The inaugural Business Travel Show Asia Pacific’s Business Travel Innovation Faceoff will take place 16–17 April 2025 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
For the first time, business travel suppliers will showcase breakthrough technology and solutions at the inaugural Business Travel Show Asia Pacific’s Business Travel Innovation Faceoff, taking place 16–17 April 2025 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
The Business Travel Show Asia Pacific, co-located with The Meetings Show Asia Pacific, will bring together 200+ corporate travel buyers from across APAC, the US, the UK, and Europe, alongside 50+ top-tier exhibitors spanning airlines, hotels, TMCs, technology providers, and ground transportation.
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A platform for innovation in corporate travel
The Business Travel Innovation Faceoff will feature some of the most forward-thinking suppliers, with each shortlistee presenting a seven-minute pitch to a panel of expert judges and a live audience of travel buyers. The winner will be announced in the Knowledge Arena at 3:40 PM on 17 April.
This year’s expert judging panel includes industry leaders across APAC’s business travel and travel technology sectors:
Adeline Kang – Director JCAP Operations, Travel Meetings Card & Fleet, MSD International
Kurt Knackstedt – Head of Sales – Pacific, Avis Budget Group
Elvin Lee – Regional Travel Manager APJ, Service Now
Pramod Shetty – Head Corporate Global Travel, LTIMindtre
This year’s entrants include:
Acai – AI-powered travel assistant offering instant, accurate responses in 85+ languages, freeing human agents from repetitive queries.
Travog – AI-driven corporate travel and expense management platform with self-booking tools for flights, hotels, and car rentals.
Zenmer – Agentic-AI-powered ‘Travel as a Service’ platform for corporations and TMCs to book, manage, and track global business travel.
Trip Biz – A full-service TMC providing an all-in-one digital corporate travel platform focused on cost control and duty of care.
- WegoPro – A business travel management platform that integrates AI-drive personalisation to simplify travel research
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Driving business travel innovation across APAC
Commenting on the awards, Nelson Khoo, events director, Business Travel Show Asia Pacific said, “The Business Travel Innovation Faceoff has long been celebrated as one of the highlights of Business Travel Show Europe, attracting some of the brightest minds in business travel technology and development, with previous entrants still breaking boundaries today.
“We have an incredible panel of nominees to kick off the first Business Travel Innovation Faceoff awards for the APAC region who have worked incredibly hard to build solutions that will not only support the business travel sector but, in turn, support growth for the wider APAC economy across a whole host of sectors.”
Business Travel Show Asia Pacific builds on the success of Business Travel Show Europe, the leading event for European corporate travel professionals held annually in London for over 30 years. Business Travel Show Europe takes place 25-26 June and will be followed by the very first Business Travel Show America on 15-16 October 2025 at the Javits Center in New York City.
Corporate travel buyers, procurement managers responsible for corporate travel and meetings planners are invited to attend the event for free, subject to qualifications, while non-exhibiting suppliers may purchase tickets.
For more information, including registration and hosted buyer applications, visit www.businesstravelshowapac.com.