Travel Acceleration Program

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    1. Welcome Video: Matt Zito Travel CEO Coach, Advisor, M&A Broker ~Secrets and Insights about the travel business

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    2. How the Travel Startups Incubator® 4-Week Acceleration Program Works

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    3. Questions and Answers About the Program

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    4. Travel Startups Incubator Network

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    1. Travel Startup Tools for Week 1

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    2. Learn How the Travel Industry Works, How New Technologies and Innovations Get Adapted

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    3. The #1 Major Trend and Movement in the Travel Industry

    4. The #1 Business Model Reshaping the Travel Distribution Landscape

    5. 2 Technologies That Will Impact the Travel Industry the Most in the Next 5-Years

    6. This Technology is Replacing Text Based Search

    7. The Big 3 Innovations & Technologies in Travel

    8. This Movement is Creating New Monetization Models in the Travel Industry

    9. The Biggest Travel Industry Myths

    10. If You Don't Know What These Mean, You're Going to Get Lost

    11. Pro’s & Con’s of Building B2C vs. B2B Travel Businesses

    12. The 2 main reasons why companies won't license or buy your B2B travel tech software

    13. Leisure Travel vs. Business Travel, What's the Best Category

    14. The Gatekeepers in Business Travel and How to Sell to Them

    15. Buyers of Business Travel Services and the Secrets You Need to Know to Sell to Them

    16. What You Don't Know About Business Travel

    17. CEO & founder of one of the largest travel companies in the world shares the #1 secret about the travel business.

    1. The Most Important Founder Trait for Building a Sellable Travel Company

    2. Developing this One Belief System will Help You Build a Profitable Travel Company

    3. Your Travel Startup Needs to Create This to Succeed

    4. Why Travel Startups Fail to Gain Traction

    5. 2 of the Most Successful Travel Companies in the World Used These 2 Product Development Techniques

    6. How to Create New Travel Products & Services with These 3 Iteration Techniques

    7. How to Get Paid Upfront While Building a Travel Startup

    8. Build vs. Buy vs. License

    9. #1 Secret to being a More Productive CEO

    10. The Power of 100 Startup Strategy

    11. Why & When You Should Do This One Change If Things Aren't Going Well

    12. Travel CEO sold his company for $500M, shares his insights and tips into what it takes to succeed in travel.

    1. Learn the Different Ways Travel Businesses Make Money

    2. #1 Way of Making Money

    3. #2 Way of Making Money

    4. #3 Way of Making Money

    5. #4 Way of Making Money

    6. 11 Pricing Schemes and Models to Make Money in Travel

    7. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Acceleration Program

    8. Insights into Travel Industry Revenue Models

    9. NET Rates vs. Commission Rates and Why One Makes You More Money

    10. Secrets to Hotel Contracting

    11. The Maximum Amount of Cash to Keep in a Bank Account

    12. A Special Income That Just Shows Up Each Month and Makes Your Company More Profitable

    13. A Dirty Little Secret that No One Talks About and is Unique to the Travel Industry

    14. Direct Contracting vs. Aggregation

    15. How Best To Pay Your Suppliers

    16. Travel CEO shares how he bootstrapped successfully, building a subscription based revenue model

    17. CEO of a large travel company shares the 3 criteria a new travel service or travel technology must meet to get his attention

    1. Travel Startup Partners & Tools for Week 2

    2. How to Pilot Travel Technology

    3. The One Person You Need to Know to Successfully Pilot Your Technology with a Corporate Enterprise

    4. These Target Customers Are a Gold Mine for Piloting New Technology

    5. Know This Core Objective From Your Prospective Customer to Successfully Pilot

    6. Don't Try to Pilot New Technology Until You Have This Completed

    7. Share a Testimonial About the 4-Week Acceleration Program

    8. How You Monetize Must Align With This Key Customer Component or Your Doomed

    9. If You Offer This Type of Deal You'll Have a Great Chance of Getting a Pilot

    10. If This One Thing is Off it Doesn't Matter How Great Your Pilot Product or Service is

    11. Grease the Wheels

    12. Publish This Document to Gain Attention for Your Technology

    13. What a Successful Sales Process Looks Like to Acquire a Pilot or Commercialize a Technology

    14. If You Want to Create the Next Uber or Airbnb Try This Technique

    15. Travel CTO, speaks about the importance of APIs in travel, how creating an API enables you to get additional distribution for your products and services.

