Expedia Affiliate Network and Hotels.com Hop on Travel Startups Incubator Trend

Sean O'Neill

October 20th, 2017 at 1:30 AM EDT

Photo Credit: The photo was taken at The Trampery’s Traveltech Lab, which is right next to the City Hall. Expedia Affiliate Network and Hotels.com are running a contest at The Trampery that will help travel startups grow. The London-based professionals in the photo include Back from left, Kevin van Heerden, Technical Director, Hotels.com; Ben Blake, Vice President, Global Customer Marketing, Hotels.com and Cassio Camanho, Head of Product Solutions, Expedia Affiliate Network. Front from left, Andrew Cooke, CEO, London & Partners; Sarah Newcombe, Marketing Director, Expedia Affiliate Network, and Charles Armstrong, Founder & CEO, The Trampery. London & Partners

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Another day, another support system for travel startups. Given all these incubators and accelerators, travel startups must be enjoying a golden age of innovation and profitability. Right?

Two Expedia Inc. brands -- Hotels.com and Expedia Affiliate Network (EAN) -- have launched a mentorship-driven accelerator program in London for early to mid-stage lodging startups in Europe. Called Hotel Jumpstart, the effort gives qualified entrepreneurs workspace, tools and expert mentorship at Traveltech Lab, a London-based incubator next to city hall that is supported by the London mayor's official promotional company for the city and by The Trampery, a co-working space operator. Unlike some other industry efforts, Hotel Jumpstart does not include strategic investment. The overall winner will receive $10,000 of Hotels.com travel vouchers. Entrepreneurs instead get access to otherwise-hard-or-costly-to-use live data from Expedia Inc. APIs (application programming inte

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