Meet Our Start-Up Members

Travel Tech member companies are dedicated to developing new innovations to support both consumers and travel industry partners

Travel Tech Association has represented travel technology innovators revolutionizing the travel industry since 1999. From the early days of the internet to the AI revolution, Travel Tech members are on the cutting edge shaping the way consumers engage in travel research and booking.

Travel Tech Association is proud to represent travel tech innovators of all sizes, including start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses through its new Start-Up membership tier. These smaller companies, like Travel Tech’s established members, are dedicated to innovating the travel experience through new technology and digital tools.

Travel Tech Innovators

Travel Tech Innovator Profile: Travel Code

Egor Karpovich | Travel Code

An all-in-one, AI-native travel and expense management solution.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: TRAVEL-EZ.com

Herbert C. Pearson | TRAVEL-EZ.com

Enabling people to experience the world from a distance.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: RAÍZ

John Brosnan | RAÍZ

Travel that remembers you
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: TripProof

Sudeepta Sahu and Sarabjeet ‘Sabby’ Singh | TripProof

Connecting AI travel planning with local expertise
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: Tripiamo

John Cortese | Tripiamo

We make driving abroad easy for travelers.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: ItinAFairy

Kirsten Tucker | ItinAFair

Your travel companion that helps you explore more and stress less.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: Smart Strategic Marketing

Jorge Cadena | Smart Strategic Marketing, LLC

From Inspiration to Reservation—and Measurable Revenue
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: The Run Hub

Pilar Arthur-Snead | The Run Hub

Race. Travel. Repeat.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: Voyagier

Daniel Gardner | Voyagier

The Travel Agency, Rebuilt
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: RoomRite

Teresa Guastella | RoomRite

Turning Empty Rooms into Opportunity
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: Travelese

Mark Wray | Travelese

It’s Not Where You Want to Go — It’s Who You Want to Become.
Travel Tech Innovator Profile: TypeHero

Raza Hasan | TypeHero.ai

Driving Direct Revenue through Enhanced Visibility

New Innovation Advisory Council to Support Newly-Expanded Start-Up Membership Program

Travel Tech announced its new Innovation Advisory Council of leading travel tech industry experts and entrepreneurs. This group will advise the association on its efforts to support travel tech start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) through its Start-Up membership and annual events.

Kerri Zeil

Startup Advisor & Global Director of GAIN Growth Hub (Growth Advisors International Network)

Kerri’s passion lies at the intersection of innovation, travel technology, and business growth. As a seasoned executive and advocate for startups, she brings a unique blend of industry expertise, strategic vision, and hands-on experience to the evolving travel tech landscape.**

With a career spanning global organizations and high-growth startups, Kerri has deep expertise in new business development, travel technology, strategic partnerships, growth strategies, and global program management. Her ability to identify emerging opportunities and drive transformational initiatives has made her a sought-after leader in the travel and hospitality space.

Most recently, as Head of Amadeus Launchpad – Americas, Kerri designed and led a startup acceleration program that fostered global innovation, supported emerging business models, and drove revenue growth through strategic collaboration. Alongside her corporate leadership, she has been an active advisor and investor, supporting startups in their go-to-market strategies and scaling efforts.

Prior to her time at Amadeus North America, Kerri held various leadership roles at Amadeus globally, as well as within the travel technology and distribution sectors, including Orbitz Worldwide and ebookers ( a soon to be sunset brand of the Expedia Group). She has played a pivotal role in executing industry-changing technologies, forging strategic alliances, and developing new commercial models that have reshaped the travel ecosystem.

Now, as a **fractional leader**, Kerri leverages her expertise to help startups and established businesses navigate growth, optimize strategic initiatives, and drive revenue generation. She is also an active advocate for travel tech startups, serving as a mentor, advisor, and consultant with GAIN, where she supports entrepreneurs in building and scaling disruptive solutions.

Known for her ability to cultivate strong relationships and foster industry collaboration, Kerri is dedicated to shaping the future of travel and hospitality by empowering innovators and businesses to thrive in an ever-evolving market.

Matt Zito

Managing Partner, TSi

Matt Zito is a M&A Broker, Travel CEO Coach and Startup Advisor. Matt has a unique perspective into the travel industry as he’s been a former founder/owner/operator, a travel technology investor and now an active buyer and seller of travel companies. Business colleagues call him the “Super-Connector.”

