OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAM FOR TOURISM CREATED BY NOVA SBE AND POWERED BY TURISMO DE PORTUGAL

Academy has a role to play as a dynamic platform that allows free movement of ideas to co-create unparalleled products and services

CHECK-IN TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TRANSFORMING THE TRAVEL, HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM SECTOR

WE NEED TO REDESIGN AND ADJUST TOURISM PRACTICES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili says:
"The start of the year has shown again tourism's unique ability to bounce back. In many places, we are close to or even above pre-pandemic levels of arrivals. However, [...] we must ensure tourism's return delivers on its responsibilities as a solution to the climate emergency and as a driver of inclusive development."

Now is the moment to redesign and adjust tourism practices by ENHANCING customer experience, COCREATING innovative and tech solutions, ENABLING responsible local engagement and sustainable actions, and DEVELOPING people and superior services in the sector.

This is where you step in! Startups that demonstrate the value of their solutions to prominent Travel and Tourism SME's and that can make a significant contribution to change the industry’s landscape will lead the way into a 3-month piloting opportunity. Let`s CHECKIN?

PROGRAM

A 12 week partially remote program for late-stage startups looking to scale their businesses by addressing key challenges for our associated partners and engaging in a pilot solution development for the tourism industry

CHALLENGES

  • Customer experience and tech solutions

    • Internet marketing and sales strategy
    • AI, IoT, and automated services
    • Personalization immersive technologies (VR/AR)
    • Touchless technology and connectivity (Voice, biometrics, etc)
    • Cybersecurity
    • Contactless and simplified payments
    • Travelers' feedback, recommendations, and customer loyalty programs

  • Sustainability and local inclusion

    • Local culture engagement and give back
    • Purposeful experiences with nature
    • Healthy food production and consumption
    • Green travel choices reward (carbon credits, ...)
    • Management of crowds
    • Environmentally conscious and responsible travel
    • Environmental footprint reduction (usage of water, energy, and waste)
    • Mobility and smart city

  • Training and management

    • Recruitment services
    • Talent development
    • Work environment improvement
    • Leadership development
    • Learning management systems
    • Quality customer training in hospitality and tourism • Smart management: data analysis and app integration
    • ERP

Who
should
apply

  • You have an innovative tech solution on the travel and tourism space that meets one Check-In's challenges

  • Your business is in growth stage startup or scale-up or you are at launch stage but already have a tested MVP

  • Your startup can be based in any geographic location but see a strategic fit in implementing your solution in Western Europe

Why you
should
apply

  • Take advantage of Nova SBE as a dynamic platform to co-create unparalleled products and services in the key verticals of the tourism industry

  • Leverage a vast academic network of faculty, students and alumni for additional support, collaboration, and potential business opportunities

  • Gain curated access to industry experts, business-oriented workshops, investors, and Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Founders Community

  • Win a 10-week executive course XBA - Exponential Business Administration, delivered online by Nova SBE (for one of the founders of the most-voted pilot)

PROGRAM TIMELINE

APPLICATIONS

DEADLINE 29th OCTOBER 2023

Scouting the most promising and innovative startups

MATCHMAKING

11th and 12th DECEMBER 2023

2 days Matchmaking event on campus, with 20 pre-selected startups working on real SME’s cases for a potential pilot

Day 1: Meet the ORGANIZATIONS (SME’s and startups) and FOCUS on the OPPORTUNITIES you want to explore

Day 2: Maximize your MATCHING opportunities by PITCHING to the corporate partners you would like to work along

CO-DEVELOPMENT

13th DECEMBER to 13th MARCH 2024

The startups with the best fit to the SME's will be able do co-create and co-develop innovative solutions

Be part of Nova SBE Master Classes and PMO meetings to boost your pilot and organization`s development

DEMO DAY

14th MARCH 2024

Open event where you will be presenting the outcomes of the pilots developed to a wide audience of investors, faculty, students and alumni

PILOT PARTNERS

MEET WHO YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CODEVELOP SOLUTIONS

João Paiva Mendes
Co-founder and CEO

Carlos Rodrigues
Executive Director

João Ascensão
Strategy Manager

José Santos
Dir Geral do Operações

Miguel Castello Branco
Chief of Staff

António Quintão
Founder & Manager

Pedro Colaco
CEO

Rita Dias Duarte
Board of Directors

Luís Mesquita
Partner & Co-Founder

Carlos Batista
Executive Commission

Ricardo Ferreira
Managing Partner

Pedro Trocado
Special Projects Unit

David Costa
Head of Marketing

Eduardo Melo Cláudio
Founder & CEO

Sérgio Almeida
Divisional Leader Portugal and África

João Marto Pereira
Chief Technology Officer

Maria José Alves
HEad of MI & Leisure

WHO IS BACKING ME UP

NOVA SBE, the leading business school in Portugal and top 25 in Europe

A school that aims to be an open community focused on development and co-creation of innovative projects while creating talent through degree and non-degree programs, generating cutting-edge knowledge, both academic and applied.

15th

International Master's in Management worldwide (Financial Times)

11th

International Master's in Finance worldwide (Financial Times)

+3000

Students

60

Corporate partners

20000

Alumni students

NOVA SBE – HADDAD ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE, an entry door to the local and global entrepreneurial ecosystem

The place at Nova SBE that gathers entrepreneurs, students, and innovative companies that want to leave their stamp on the world. It works every day with the mission to embed entrepreneurship in the DNA of the new generation. 

>1200

Startup applications for different programs

>250

Pitches to big companies and investors

>280

Startups joined programs developed by the Institute

>250

Invited mentors for the different programs

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