Acai Travel Wins 2025 Trailblazer Award at TravelTech Show
Acai Travel, a standout on PhocusWire’s Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024 list, has been named the winner of the 2025 Trailblazer Awards at the TravelTech Show. The startup, founded in 2023, develops AI-powered agents that integrate with CRMs and GDSs to automate operational tasks for the travel industry—from fare rule interpretation to customer communications.
The win follows a competitive final round where Acai pitched against fellow innovators Spark, Trawelt, Travel Intelligence, and Zetexa in a live “Dragons’ Den”-style showcase. The Trailblazer Awards panel judged finalists on impact, relevance to modern travel tech needs, and how well their solutions addressed real-world industry challenges like customer experience, agility, cost-efficiency, and sustainability.
“For us, it’s great validation from an expert panel of judges that what we’re doing at Acai is really making meaningful change in the travel operation space,” said Ron Glickman, head of sales at Acai. He emphasized the importance of platforms like the TravelTech Show for early-stage companies seeking both visibility and partnerships.
Judges included Pete Comeau of Phocuswright, Andreas Nau of Ennea Capital Partners, Joshua Ryan-Saha of Traveltech for Scotland, and Gerry Samuels of Travel Capital. “Congratulations to the Acai team who demonstrated with their traction so far they are solving a clear need to streamline and improve customer contact operations,” said Nau.
As the 2025 winner, Acai earns a free stand at next year’s TravelTech Show in London (June 24–26), a speaking opportunity on the startup panel, and a ticket to Phocuswright Europe 2026.
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