Showcase your innovation at the Business Travel Faceoff!
The Business Travel Innovation Faceoff will feature up to six presentations of cutting-edge products, technologies and services that address industry challenges and support managed business travel, meetings or business travelers. The presentations will take place live at the Business Travel Show Asia Pacific and made available on demand post-show.
Each presenter will have seven minutes of speaking time followed by four minutes of Q&A from a panel of expert judges (corporate travel buyers and consultants), as well as a two minutes of audience Q&A.
Presentations, up to three on 16 April and three on 17 April, will take place live on the show floor and are open to all Business Travel Show Asia Pacific attendees. The judges will announce the winner on 17 April during the final afternoon session, including remarks by the judges about each presentation.
Is your solution the next big thing in business travel?
Business Travel Innovation Faceoff presenters will be
featured in visitor promotions sent to travel professionals throughout the Asia Pacific region. The Faceoff agenda, along with a
description of the company, and photo and title of the presenter, will be listed on the show registration site and in the show mobile app. Recordings of the presentations will be available on demand to Business Travel Show Asia Pacific attendees and the BTN Group’s database of
8,000 corporate travel managers and procurement professionals throughout Asia Pacific after the live event.
The BTN Group will post recordings of all presentations, company descriptions and judges’ comments on a dedicated microsite portal.
View 2024 Innovation Faceoff On Demand
The BTN Group will post recordings of all presentations, company descriptions and judges’ comments on a dedicated microsite portal.
View 2024 Innovation Faceoff On Demand
Application eligibility, process and deadlines
- ELIGIBILITY: Innovators who have introduced/launched managed business travel, meetings or business traveler products, technologies or services in 2022 or later.
- DEADLINE: Complete the online application form no later than 03 February 2025.
- PROCESS: The BTN Group staff will notify accepted applicants by 17 February 2025. Accepted applicants have five days from notification to confirm their participation or they forfeit the opportunity to present. Accepted applicants must pay the non-refundable presentation fee by 3 March 2025.
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Business travel innovation faceoff presentation fee
Presenter fee | $17,000 USD
- 7-minute live presentation with 4-minutes of judges’ Q&A and 2-minutes of audience Q&A
- Two complimentary registration passes – one presenter and one colleague. Additional registrations for colleagues can be purchased at $100 USD.
- 250-character company description and logo to be included on the show registration website
- Presenting companies will be featured in one attendee promotion sent to the BTN Group database of 8,000 Asia Pacific corporate travel managers and procurement professionals
- Presentations will be made available on-demand on a dedicated website and promoted to the BTN Group database of Asia Pacific corporate travel managers and procurement professionals in May
- MP4 video file recording of your presentation (two weeks after the event)
Scholarship presenter fee | $5,000 USD
Two scholarships are available for startup/emerging companies that were incorporated in 2022 or after.
- 7-minute live presentation with 4-minutes of judges’ Q&A and 2-minutes of audience Q&A
- Two complimentary registration passes – one presenter and one colleague. Additional registrations for colleagues can be purchased at $100 USD.
- 250-character company description and logo to be included on the show registration website.
- Presenting companies will be featured in one attendee promotion sent to the BTN Group database of 8,000 Asia Pacific corporate travel managers and procurement professionals
- Presentations will be made available on-demand on a dedicated website and promoted to the BTN Group database of Asia Pacific corporate travel managers and procurement professionals in May
- MP4 video file recording of your presentation (two weeks after the event)
Please note, licensing fees apply for use of the 2025 Business Travel Innovation Faceoff winner logos.
See below for fees.
Business travel innovation faceoff licensing packages
Option 1 | $25,000 USD
Unlimited Print (Point of Sale Material, Sales Collateral, Print Ads, Tradeshow Material), Digital (URLs, Banners, Email Blast, Social media sites, Web-Based media) and other Media (television and Radio) usage of the 2025 Business Travel Innovation Faceoff winner logo.
Option 2 | $17,500.00 USD
Unlimited Print (Point of Sale Material, Sales Collateral, Print Ads, Tradeshow Material) and Digital Media (URLs, Banners, Email Blast, Social media sites, Web-Based media) usage of the 2025 Business Travel Innovation Faceoff winner logo.
Previous winners
Bala Chandran, Lumo co-founder and CEO
'As someone who has been doing this since 2016, most startups take a full decade to mature... so it's been a long time coming to get to the point of where we are.'
2024 winner
Gee Mann, Founder and Creator, Travlr ID
"It is truly an honour to receive this award and be recognised among our esteemed peers. We are thankful for this opportunity and excited about the future."
2023 winner