A lifetime travel tech entrepreneur with 2 exits and founder of Travel Startups Incubator®, a travel technology incubator. Today, Matt focuses on M&A as both a buy-side and sell-side broker. Matt works with startups helping fundraise and teaching the next generation of startup founders about how the travel industry works through TSi’s 4-Week Acceleration Program.

Matt leverages a global network built over a lifetime in travel that includes, 600+ buyers of travel companies, 350+ investors and 7,000+ travel executives that subscribe to TSi’s M&A and Investment email newsletters.

Miriam Moscovici

Vice President Partnerships & Research, BCD Travel

Miriam works on the forefront of product and service improvements that deliver value for companies of all sizes by driving effective corporate travel programs. In her role as Vice President, Partnerships & Research, Miriam leads research and introduces concepts aimed at engendering a culture of innovation throughout the organization. She draws deep foundational insight into the buyer’s perspective from her eight years spent as a corporate travel manager. With this knowledge she oversees the BCD Marketplace and Developer Hub, managing a vetted selection of contemporary corporate travel solutions as well as valuable travel data and insights.

Her industry experience and technology savvy, combined with a provocative communication style, keeps her in high demand as a speaker, panelist and judge, including at ACTE, GBTA, and the Phocuswright Innovation Summit. Miriam uses a curriculum she developed to teach students at Metro State University in Denver, where she is enthusiastically grooming the next generation of talent. She was named a 2018 Corporate Travel Innovator by Skift, a global travel industry publication.

Roman Townsend

Managing Director, Belvera Partners

Roman is the Managing Director of Belvera Partners, a PR consultancy focused solely on the travel tech space. He founded Belvera in 2021 following almost 20 years in PR at companies like Amadeus and Hotelbeds. Belvera now has over 30 clients around the world providing tech to hospitality, aviation, tours & activities, and other areas of the travel sector – and a core team of 11 staff. Roman holds a degree in history from Cambridge and is a bilingual Spanish speaker based in Mallorca, Spain.

Steve Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer, CorpTravelTech

Steve Reynolds is the Founder and former CEO of TRIPBAM, the corporate travel optimization platform acquired by Emburse in 2023 after helping customers manage more than $30 billion in travel spend. He is also the former CEO of TRX, which went public in 2005, and CTI, which was acquired by American Express. Today, as CEO of CorpTravelTech, Reynolds works with travel technology companies as an investor, advisor, and mentor, helping founders navigate growth, product strategy, and scaling their businesses. Reynolds was also recently inducted into the Business Travel Hall of Fame, recognizing his lasting impact on the industry.

Li Reilly

Fractional General Counsel

Li Reilly is Fractional General Counsel to the Travel Tech Association.

Reilly is an experienced attorney, legal executive, and department leader with deep expertise in commercial contracts, technology transactions, corporate governance, M&A, product counseling, compliance, and privacy. In her role with Travel Tech, she supports the Association’s regulatory initiatives and the development of compliance resources and programs. She also provides strategic guidance, focused on general counsel and legal teams across the travel technology sector.

Reilly currently serves with BizTechLaw, a boutique firm providing general counsel services to technology and tech-adjacent companies. She previously served as General Counsel of Fareportal, where she was a key contributor to Travel Tech’s federal advocacy efforts as a member representative.

Jared Alster

Co-Founder, Dune7

Jared is a marketing leader with 20 years experience working with Fortune 500’s and startups in travel and tech. Jared started his career with advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather working on global brand campaigns for Yahoo! and Six Flags.
Since then, Jared has enjoyed 15+ years in the travel industry. He spent five years running U.S. marketing at Intrepid Travel during a period of hyper-growth for the company. Jared then went onto join Travelstride, a venture-backed marketplace for multi-day tours, as co-founder and Vice President, Marketing.
Upon returning to New York, Jared led the east coast office for luxury tour operator Cox & Kings. Prior to Dune7, Jared was Vice President, Marketing at Rodo, a mobile-first car leasing startup backed by IAC. He’s also an active advisor for both consumer and enterprise startups in the US and Europe.
Outside the office, Jared is an amateur road cyclist and races locally and regionally. He lives in New York with his family.

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