TRIPOOW, THE DIGITAL TOUR OPERATOR VIA APP EQUIPPED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA, IS THE SIXTH STARTUP OF DIGITAL MAGICS PALERMO
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The Sicilian branch of the incubator Digital Magics supports the startup which operates in the travel world and which has developed an app to find and book the most convenient flights and hotels, in 3 simple clicks and in just 4 minutes, thanks to their proprietary technology
Tripoow will be present at the 55th edition of the TTG Travel Experience, the Italian event of reference for the promotion of world tourism in Italy, in Rimini from October 10 to October 12 2018
Palermo, October 8 2018 – The innovative Catania startup Tripoow (www.tripoow.com), the first virtual smart tour operator, enters the portfolio of Digital Magics Palermo: the Sicilian headquarters of the most important incubator of digital startups “Made in Italy”, active throughout Italy, in collaboration with the partner company Factory Accademia.
Thanks to the proprietary technological algorithms, to Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, the Tripoow app (available on the App Store and Play Store) is able to find all travel solutions – flight, hotel and ancillary services – at the most convenient price in 3 simple clicks.
The user inserts the budget at their disposal within the application, Tripoow processes and shows the possible destinations reachable with that budget, diversified by weekends, week-long or intercontinental trips. Once the user has chosen the best combination, according to their needs, it is possible to make a reservation.
In just 4 minutes Tripoow provides a resolution for the problem of travelers looking for low cost solutions and to book a complete trip, simply by using the app. Thanks to Tripoow it is possible to organise all the aspects of the holiday and obtain a significant advantage in terms of costs.
From October 10th to 12th 2018 Tripoow will present its innovative services and the latest news of the application at the 55th edition of the TTG Travel Experience, the Italian reference event for the promotion of world tourism in Italy, held in Rimini from October 10th to 12th (Pavilion\Hall A5 – Stand 04).
Founded in March 2016, Tripoow obtained a loan of over 1 million Euro from Invitalia in December 2016, thanks to the ‘Smart&Start Italia’ program. Since 2018 it has obtained a Tour Operator and Travel Agency license. There are over 12,000 users who have downloaded and currently use the Tripoow app.
The startup has a team of 12 and has established important business partnerships with Italian and international companies such as Beepry and Kiwi as for the flights; Italcamel, Restel, Tourico and HotelsPro as regards hotels and activities, Giata for mapping and TrustYou for reviews.
Digital Magics Palermo is supporting the founders of the startup, Sergio Serafini (CFO) and Salvatore Ambrosino (COO), in their strategic and commercial development with incubation services.
Sergio Serafini, Co-Founder and CFO of Tripoow and Salvatore Ambrosino, Co-Founder and COO of Tripoow said: “Our goal is to turn the Tripoow app into a 360° tool for planning, booking and travel management. From a multimodal perspective, our app will allow travelers to optimise their travels and to travel more easily by booking and purchasing tickets for trains, flights, subway, bus, car sharing and parking services with a click.â€
Alessandro Arnetta, Partner of Digital Magics Palermo and Founder and CEO of Factory Accademia, declares: “Tripoow already has all the credentials as a business model, technology and team to launch its service internationally. They are developing ‘Itinerary Optimisation’, a system for calculating optimal travel routes divided by days of stay and other variables. In this way they will build the itinerary based on the experience that the user intends to live, always paying attention to the relationship between quality and priceâ€.
Gianluca Maestrello, Partner Studio Maestrello Consulting and Tripoow Advisor, adds: “I found in Tripoow a great technical expertise and knowledge of the international tourism market. The team is working hard to achieve the goals set, also in terms of users, thanks to the use of highly effective marketing strategies (growth hacking). One thing above all: 2018 was, only in Italy, ‘the most online orientated year ever’ with as many as 19 million Italians who have organised their holidays in this way. Believing in Tripoow is definitely a very interesting opportunityâ€.
This press release is online in the section Investors/Press Releases at www.digitalmagics.com.
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Tripoow is the innovative startup of Catania, incubated by Digital Magics Palermo, which operates in the world of travel and tourism. It is the first digital smart Tour Operator on the market: through geolocation and budget setting, it is able to show all the solutions falling within that budget – flight, hotel and ancillary services – at the most convenient price, with three simple clicks. The user inserts the budget at their disposal within the application, Tripoow processes and shows the possible destinations reachable with that budget, diversified by weekends, week or intercontinental trips. Once the user has chosen the best combination, according to their needs, it is possible to make a reservation.
Digital Magics, listed on AIM Italia (symbol: DM), is a business incubator of digital projects that provides consulting services and acceleration services to startups and enterprises, to facilitate the development of new technological businesses. Thanks to the partnership with Talent Garden and Tamburi Investment Partners, Digital Magics has created the most important national platform for innovation for DIGITAL MADE IN ITALY, by providing support to innovative startups to create successful projects, from conception to IPO, while offering services for the digital transformation and “Open Innovation†to excellent enterprises. The incubation and acceleration services offered by Digital Magics are active in the TAG co-working campuses present throughout Italy. Complementary services include investment activities, which have produced over the years a portfolio of 70 investments in startups, scaleups and digital spinoffs with high growth rates. Accelerated companies are flanked by Digital Magics’ team, a partner of enormous business and digital experience, and benefit not only from the large network of private and institutional investors that support them through “club deals”, but also from the many partner companies that support them on an industrial scale.
For further information:
Digital Magics – Press Office
Giorgio Bocchieri – Mail: giorgio.bocchieri@digitalmagics.com
Tel. 02 52505202 – Mob. 334 6853078
Tripoow
Mail: info@tripoow.com
