Introducing the return of Startup Tourism on September 26th

Here will be streamed from the Startup Tourism briefing from the ESSÓ Museum
Live streaming from Skútuvogur 11 / Thursday, September 26 at 12:00 – 13:00

On Thursday, September 26, KLAK Icelandic Startups is going to present the return of the Startup Tourism business accelerator and talk about the arrangements for it this year!

Startup Tourism is a five-week business accelerator tailored to the needs of new businesses in the tourism industry. The goal is to encourage innovation in the field of tourism, strengthen the foundations of new companies, increase the number of recreational opportunities, promote the technologicalization of tourism and promote the distribution of tourists from all over the country, all year round.

Location: The ESSO museum at Skútuvog 11

Date: September 26

Time: at 12:00 – 13:00

Schedule:

Ástá Sóllilja – managing director of KLAK: How does KLAK support innovation in tourism?

Kolfinna Kristínardóttir - Startup Tourism project manager: Arrangement of the Startup Tourism accelerator 2024 - practical issues.

Einar Skúlason, founder of Wapp, former participant in Startup Tourism: Experience story from participating in the accelerator - How can you use the business accelerator's toolbox?

Light lunch

The event will be streamed startuptourism.is and a recording made available after the event.

Promotional tour around the country from September 30 – October 3 

The Startup Tourism team will also be traveling the week of September 30-October 3 and will be holding promotional events around the country. A more detailed program will be announced soon!

The sponsors of Startup Tourism are the Ministry of Culture and Trade, Berjaya Iceland Hotels, Icelandair, N1 and Icelandia, as well as Íslenski travelaklasinn / Iceland Tourism and Íslandstofa are involved in the project as partners.