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Bidroom wins the World Tourism Forum’s“Start-up Innovation Camp” Award
Lucerne, the 4thth of May, 2017 – We are delighted to inform that Bidroom.com has won the World Tourism Forum Lucerne “Start-up Innovation Camp Award”. The award has been presented to Bidroom’s co-founders, Michael Ros and Casper Knieriem at the World Tourism Forum in Lucerne.
“We look at this award as a recognition of our fight to bring fairness to the hospitality industry.Our platform increases the profits of the hoteliers,while cutting down on the accommodation rates. We’ve made some great strides improving Bidroom.com in the past few months, and we are honoured to accept this prestigious award” – said Michael Ros, Bidroom’s CEO.
Bidroom has been deemed the winner by the jury presided over by Swiss business angel and investor Roland Zeller. Bidroom.com was one of 170 promising start-ups that entered the competition. On the 16th of April the company was announced one of the 16 finalists, and on the 3rd of May it was given the chance to present its project to all the World Tourism Forum participants.
To go along with the prestige, Bidroom.com received a check for 20,000 CHF and free participation in a two-year coaching programme.
About World Tourism Forum Lucerne
The World Tourism Forum Lucerne is an interdisciplinary professional platform which takes place annually, alternately in Lucerne (Switzerland) and – from 2018 – China. It offers decision-makers in business, politics, science and finance an overview of current topics and trends in the global tourism industry. It is also the only international platform which enables leading decision makers and emerging young talents in the industry to interact under the "Next Generation" designation. The World Tourism Forum Lucerne is supported by an international Advisory Board under the chairmanship of RetoWittwer. The 5th World Tourism Forum Lucerne will take place from 4 to 5 May 2017.
About Bidroom.com
Bidroom.com is an online booking platform, started by Michael Ros and Casper Knieriem. The company takes pride in being the world’s commission-free platform. Thanks to that, the property owners are able to offer guests the same rooms or apartments they offer at other booking websites, but at discounted prices, making it a win-win situation for both, the guests and the managers.