Checkout - The Travel & Hospitality Hackathon | Powered by Rove, Propellic, and Stay22 | $100k worth of travel prizes

Event Description Come build the future of travel and hospitality in a single day. Checkout is NYC's first travel-themed hackathon. Founders, engineers, and designers team up in the morning, build all afternoon, and demo real products to founder-judges by evening. Problem Statement Travel and hospitality is one of the biggest industries in the world and one of the most underbuilt in software. From clunky booking flows to hotels running on decades-old systems, there's enormous room to build. Your challenge: ship something real that makes travel or hospitality better — in one day. The Tracks AI trip planning — agents and copilots for booking, itineraries, and personalized travel Hotel & hospitality ops — front desk, guest experience, revenue management, back-of-house Local & experiences — discovery, tours, restaurants, events, the on-the-ground trip Sustainability & the future of travel — green travel, accessibility, how people move and stay What to Expect A full day of high-energy building - morning to evening Solo or small teams (your choice) Sponsor tools, APIs, and mentors on hand Evening demos, judging, and prizes Prizes 50K USD Rove miles. Free 2 to 12-hour stay at any of Nappr's 5,300 hotels worldwide Anecdote Travel is offering a total of $800 in hotel credits (enough for a swanky NYC staycation!) to the team with the best project that makes life easier for human or agentic travel advisors. Anything that helps them work faster (e.g. voice agents for contacting hotels, agentic booking), find hidden gems, or provide higher quality personalization and service are all fair game. Anecdote concierges will help plan your stay and help you make the most of your credits! Each team member of the winning team receives 3 months of ElevenLabs Pro tier ($297 value/team member, 600k credits/mo) Best Project Built with ElevenLabs: Each team member receives 3 months of our Scale tier ($897 value/team member, 1.8M credits/mo) Judges Kevin Faisal - Founding Engineer at Rove, a travel rewards platform helping travelers earn and redeem airline miles across everyday purchases and bookings. Shir Ibgui - Founder of Globe Thrivers, building social commerce infrastructure for the travel creator economy. Riccardo Vittoria - Co-founder and CEO of Acai Travel, using AI to modernize travel operations and customer support. Jared Lerner - Founder and ZzZEO of Nappr, a hospitality marketplace helping travelers book flexible daytime spaces for rest and recovery. Shiv Jethi - Product at Cursor Prince Rumi - Excelsior Edge Ventures, Partner | AI Researcher Shrey Gupta - Founder and CEO of Anecdote Travel: a modern travel agency that merges the best of AI with the best of human customer care Lucia Mari Sanguino - Co-founder at AIVA Paula Rodriguez - Co-founder at AIVA Eni Maj Who Should Attend Founders and aspiring founders in travel, hospitality, and consumer. Engineers. Designers. Operators. You don't need a finished idea - just show up ready to build. Sponsors Rove - a flexible travel rewards program that lets you book flights and hotels by spending miles at significant value Propellic - the destination digital marketing agency for travel and tourism brands Stay22 - a travel tech company that offers affiliate revenue generation opportunities for events, ticketing, and travel media publications to monetize their content Venue Partner Arya Health - Re-imagining the economics of healthcare services Hosts Somya Gupta - The face of the NYC startup ecosystem. George - Founder, WanderWorth. ConnNext is a next-gen mobile app and community built for career growth. Pulse NYC AI - A community, incubator, and venture fund built for founders, researchers, and technologists shaping the future of AI in New York City. Madeline & Co. is the first Strategy and execution platform powered by Madeline-s1. Credit Sponsors Elevenlabs - Powering the best enterprises, creators, and developers. From ElevenAgents for customer experience, ElevenCreative for content creation, to the leading AI voice generator. Lovable - Your AI website builder. Tavily: Connect your AI agents to the web. AeroXplorer delivers the latest aviation news, airline updates, aircraft insights, and travel industry coverage from around the world

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