As some of you may remember, a few weeks ago, CloudGuide was selected to participate in the Booster Lab weekend organized by Booking.com and Pioneers Discover alongside 10 European startups specialized in sustainable tourism.
This was a great opportunity for us to send two of our founders, Olga Plets and Cristina Pérez Ferrer to connect and learn during this growth accelerator weekend through trainings, workshops and meetings with Booking.com mentors and experts. The Booster Lab aims to consolidate the company's development and growth plans, while increasing its impact in the sustainable tourism industry. The last day took place around a training session and a pitch presentation focused on CloudGuide's strategy and objectives in this industry.
To end this event in style, we are very proud to announce that the jury awarded us with a fantastic grant of €20,000! During this successful pitch session, Olga and Cristina outlined their business model and proved how CloudGuide was the innovative solution to shed light on unlocked destinations and to demassify tourism of today. And all this work does not stop here. Indeed, for the next 6 months, we will have the opportunity to continue working alongside our mentors and the Booking.com team on scaling and executing our roadmaps within the mentorship program.
How to sum up these three days? Passion, inspiration, energy and hard-work.
And what do Olga and Cristina say about it?
"It has exceeded all our expectations of what a 3-day acceleration program could be. Great to see the whole Booking.com team so involved and helpful! Now it's time to make the most of the following mentorship program."