Best Practice Slam / "Booking Booster: Accelerating Sustainable Tourism" by Tuan Pham, Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist @Booking.com

1. Booking Booster: Accelerating
Sustainable Tourism
Tuan Pham | Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist

2. 1. What?
2. Why?
3. Lessons Learnt
4. Next Steps

3. Three-week growth
accelerator
programme
Later stage startup
ready to scale
impact
Compete for a
chance to receive
a grant of up to
€500,000 to
promote
sustainable tourism
What?

4. Mentorship
2
Three week
accelerator in
Amsterdam
1
Networking
3
Media
Exposure
5
Booking
Volunteers
4
Possible Grant
Funding
6
What do we give?

8. Case Study 1
Global Himalayan
Expedition

11. Case Study 2
Seabin

13. Why?
Why?
Drive Innovation in Sustainable
Tourism

14. Inspiration Employee
Skill
Development
Brand Future
Partners
What we found.

15. Biggest Learnings.
Sourcing is KEY.
Internal Engagement gets buy-in.
Respect Entrepreneur commitments

16. Next Steps?

17. • Early-stage startup in
sustainable tourism
• 3-day programmes
focused on
experimentation and
growth,
• A chance to compete
for a grants of up to
€25,000.

18. • New in 2018!
• €2 million fund to champion
changemakers in
sustainable tourism
• Seeking new and
unexpected solutions that
reimagine the tourism and
travel space

19. Thank you!
tuan.pham@booking.com