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Social Entrepreneurship Competition in Tourism 2024
The Social Entrepreneurship Competition in Tourism is the first worldwide competition focusing on social innovation and entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality.
Ten finalists will receive invaluable 8-week business mentorship from our expert Mentors and will compete at the final Pitch Contest on 28 November 2024.
The winners in each category will receive marketing and business support from our partners, online trainings, feedback from industry experts, event exposure, and many more from our 2024 partners: booking.com, Amadeus, Lufthansa City Center, Travel Massive, the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, SINA, ITB Berlin, Teejit, and WIIF.
Apply before 30 June 2024
Applications for the 2024 Competition are now closed! We will announce the 25 shortlisted initiatives shortly.
You can apply in 2 categories:
LAUNCH TRACK
For entrepreneurs with great innovative idea or initiative they want to grow.
GROWTH TRACK
For entrepreneurs with existing projects and an MVP they want to develop further.
We have a network of entrepreneurs from more than 60 countries who are interested in social innovation and tourism, just like you.
Mentoring & Coaching
All ten finalists receive 10- weeks of both one-on-one and peer-to-peer support from our expert network of Mentors.
Global Network & Exposure
The Competition is powered by strong industry partners providing resources and a relevant reach for the featured initiatives.
Prizes &
Recognition
Each year, the Competition partners offer tangible and intangible prize fund to support the winning social entrepreneurs.
Who is the Competition for?
The focus of the competition is to provide strong support for social tourism entrepreneurs and their efforts to help to transform the sector and shape a sustainable future for tourism in their destination. There are no demographic or geographical limitation for participants.
All entries must fulfil just the following three criteria:
Related to tourism
Support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – (SDGs) – every application must choose no more than 3 SDGs and show how their initiative is supporting them.
Social or environmental mission at the core of Business Plan
*The full prize list for the 2024 will be updated regularly. Check this page for news.
For the 25 shortlisted entrepreneurs:
✔️ Access to specialized eLearning Courses & Online Trainings from Teejit (value 11 000 EUR)
✔️ Feedback from leading industry experts.
✔️ Exposure via our channels and strong partners network.
✔️ Amadeus: 1 slot for the next edition of Travel4Impact program for one of the shortlisted participants:
Consideration of the finalists for the next cycle of Travel4Impact program with the objective to have at least 1 shortlisted candidate of the Growth Track selected to join the Travel4Impact program in 2025 (subject to company officially applying to the program and meeting profile and program admission criteria)
For the 10 finalists:
✔️ 8 weeks of 1-on-1 and peer-to-peer coaching for finalists by selected international Mentors.
✔️ Featured placement on the Travel Massive newsletter and socials for all finalists (100k+ combined reach)
✔️ Additional feature in Press Releases and all relevant channels (ours and our partners)
