Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP®) is happy to rejoice a decade of its premier hospitality know-how start-up pitch competitors, Entrepreneur 20X (E20X), first held at HITEC 2015 in Austin, Texas. For its 10th 12 months, E20X 2025 will likely be at HITEC 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Applications to compete are actually open and startups are invited to submit their cutting-edge platforms to be thought-about for one of many eight competitors positions.
Dozens of startups have participated within the competitors, gaining invaluable insights and publicity to high business mentors, traders, leaders and executives. Individuals compete for two awards: the Judges’ Selection Award which features a money prize and the Individuals’s Selection Award, a well-liked vote chosen by HITEC attendees. As well as, rivals are given a place within the E20X Studying Lab within the HITEC 2025 exhibit hall, the place they will showcase their options to 1000’s of business professionals.
Parminder Batra, CEO of TraknProtect, the 2019 Choose’s Selection Award winner, said about her company’s participation, “We all know that E20X is an effective way to extend the visibility of your model and options, and so to take part within the session was a ‘no brainer’… some executives have advised me that is the one occasion they don’t miss to study extra about upcoming applied sciences and the advantages that startups can have on our lodge know-how ecosystem.”
The application to compete is open via March 15, 2025. Candidates are requested to supply firm background particulars and a video presentation, and pay a $200 USD software charge. For extra data concerning the competitors, e mail [email protected].
About HFTP
Hospitality Monetary and Expertise Professionals (HFTP®), established in 1952, is a hospitality nonprofit affiliation headquartered in Austin, Texas USA with an workplaces within the EU. HFTP is acknowledged as a bunch supporting the finance and know-how segments of the hospitality business with a global community of members and stakeholders. HFTP provides knowledgeable networks, instructional sources, profession improvement applications, analysis, management alternatives and conferences and occasions. HFTP produces worldwide occasions all year long, together with the world’s largest hospitality know-how tradeshow and convention model: HITEC. As well as, it oversees the hospitality-specific Pineapplesearch.com® and the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI), Hotel-Online and Hospitality Upgrade Journal. For extra details about HFTP, go to www.hftp.org.
Caroline Palmer
Particular Tasks Liaison
HFTP