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The winners (left to right): Cathal Corcoran, Chief Information Officer, Gatwick Airport; Steffen Klotz, Head of Ancillary Strategy & Portfolio Management, Lufthansa; Tarvo Topolev, CSO & Co-Founder, RebelRoam; Seamus Moriarty, Group Head of Revenue & Insights, AirAsia; Sari Nevanlinna, Head of Ancillary Business, Customer Experience, Finnair; and Gavin Edgeworth, Deputy Director – Ancillary Revenue, Ryanair.

RebelRoam was voted the winner of the FTE and JetBlue Technology Ventures Startup Competition, which attracted almost 50 global entries. The four finalists exhibited and each delivered a pitch during day one of FTE Europe & FTE Ancillary shows, with RebelRoam emerging as the winner after a vote by attendees. RebelRoam revolutionises the onboard Wi-Fi experience by drastically improving Wi-Fi quality without requiring airlines to add to or change their existing network infrastructure. Four airlines, one airport and a startup were rewarded for their customer experience and ancillary revenue excellence at the 2nd Future Travel Experience Europe Innovation Awards and Future Travel Experience Ancillary Awards in Dublin. More than 500 of the travel and air transport industry's most forward-thinking executives - representing a global spread of airlines, airports, technology companies, industry vendors, startups, travel retail concessionaires, academia and associations - have gathered in Dublin this week for the co-located shows.

 

About RebelRoam

 

Estonia-based scaleup RebelRoam has joined the

 

EIT Digital Accelerator in May 2018 to speed up its expansion across Europe's transportation sectors. RebelRoam is revolutionizing passenger connectivity by making Wi-Fi faster for travellers and less expensive for transportation companies around the world. RebelRoam currently works with major travel & transport companies like Flixbus, Uniworld Cruises and more. They are optimizing networks for over 2M connected passengers onboard coaches, trains and ferries in 38 European countries every month. Their headquarters is in Estonia, with presence in France, UK and US. For more information visit: www.rebelroam.com

Contact e-mail: info@rebelroam.com

 

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