Calling all Hackers, Doers, Dreamers, Makers and Designers who want to help reshape the future of the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry, post COVID-19 pandemic.
The numbers tell a compelling story about the disruption of travel as we remember it:
- The World Travel and Tourism Council projects a global loss of 75 million jobs and $2.1 trillion in revenue.
- 10% of the world’s GDP is at stake.
- It could take 10 months or more for the Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry to get back to some sense of normal
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Social distancing numbers measured in feet and meters have replaced previous travel indicators numbered in flight distances, nights in a hotel and friendly bragging comparisons of loyalty points.
Even in this time of uncertainty, when the numbers and projections show the real depth of disruption to the Tourism and Travel industry, there also is opportunity.
That opportunity is for each of us to share ideas, collaborate, innovate, build and challenge others to invent what travel will look like in the future.
Who are we?
<Trave/Scrum> is a non-profit organization created a few weeks ago during the pandemic by Travel and Tourism industry veterans. Our ranks are growing quickly and embracing our mission to mobilize and galvanize the Doers and the Dreamers of the travel industry, to band together to create a better travel experience for all.
<Trave/Scrum> Mission
To create digital, tech and design solutions for Travel and Tourism and enable the industry to imagine and deploy innovative, safe and sustainable experiences for consumer and business travelers.
The aim of TravelScrum Hackthon 2020 is to create working models, prototypes, products and designs that:
- Build trust and confidence and encourage consumers to travel post-pandemic
- Solve pain points for consumer and business travelers
- Solve problems faced by the industry
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Implement ideas and solutions that are safe and cost efficient
- Are scalable and customizable for regional and local travel markets and customer segments
- Are profitable and sustainable as products, experiences and, if possible, as businesses
- Are aesthetic and present a functional user experience
<Trave/Scrum> Hackathon 2020 Themes
1. Hygiene & Health
- Hack the very definition of travel in ways that address the health concerns long after the COVID-19 slowdown has passed. These inventions must demonstrate how the well-being of travelers and businesses is preserved or improved during travel rather than put at risk.
2. Travel & Experiences
- Hack the travel experience, in ways that leverage technology before, during or after the journey, and positively transform Travel and Tourism for consumers and the industry. Suggestion: consider travel inspiration, searching, planning, shopping, experiencing, memorializing and sharing ... and don't overlook mobile services.
3. Sustainability & Relief
- With pre-pandemic travel practices as your starting point, and new business models and social/environmental impacts as your guide, invent new responsible, socially impactful products and services that drive exceptional traveler experiences and economic growth. Also, with public health and employment concerns at the forefront now, demonstrate how your invention measurably enhances economic conditions in regional and local destinations around the world.
Important Reminder
- All participants and teams MUST address one or more of the three <Trave/Scrum> challenges to qualify for project submission and judging. You are welcome to address all three challenges in a single project ... judges like that!
Mentorship
Do you have great ideas but are unsure of how to bring a project to life, or are you not from the Tourism and Travel industry? Fear not!
We have partnered with industry professionals who will be guiding you during this hackathon. We are also partering with mentor companies to provide in-kind donations of their advisory expertise, platforms and tools as prizes to our winners.
