What is traveltech?
Traveltech is the term for technology-enabled companies offering services and products focused on travel, tourism and hospitality.
We bring together a growing community of over 200 traveltech organisations with the tourism and hospitality sector to innovate and shape the future of travel.
Joshua Ryan-Saha
Joshua Ryan-Saha speaking at HTNG Europe 2023.
Joshua is the Director of Traveltech at the University of Edinburgh’s Edinburgh Futures Institute where he leads on the application of AI and data-driven innovation for the travel, tourism and festival sectors.
He previously worked at The Data Lab where he led programmers to improve data science skills across Scotland. He joined from Nesta where he established the £10m Longitude Prize, that featured on BBC Horizon’s 50th Anniversary Episode. Prior to joining Nesta in October 2013, Joshua worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina developing and delivering projects related to constitutional reform and reconciliation.
Community
We connect and convene the vibrant Scottish traveltech community. We do this to help traveltech businesses collaborate, share wisdom and learn from each other. Whether you’re a scaling traveltech business, a new traveltech startup or a tourism company dabbling in tech, we will help you make the right connections.
Our digital community platform is our own online space to facilitate conversations and introductions, and signpost opportunities. We also host a fortnightly traveltech community call and support businesses via meetings, workshops and events.
Arrange a meeting with us
Join our Traveltech community platform
Marketplace
We are cultivating a marketplace for Scottish traveltech products, helping tourism and hospitality organisations find the technology that they need to succeed.
We have created a digital traveltech directory to showcase Scottish Traveltech solutions. We have also built an online course to equip tourism and hospitality businesses with the skills to navigate the traveltech marketplace.
Our industry activities include ways to facilitate consumer feedback on early innovative traveltech ideas and share the technology challenges that the tourism sector faces.
See our Traveltech Directory
Submit your business profile
Intelligence
We relay the trends and market intelligence that Scottish traveltech organisations need to make informed decisions and take advantage of the right opportunities. This includes sharing consumer insights, funding calls and new market opportunities.
We proactively negotiate and signpost our community to the best available information and provide support for traveltech funding applications.
Read our Traveltech Intelligence Report with TechNation.
Investment and Funding
Innovation
We actively instigate innovation in traveltech innovation through workshops, events and by making connections between traveltech organisations and with Scotland’s world-renowned universities. We are supporting a range of collaborative projects.
Help new startups!
With our partners at Interface we are running series of knowledge exchange round tables covering topics including gamification for tourism, using sensors and IoT for visitor management and taking advantage of earth observation data.
View our Events
Reputation
We are helping to show the world the potential of the Scottish traveltech sector. We seek to attract inward investment, entrepreneurs and talent to Scotland. Working with partners, we promote Scottish traveltech products and services to the world travel market.
We do this by creating international partnerships, amplifying the voices of the Scottish traveltech community and by actively promoting the Scottish traveltech sector in the press and media.
Our Global Connections
Advisory Panel
Prof. Ross Tuffee, Entrepreneur and Chair, SDS Digital Economy Skills Group
Hugh Aitken, VP, Senior Director, Skyscanner
Marc Crothall, CEO, Scottish Tourism Alliance
Julie Grieve, Founder & Director, Criton
Jude Henderson, Director of Operations, Edinburgh Futures Institute
Vicki Miller, Director of Marketing & Digital, VisitScotland
Allan Nelson, CEO & Founder, For-Sight
Peter Syme, Owner, Splash White Water Rafting
David Turnbull, Owner, Denizen
