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Thailand launches new platform to bring travel tech into tourism businesses
Thailand is creating a new bridge between its technology sector and tourism industry. The Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched the Amazing Thailand Innovation Gadget platform, designed to help Thai travel tech startups bring their products and services into practical use and connect with potential customers and business partners.
The initiative was presented at the “Amazing Thailand Innovation Gadget & Travel Tech Networking” event, organised by TAT in cooperation with Thailand’s National Innovation Agency. More than 100 representatives from startups, government agencies and private-sector organisations attended the networking programme.
From startup development to commercial use
Amazing Thailand Innovation Gadget brings together information on technologies and solutions developed for tourism while providing entrepreneurs with a channel to reach companies and other potential users.
The platform builds on the existing TAT Travel Tech Startup programme. While that initiative supports the development of young technology companies, the new platform is intended to take the next step by facilitating testing, adoption and commercial applications within Thailand’s tourism sector.
“Travel technology has its greatest value when innovation moves beyond the screen and becomes part of the actual travel experience,” said Nattaphan Threedacha, TAT Executive Director for Tourism Investment Promotion.
“Through Amazing Thailand Innovation Gadget, TAT creates a bridge between Thai startups’ ideas and the changing needs of travellers and businesses, turning those ideas into real-world solutions.”
Tourism and innovation agencies join forces
The platform was formally unveiled by Nattaphan Threedacha and Dr. Krithpaka Boonfueng, Executive Director of the National Innovation Agency. Their cooperation is intended to give Thai travel technology companies better access to tourism businesses, travellers and new markets.
According to TAT, creating opportunities to test and further develop technology in real tourism environments could benefit both travellers and Thai entrepreneurs.
The launch reflects a broader challenge facing the travel technology sector: developing a product is only one stage of innovation, while finding businesses willing to test and integrate it can determine whether a startup reaches the commercial market.
More than 100 participants explore partnerships
The accompanying Travel Tech Networking session brought together more than 100 participants to discuss possible partnerships and business applications.
Another session, titled “When Collaboration is the New Competitiveness”, examined how cooperation between technology providers, tourism businesses and other organisations can generate new opportunities as digital technology changes consumer behaviour and competition.
With Amazing Thailand Innovation Gadget, TAT is therefore moving beyond startup promotion alone. The new platform is intended to create a route from technology development to practical application within one of Thailand’s most important industries.
Image Credit: © AI generated illustration with material courtesy of TAT
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