NYU Tisch Center, Phocuswright collaborate to advance travel innovation

Phocuswright and the NYU School of Professional Studies
Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality have come together to support students
and startups developing travel technology.

The collaboration is part of the Tisch Center’s Hospitality
Innovation Hub (HI Hub), which launched in 2021 to foster entrepreneurship.

Phocuswright will provide the HI Hub and students of the Tisch
Center of Hospitality access to its full library of research reports and
analysis, data visualization tools, and industry insights. In addition,
students and startups will have an opportunity to tap into Phocuswright’s network
of travel tech leaders through its events and communities, including The Phocuswright Conference
in November, and to engage with Phocuswright’s Innovation Platform pitch
competitions.

“I am very excited about our collaboration with Phocuswright
as one of the hospitality industry’s most established and leading research
companies,” says Richie Karaburun, MBA, DPS, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Director of the Hospitality Innovation Hub Incubator Program.

“This collaboration will help the NYU Tisch Center Incubator
Program and its members elevate their knowledge of market sizing and consumer
trends with Phocuswright research. Plus, it gives Tisch Center Hospitality
students access to independent data, research, analysis, and networking
opportunities, exposing them to how executives make smart strategic planning
and growth decisions.”

And says Phocuswright managing director Pete Comeau, “Phocuswright
has a long history of tracking and propelling travel startups, giving founders
and the brightest ideas a platform to find solutions and investment. With this
collaboration, Phocuswright hopes to introduce students and startups to this
lively community of peers, offer guidance and training on launching companies
and pitching to investors, demonstrate how to leverage research and
intelligence, and offer mentorship. We’re excited to offer students exposure
and experience through our resources and look forward to the next generation of
startup founders coming from the Tisch Center.”