The future of the travel industry looks bright + 10 key takeaways from the Eye For Travel Distribution Summit.

On September 22 and 23 I attended the Eye For Travel Distribution Summit in Chicago. It was a jam packed two days. I formed around 30 new relationships, judged the 2013 Innovation awards and interviewed 5 travel startup founders and 2 leading travel CEOs.

I’ll be releasing the 7 video interviews over the next two months. This was my first foray into video interviews and it turned out fairly well.

EFT Innovation Group Photo

From left to right the founders of the 2013 Innovation Awards.

1st Place Winner: Robert Brown Founder of Options Away, Kirby Winfield Founder Dwellable, 2nd Place Winner: Tedd Evers Founder Triptuner, Raj Beri Founder WanderWe, Jonathan Meiri Founder Superfly, Luca Perfetto Founder Freeppie.

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