Hackathon Flow
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Steps |
Topic |
Platform / Tool |
Main content |
Dates |
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Step 1 |
Registration |
Devpost |
Register on Devpost page: TravelScrum Hackathon 2020 (all participants) |
18 MAY - 11 JUN (Deadline - 11.59 PM UTC) |
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Step 2 |
Join Slack Workspace |
Slack |
Link as follows: TravelScrum Slack Workspace (all participants) |
18 MAY - 11 JUN (Deadline - 11.59 PM UTC) |
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Step 3 |
Recruitment of teammates |
Slack & Devpost |
If you applied individually, find a teammate in #looking-for-a-team slack channel or reach out to participants on Devpost |
18 MAY - 11 JUN (Deadline - 11.59 PM UTC) |
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Step 4 |
Submit your idea as a team (You can modify this at any time) |
Devpost |
Submit your project Idea on Devpost and add your team members (done by team lead) |
18 MAY - 11 JUN (Deadline - 11.59 PM UTC) |
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Step 5 |
Create a team channel in Slack |
Slack |
Create a channel with your team name #team-<your-team-name> (done by Team Lead) |
18 MAY - 11 JUN (Deadline - 11.59 PM UTC) |
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Step 6 |
Mentor Attribution |
Slack |
Each team will be attributed a mentor to guide them through the hackathon |
11 JUN |
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Step 7 |
Hack Starts |
Zoom |
Opening Ceremony: Welcome Words by Travelscrum Team Speakers: Florian, Gene and Saloni The state of Travel & Tourism Industry(An industry overview) Speaker: Olga Gomez Garcia - Inter-American Development Bank The state of Travel & Tourism (The view from the field) Speakers: Stephan Copart - IATA Susan Lichteinstein - DigiTravel Consulting Peter Syme - Disrupt Travel Closing Words by Travelscrum Team |
11 JUN (02.00 PM UTC) |
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Step 8 |
Checkpoints |
Slack |
Each team can have a daily checkpoint with their mentors throughout the hackathon. |
12 JUN - 14 JUN |
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Step 9 |
Submission |
Devpost |
Submit your project through Devpost: https://travelscrumhackathon.devpost.com/ |
14 JUN (Deadline - 11.45 PM UTC) |
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Step 10 |
Judging |
15 JUN - 19 JUN |
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Step 11 |
Results |
Award Ceremony |
19 JUN |
We will also have Live Q&A sessions to support you during the hackathon on a daily basis and the schedule is as follows:
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DATE |
TIME |
PROGRAM |
CHANNEL |
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FRI 12 JUN |
12.30 PM - 13.00 PM (UTC) |
LIVE Q&A Session |
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SAT 13 JUN |
12.30 PM - 13.00 PM (UTC) |
LIVE Q&A Session |
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SUN 14 JUN |
12.30 PM - 13.00 PM (UTC) |
LIVE Q&A Session |
Eligibility
Eligibility
Participants
- Participation is free of charge.
- Participation is open to anyone: developers, designers, business and marketing professionals, students and others.
- Age - 18 years and older. All underage persons 13 to 17 may only participate with written consent of a legal guardian.
Teams
- Participants can register as individuals or team members on Devpost, compete and build projects during the term of the hackathon.
- Teams may be from 1 person to 6 people.
Countries
Worldwide (refer to Rules above)
Requirements
Idea Submission
- Register on Devpost
- Submit your idea / project on Devpost. (140 words description maximum)
- Describe the problem, your target customer and market
- Describe your solution
- Describe what you plan to build during the hackathon (e.g. app, device, design solution)
- Share what technical and non-technical challenges you might face
- Register on Slack and do the same to find your teammates
- Describe team members' skills, plus skills needed by team members who may join your team
- Once the team is assembled, go to Devpost to register the final team and final idea
- Create your Slack team channel
- Promote your idea on Social Media: #travelscrumhack
The idea should be a project that you haven't done before and the first day of the hackathon should be the first day you start developing and coding or designing it.
Final Project Submission
1. Textual Pitch on Devpost
You should explain:
- The travel problem your project solves, including <Trave/Scrum> challenge(s)
- Your solution and what it does
- How did you build it?
- What are you proud of?
- What is next step for your solution and how will you take that step?
- Optional for deisgners - What tech did you use to build it? (e.g., APIs, tools, other relavent details)
- Links to test the solution (e.g., Github, Website, App, adobe)
2. Video Pitch (2 Minutes Max):
Upload a video (2 minutes max) of the working demo of the solution on Youtube as a public video (it can be unlisted if you want) explaining your solution and the problems it solves. The link to the video must be uploaded on Devpost as well.
Important Reminder
You are not allowed to start working on your project until the event begins on June 11, 03.00 PM UTC.
All projects must be submitted by Sunday, June 14, 2020, at 12.00 AM UTC.
Judging will take place during the week after submission between June 15 - 18.
Winners will be announced on June 19 in the afternoon.
Prizes
$97,000 in prizes
Global Hackathon Grand Prize Winner
The winner exhibits exceptional elements of the spirit of the hackathon, how the project idea tackled one or more challenges and most competently addressed all of the judging criteria.
