Acai Travel and BoomPop Win Top Honors at Phocuswright 2025
Acai Travel has earned the People’s Choice Award in Phocuswright’s Launch: Innovation program, while BoomPop was named Travel Innovator of the Year and Wenrix secured the runner-up position.
The awards were announced this week at The Phocuswright Conference in San Diego. The Launch program is open to companies of any age bringing new ideas to the travel industry, giving them the opportunity to showcase their innovations onstage.
Additional participants in this year’s competition included AB Tasty, Etraveli Group, TripGain, The Data Appeal Company, Gimmonix Technologies and Vio.com.
Acai Travel, a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2024, develops artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed specifically for travel. The company was co-founded by CEO Riccardo “Ricky” Vittoria, CTO Pavel Pratyush and chairman Henry Chen Weinstein.
BoomPop, an AI-driven events and group travel company, is led by co-founder and CEO Healey Cypher along with co-founder and chief product and design officer Blake Hudelson.
Wenrix, which positions itself as “travel’s embedded AI platform,” offers AI-powered solutions for travel agencies. The company is led by CEO Amir Balaish, CPO Tor Leelo and CTO Armon Avrahamy.
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