room offered by a social and ecological project and thus finance the project with their paid overnight price. This way touristic revenue creates a sustainable impact. On the other hand it provides a local authentic travel experience for travellers that want to travel with social impact.
TripLegend is a fully digital and sustainable tour operator brand for young adventurers between 25 and 45 years. We have created TripLegend to offer you a unique, sustainable, and adventurous way of traveling. We are aware of the impacts of mass tourism and how it affects the world. That’s why we provide a new way of traveling for young professionals who are fueled by the idea of adventure and a sense of global responsibility.
With the Urban Monkeys app, we offer sustainable, fully digitalized and personalized sightseeing experiences. In the first step, we're offering audio-based hop-on hop-off sightseeing tours based on public buses/trams. In the second step, we'll personalize these tours based on individual interests in a fully automated way and extend them to bicycles, e-scooters and more. This makes city tourism more relaxed, personalized and sustainable for young travelers.
Founded in April 2020, we tours GmbH is a technology-driven B2B travel agency for group travel. We offer a variety of high quality trips to 27 countries. Our group trips are highly customized to the needs of our clients and range from classical round trips to adventure jeep safaris. At the heart of our startup is our self-developed software solution which is used for the planning and managing of travel tours.
🇸🇮 The Slovenian Digital Champions 🇸🇮
Online bookings with SEO optimisation for green tourism and sustainability. We are searching for guests that are very environmental conscious. We are implementing a digital office to handle all day to day activities with as little of our input as possible. We think this could be AI driven and human supported.
ARC Bovec is a community development and tourism center located in Soča Valley, Slovenia. Our purpose is to motivate and guide communities towards sustainable development. Using gamification to inspire exploration and cooperation, while maintaing the curiosity and activeness in our clients, we are building a self-sustainable community that is healthier, stronger and constantly improving on the model.
Boutique hotel Milka is part of Moya Estates (together with our sister property Vila Olivotti in Bled) opened at the end of May 2022, after 2 years of complete renovation of which the goal was to provide our guests with the best Alpine experience in the area.
Our aim in terms of design was to bring the surrounding nature into the hotel, with limestone floor and walls, larch wood facade that has only been brushed and burned in order to never apply paint that washes into waterstreams, beautiful colors inspired by Lake Jasna in all seasons and all natural fabrics.
Our mission is to create the finest encounter of Slovene (Alpine) cuisine & culture.
Management of real estates intended for short-term rental tourism. We rent real estates that meets the criteria for tourism purposes or we agree on partnerships with the owners. We take care of the whole procedures from start to finish, the owners only check the montly statements and issue the invoices for the lease or for their percentage. We are currently managing over 40 rooms and apartments in different locations in Ljubljana and we are just now expanding to Kranjska Gora and Piran.
The company Pušnik m d.o.o. engages in various activities. Some of these activities include tourism, planning of trips, guiding and the promotion of tourist spots through the application quickontrip. We design trips for those seeking authenticity in Slovenia and neighbouring countries. We create ideas and travel experiences that become cherished, lifelong memories. We want to satisfy those who seek to go beyond all the clichés, and discover the heart and pulse of both historic and contemporary places.
We offer the organization of one-day trips and events with connections to local providers. We care about the development of new products that include tradition, customs, crafts, and cuisine. We provide interpretive tourist guidance. At Domačija Vesel, we offer overnight stays in a country house, sleeping in a hayrack, and space for camper vans. We are developing a learning farm, where we enable guests to experience traditions and customs. We take care of the preservation of heritage, so we include beekeeping, herbalism, dry goods products, and a program of survival in harmony with nature in the forest and landscape. Programs and experiences are available for groups, couples, and families. We work on the development of the countryside and raise awareness of the opportunities in the countryside.
🇭🇷 The Croatian Digital Champions 🇭🇷
The Hangover Museum is the first and only one such a museum in the world. It provides a completely innovative offline experience for the visitor, telling 50 stories with objects that people woke up hungover with, about 20 unique interactions, 8 rooms, a lot of educational and multimedia content, several photography corners, and the museum's very concept and arrangement that creates the entire experience for the visitor.
The first digital tour of Zagreb, Zagreb Time Travel, uses cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to immerse visitors in the city's history as they travel through time. Visitors use a tablet or mobile device that transforms into their Time Machine during the tour to experience the intertwining of the city's past and present through a "digital window."
RexRea has positioned itself as a specialized representative of Croatian health institutions for foreign patients when they arrive for treatment in Croatia. The company is specialized in conducting health tourism activities. Its services focus on the promotion of health, well-being and balance in its clients by providing activities such as yoga classes, spa treatments, nutrition guidance and natural therapies, all available on a platform for easy access.
We are a family resort on the island of Krk, which is oriented towards well-being and a healthy lifestyle. Our Resort is located in a quiet location at the end of the small town of Klimno in the natural surroundings of the forest and the sea. As part of the Resort, we have 12 apartments, a heated outdoor pool, a sauna, a jacuzzi, a barbecue area and a hall for events. The acronym VSG means VITALITY - vitality in the body, SUNSHINE - shining in the mind and GRATITUDE - gratitude in the heart.
Since its founding in 1992, the BLOO agency has been developing animation programs. The agency has developed systems for selecting and educating candidates, monitoring and evaluating employee work performance, and professional development through education and field trips over the course of many years of operation.
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