• Agora Next Hub - 1 week accelerator program for 2 pax (including accommodation, food, daily accelerator program, Demo Day; flights not included) in September 2020 at Tulum Travel Hub
• Duffel Package - $1000 worth of free airline tickets; 3-months mentoring with a business or technical leader of the management team; 300 free transactions on Duffel's platform
• Amadeus Starter Package including 8 hours (8 sessions of 1 hour) during the next 6 months; unlimited access to all Amadeus Self-Service APIs in Production until the 31st of Dec of 2020; communication-marketing
• Hotelhero Advisory (if the winner is from hospitality industry) – Product video and interview to be shared with hotel database of 1000 hotels; advisory and coaching regarding sales and strategy
• 1 night stay at Citizen M hotel for 2 pax
• $2500 worth AWS credits
• $1500 worth Glidr credits
Regional Winners
(4)
Three Regional winners from Americas, EMEA and APAC who demonstrated exceptional ideas and execution for projects undertaking one or more of the three hackathon challenges.
• Agora Next Hub- 1 week accelerator program for 2 pax (including accommodation, food, daily accelerator program, Demo Day; flights not included) in September 2020 at Tulum Travel Hub worth 4500$ (all 3 winners)
• Advisory and Mentoring from one of our various partners based on the project requirement – BCD Travel (business travel), SHR (tools and services in hospitality), SciantLabs (technology integration and cash prize), Festive Road (travel management), Wanderlust (start-up scaling), Traveling Spoon (start-up scaling)
• $2500 worth AWS credits (all 3 winners)
• $1500 worth Glidr credits (all 3 winners)
• EMEA only - 1 night stay at Citizen M hotel for 2 pax; 5 days advisory from Smart Hotel Rate
• Australia only – Virtual Office subscription; event space hire and $500 credits
• India only – 2 nights stay at Intellistay Hotels
Best Design team Winner
Prize is awarded by the judges to best designed prototype (e.g., business model, user experience / interface, or some other non-technical element(s). The award recognizes the uniqueness of design elements of an exceptional idea.
• Agora Next Hub - 1 week accelerator program for 2 pax (including accommodation, food, daily accelerator program, Demo Day; flights not included) in September 2020 at Tulum Travel Hub worth 4500$
• $1500 worth Glidr credits
• Customized Market report based on project by Sojern
• Advisory and mentoring from our partners based on the project
People's Choice award
Voted best-in-show by the individual participants of the hackathon based on each voter's personal opinion of how the winning project addressed the challenge(s) and the judging criteria.
• Agora Next Hub - 1 week accelerator program for 2 pax (including accommodation, food, daily accelerator program, Demo Day; flights not included) in September 2020 at Tulum Travel Hub worth 4500$
• $1500 worth Glidr credits
• Advisory and mentoring from our partners based on the project
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Olaf Slater
Sabre
Kemel Kharbachi
Agora Next Hub & IT Holding
Lorraine Sileo
Travel Expert
Alessandro Petazzi
Musement
Evan Konwiser
American Express GBT
Jeroen Van Velzen
Roadmap
Mark Lenahan
Travelport
Stephen Joyce
Sentias
Guilain Denisselle
TendanceHotellerie.fr
Alex Kremer
Arival
Taru Aalto
Wowanders
Bijan Mawji
Mycellium & Frequency
Bart Bellers
Xpdite Capital Partners
Aurélie Krau
Festive Road
Mike Bishop
IBM
Noemie Turcotte
Syrus Reputation
Darrin Moore
Sabre
Irina Matz
BCD Travel
Serge Pilicer
Pierre Daems
Aube Conseil
Susan Lichstenstein
Digitravel Consulting
Clyde Hutchinson
Journey Partners
Brian Marrinan
Journey Partners
Judging Criteria
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Impact
Does the project have any feasible application and/or have a social impact that goes above and beyond? Will this help the community with a real problem they are facing? Can this be implemented? -
Originality & Innovation
Is the project bringing a value & solution for the market? Is it a solution or creation we have never seen before? Is it a better way of doing something? -
Technical Merit & Difficulty
Is it technically interesting or difficult to develop? Is the hack usable in its current state? Does everything appear to work as intended? Does it deliver a beautiful experience? Is it mostly bug-free? -
Presentation Skills
Is the presentation clear & well structured? Does the project clearly define the problem? Solution? The features of the product or service? The benefits?
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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