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Traveltech for Scotland

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Traveltech for Scotland is here to get behind Scotland’s traveltech pioneers.


We know that traveltech is already transforming the experiences of tourists and their hosts. We see a bolder application of traveltech, leading the way to a cleaner, greener and more inclusive Scotland.

Right now, our priority is to help the Scottish tourism sector make a sustainable recovery from the devastating effects of the pandemic through technological innovation.

What is TravelTech?

Traveltech is: “tech-enabled companies offering services and products focused on travel and tourism, including booking services, search and planning platforms, on-demand travel, and recommendation sites.” (CB Insights 2018).

Traveltech products and services are used by tourism and hospitality companies to help them safely restart business during the COVID19 pandemic. Businesses can use traveltech for contactless customer service, to enable track and trace, create digital experiences, reach new local customers and manage visitor flows.

 

What we do

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Help Scotland to be one of Europe’s leading traveltech hubs by connecting our thriving technology community and drawing on our globally recognised expertise in AI and data-driven innovation.

What we do
What we do

Help Scotland to be one of Europe’s leading traveltech hubs by connecting our thriving technology community and drawing .

Join the Community

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Connect, collaborate and grow your business with access to Scotland’s tech and travel industries. Join a vibrant traveltech community that supports your business and ensures that Scottish tourism builds back better.

Join the Community
Join the Community

Connect, collaborate and grow your business with access to Scotland’s tech and travel industries. Join a vibrant traveltech .

Why Scotland

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Scotland is one of the best places in the world to travel to, visit, and live. It is a world leader in digital and data-driven innovation.

Why Scotland
Why Scotland

Scotland is one of the best places in the world to travel to, visit, and live. It is a .


Our Funders
The project is jointly funded by Scottish Enterprise and the 2014–2020 European Structural and Investment Fund through SPRITE (Scottish Programme for Research, Innovation and Technology Ecosystem) which is a programme to co-fund projects with European Regional Development Funding.

The overall aim of the programme is to improve the innovation performance of Scotland’s SMEs and help companies capitalise on new economic and innovation opportunities.



Contact us


Joshua Ryan-Saha

Director, Traveltech for Scotland
  • Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/joshuaryansaha
  • Twitter: @JoshuaRyanSaha
  • Email: Joshua.ryan-saha@ei.ed.ac.uk

Joshua works at Edinburgh Innovations Ltd where he leads on the application of data-driven innovation for the tourism and festival sectors. He previously worked at The Data Lab where he led programmes to improve data science skills across Scotland. He joined from Nesta where he helped to establish the £10m Longitude Prize, that featured on BBC Horizon’s 50th Anniversary Episode.


Lesley Judge

Project Manager, Traveltech for Scotland
  • Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/lesleyjudge
  • Twitter: @lesleyjudge
  • Email: Lesley.judge@ei.ed.ac.uk

Lesley works at Edinburgh Innovations Ltd where she project-manages the Traveltech for Scotland Cluster, in addition to developing tourism industry engagement for Interface, matching businesses with academic expertise. She has led on digital and data-driven strategies for diverse tourism networks and organisations. A Chapter Leader of global travel network TravelMassive, Lesley has helped build a 600+ community for Edinburgh, and also leads on digital communications for Women in Tourism.


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