Sponsored by Amadeus, the E20X pitch competition will take place in rm. 342 on Monday, June 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. inside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas; all registered HITEC attendees are welcome to attend.

 

E20X innovators will pitch their business concepts to a room of HITEC attendees and a panel of six judges. The E20X judge’s panel will determine the “E20X Judge’s Choice Award” winner who will receive $5,000 USD and will receive extensive promotion by HFTP. HITEC attendees will determine the “E20X People’s Choice Award” winner by voting for their favorite startup through the event mobile app; attendees may visit startups following the competition in the HITEC Houston exhibit hall at the Innovation Lab. E20X mentors will meet face-to-face with the entrepreneur pitchers hours before the E20X competition takes place sharing their experience, answering questions and making invaluable connections.

 

The 2018 E20X Houston pitching companies include: Beekeeper; Stratifyd; TrayAway; Shenzhen Showboom Technology Co., Ltd.; Zendelity; Bookcliff Software, LLC; Sencity Corp; Jibestream; Conichi; LuggAgent; Proxce, Inc.; Reply.ai; PopulStay Pte. Ltd.; When Labs; ZiFiSense; HeyMojo, Inc.

 

The 2018 E20X Houston expert judges’ panel includes:

• Carson Booth, CHTP, CEO, SnapShot GmbH

• Diane Estner, president, DANNI Enterprises

• Mark Fancourt, Travel and Hospitality Technology CXO

• Prakash Shukla, managing partner, Wayfare Vc

• Scot Campbell, CHTP, CTO, North America Concerts – Live Nation

• Vanessa Ogle, CEO and founder, Enseo^®

 

The 2018 E20X Houston onsite mentoring team includes:

• Bernard Ellis, CHTP, CRME, president and founder, Lodgital Insights LLC

• Donna Hale, CEO and owner, FEH Consulting, LLC

• Henri Roelings, founder and CEO, Hsyndicate

• Kathleen Erickson, director – Guest Facing Technologies, Hilton Worldwide

• Michael Cohen, managing partner, TechPartner

• Rich Siegel, president and publisher, Hospitality Upgrade

• Ron Tarro, managing member, SalientVoice Ventures, LLC

• Shannon McCallum, vice president – Hotel Operations, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

• Sophie Pommois, project director of global distribution, Global Hotel Alliance

 

For more information about E20X, email e20x@hftp.org. In addition to HITEC Houston, HFTP has several other events upcoming in 2018. The HFTP Annual Convention is Oct. 24-26 at the Omni Louisville Hotel in Louisville, Ken. HITEC Dubai will take place Dec. 5-6 at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai, UAE.