The group is partnering with Microsoft, DataArt and Rackspace for the travel and tourism-themed competition on July 7 and 8, 2016.
"The Takeoff” hackathon is being led by Francesco de Marchis (pictured), chief technology officer at Low Cost Travel Group, as part of his drive to put digital technology at the heart of the Gatwick-headquartered travel business.
The event follows a raft of similar technology-focused events. Last year, TTG reported on Fusepump’s hackathon, held with Secret Escapes, while Iata recently held its own NDC hackathon at the end of May.
Technologists, as well as travellers, are invited to the two-day event in Southwark, London to tackle a series of travel, tourism and business problems with the creation of technology solutions.
A range of cash, travel and technology prizes will be on offer to hackers and teams. A prize of £5000 is available to individuals and an incubator prize of £20,000 to a team.
Attendees will be free to use any technology format they see fit for purpose to solve these problems.
“Hackers may choose to develop mobile Apps, or information resources,” de Marchis said. “There will be total freedom in terms of technology language the hackers choose to use. As a digital leader, I want to promote creativity and real world problem solving.”
The technology operated and created by Low Cost Travel Group serves 250,000 hotels and 16,000 direct properties around the world. Low Cost Travel Group also has 50 major XML technology partners.
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