Thank You PhoCusWright: A Priceless Conference Experience ⁰

To echo Charles’ sentiment, “While it’s exciting to win a $250,000 investment, it’s even more exciting to us that the General Catalyst team will help mentor and socialize TourWrist among the who’s who of Silicon Valley.”

Simply being selected as an Innovator to present at The Travel Innovation Summit @ The PhoCusWright Conference would have been worth our investment in participating in The Travel Innovation Summit @ The PhoCusWright Conference. More than 150 travel executives  have already reached out to us, expressing interest in licensing our virtual tour viewer and capture technology; expressing interest in technology and marketing alliances; investing in TourWrist; and requests for media interviews.

As Charles shared with PhoCusWright Senior Technology and Corporate Market Analyst Norm Rose on Center Stage during his Five Minutes of Fame for The Most Innovative Emerging Company Q&A:

• “In the past, we were excited when we got to the conferences  because of the potential to be recognized and they are definitely all very well organized, but at PhoCusWright, in particular, we were over-the-moon with excitement because we were able to get here.”
• “It had nothing to do with the awards. It was about being able to meet such influential brands  – such important decision markers – and the fact that PhoCusWright has organized this and vetted the companies that would be participating has really been a testament to the fact that this is such a successful event.  I mean that truly.”
• “Even if we didn’t win, this was a very successful event for us.”.

The return on our investment for TourWrist participating in The PhoCusWright Conference is priceless.

Thank you to your entire team that worked tirelessly to sweat every detail of our participation in The PhoCusWright Conference.

Special thanks to:

1. PhoCusWright Senior Technology Analyst and Editorial Director, Innovation Edition Bob Offutt and Senior Technology and Corporate Market Analyst Norm Rose for championing the selection of TourWrist as an Innovator to present at The Travel Innovation Summit; their input of Charles’ presentation and arranging for additional tech rehearsal time for our unique technical needs to demo the ‘teleport in’ like experience of  TourWrist.
2. PhoCusWright Director, Marketing Tahnee Perry for allowing TourWrist to shoot 360-degree virtual tour panoramic (pano) images though-out the event and arranging for a video interview with Charles
3. PhoCusWright Manager, Events Kimberly Campetti for her fast and efficient communications regarding all event logistics
4. PhoCusWright Manager, Digital Marketing Eugene Ko for his help with amplifying our social media presence during the conference and for including us in The PhoCusWright video coverage
5. Exhibit Management Corp. President – and The PhoCusWright Conference Executive Producer – Richard Zucker and his entire team for going above and beyond to accomodate our unique production requirements
6. Your publicist for The Travel Innovation Summit, LyonShare Communications Group Vice President, Bay Area Mel Bolton,  for her help with TourWrist publicity
7. And, the countless other PhoCusWright Conference team members that helped make the TourWrist experience – awesome!
8. Plus, The Travel Innovation Summit  Critics Circle Panelists and Judges for their enthusiastic support of TourWrist