    16. Corporate Travel Manager at a Fortune 500 company shares 2 use cases in how they work with travel startups

    17. Head of Innovation & New Product at the 5th largest travel company in the world shares their 4-step process to running a pilot with a travel startup

    1. This Document is a Must in Raising Capital from Travel Investors

    2. The Deck That Raises Capital From Travel Investors

    3. What to place on the 1st page

    4. What to place on the 2nd page

    5. What to place on the 3rd & 4th page

    6. What to place on the 5th page

    7. What to place on the 6th page

    8. What to place on the 7th page

    9. What to place on the 8th page

    10. What to place on the 9th page

    11. What to place on the 10th page

    12. What to place on the 11th page

    13. Optional Slides: #1

    14. Optional Slides: #2

    15. Optional Slides: #3

    16. Optional Slides: #4

    17. This Travel Startup Raised $600K with This Pitch Deck

    18. Tips for Live Pitching at Events and In-Person

    19. How to Get Judges to Vote For You at Travel Startup Pitch Competitions

    20. Best Formats for Your Pitch Presentations

    21. How a Travel Startups Incubator® Program Company Won Startup of the Year at the Phocuswright Conference

    22. CEO, founder of a Travel Startups Incubator program company shares how he successfully raised capital from travel investors.

Program highlights

  • 153 lessons
  • 8.5 hours of video content
  • 30+ Secrets of the travel business learned over a lifetime
  • 100+ Tips and insights for building a sellable company.
  • Executive speaker series, (12) interviews with leading CEOs, founders and senior travel executives. Partners to help you build a travel company.


Program pricing

Private Executive 1:1 Coaching includes the Travel Acceleration Program + (4) private 1:1 calls with Matt Zito + 6-months of our Capital Raise service.

Preview the Travel Acceleration Program

View our Welcome video, How it Works video, Q&A session, learn about the Travel Startups Incubator Network and watch the first 2 video sessions of Week 1 Part 1.
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

After Going Through Week 1 Part 1 If You Feel The Program Isn't For You, You Can Cancel and Receive Your Money Back


FAQ

  • How long is the program?

    The Travel Acceleration Program is 4-weeks. Each week you'll access the upcoming weeks video programming sessions and material online. You can watch the video programming and access the program 24/7 with your login/ID.

  • Is the program for me? Is there a refund policy?

    The program is for startups that are bootstrapped and raising capital. Both Leisure travel and business travel. Both B2C and B2B. We offer a Money Back Guarantee. Within 2-days of accessing the video sessions if you are not pleased you can request a refund. To receive a refund you must tell us in writing within the first 2-days of accessing the videos in Part 1 Week 1. There are NO refunds after this date.

  • What will I be learning?

    Each week we will cover multiple sessions. For example in Week 1: Travel Industry Secrets, Insights, Trends & Movements, different topics ranging from "How the travel industry works" to "New innovations and technology in travel" to breaking down the "Pro's & Con's of B2C vs. B2B will be covered. Sessions are packed with insights, tips and secrets that you'll learn from our lifetime experience in the travel industry.

  • How much time do I need to allocate to the program?

    You should allocated between 2-3 hours per week to go through all the video sessions and content. There is over 8.5 hours of video content in total. You can go through the video sessions at your own pace. You can rewatch the video sessions at any time. You'll be able to access the program for 12-months after you join.

  • What's the difference between the Travel Acceleration Program and the Private Executive 1:1 Coaching?

    The Travel Acceleration Program is the 4-Week program with 8.5+ hours of video coaching sessions. The Private executive 1:1 Calls includes the travel acceleration program + (4) private 1:1 calls with Matt Zito + 6-months of our Capital Raise service. This is for companies looking to work privately with Matt as they go through the program and or companies looking for access to investors that are raising capital.

  • What do I need to access the program?

    You only need a computer or iPad and access to the Internet.

  • How will my company benefit from the program?

    Our main goal is to accelerate your travel startup 6-24 months forward from where you are now in the startup lifecycle. In addition to this advancement if you participate in our digital marketing (optional) at the end of the program we will share your company's info on our portfolio page. All companies that complete the program will receive a digital program certificate and logos for social media and your website. This can be shared with prospective businesses and investors that show you graduated from the program. Finally, the last benefit and the most important is that we believe we will help you build a more sellable business.

  • Will Travel Startups Incubator® invest in my company?

    Although our history is acting as a travel startup investor, this program is not being used by us to determine if we will invest in your startup. We are not actively investing in travel startups in 2024 and joining this program does not guarantee an investment in your company. If you add the Private 1:1 Coaching program we will introduce you to investors for 6-months through our Capital Raise service.

  • Can more than 1 person from my company join?

    Yes, you can have up to 3 people in the program. All 3 must be founders or employees from your company with the companies @email address. After joining just email us and give us the names and email addresses. We will manually send them invites to login to the program.