Disrupting the traditional travel model in Amsterdam: How technology and innovation is creating new revenue streams for the travel industry
Hi all,
It’s been a while! Allow us to reintroduce ourselves at the next TravelMassive Amsterdam event, co-hosted by TRVL, an online platform enhancing the travel agency model allowing everyone to act as a ‘do-it-yourself’ travel agent, and Oaky, the commission-free upsell platform for hotels to improve the guest experience. TravelMassive is pleased to partner with TRVL and Oaky to introduce their founders and the stories behind their rapid growth, where both now play an integral role in the Amsterdam travel tech scene.
Join us for an evening of discussion on travel, travel tech and the Dutch technology landscape. Registrations are limited to the first 80 who sign up, so don’t miss out!
• 18:00 registrations open
• 18.00-19.00 walk inn
• 19:00-19:05 - TravelMassive/Edelman Introduction
• 19.05-19.25 - TRVL (founder Jochem Wijnands)
• 19.25-19.45 - Oaky app (founder Erik Tengen)
• 19.45 - drinks and networking
In 2010 he co-founded TRVL, the first iPad exclusive magazine in the world and winner of the best magazine app ever Award and best digital Travel magazine award. The traction and number of 5 star ratings was reason for Apple to mention TRVL in the keynote speech of the WWDC (June, 2012).
Wijnands co-founded Prss, a mobile publishing platform, as a spin off from TRVL. Prss was acquired by Apple in 2014 and then became Apple News. After working for Apple for 1,5 years he turned his attention again to TRVL, which he pivoted from a publisher to a peer-to-peer travel booking platform, giving travelers access to the secret world of the travel industry.
Erik Tengen, Co-Founder, Oaky
Erik is the co-founder of Oaky, a passionate tech-hotelier and crazy about music. His specialty is to make other people enthusiastic and to dare. What makes him genuinely happy is when people tell him that they want to break free of old habits and give their own visions a try.
Erik would love to talk to you about: – How hotel technology is changing the way guests interact with the hotel – Entrepreneurship & Presentations/Pitching – Golf, Skiing, Techno and Djing.
