The open platform helps travel companies connect to a host of hotels, resorts and other types of accommodation for easy room check and booking.

Representative of the BedLinker.com project receives the first prize.

Its rivaling finalists included the Liberzy tourism map sharing project that enables tourists to earn money via sharing their travel experiences; the Goeatme platform helping holiday-makers discover locations of good food worldwide; and the Tubudd platform that links visitors to local residents in tourist destinations around the globe.

According to the organiser, all finalists and prize winners will be introduced to international and domestic startup investment programmes and have chance to secure funding valued from 1 million USD and above. They will also be honoured at the 2019 Vietnam Tourism Awards in the first-time-debut category of innovative startups that applying technologies in tourism development.

The top prize winner, meanwhile, will be selected to be a finalist of the Vietnam Startup Wheel contest.

The competition, co-organised by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism and the Songhan incubator, aimed at gathering innovative ideas nationwide and spreading start-up spirit in the tourism sector.

TikTok kicks off tourism promotion campaign in Vietnam

The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s Tourism Magazine and TikTok Vietnam officially began promoting Vietnam’s famous tourist spots and special tours on the video app TikTok on June 13.

Vietnam’s culture, tourism promoted in Australia

The Embassy of Vietnam in Australia on June 12 hosted an event to promote Vietnam’s culture and tourism in Australia and enhance exchanges between Vietnamese women and international friends in the country. 

Muong Lo cultural – tourism week scheduled for September

The Muong Lo Cultural – Tourism Week and Mu Cang Chai terraced field festival 2019 is scheduled to take place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai in September.

Plan to be made for Dong Van geopark’s tourism centres

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the People’s Committee of northernmost Ha Giang province to make a general plan for developing four urban areas into tourism centres of the Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark.

Bac Giang enhances linkage and cooperation to boost up tourism development

(BGO) – The Tourism Association in the northern province of Bac Giang on June 4 organised the second Congress, tenure 2019 – 2024.

Source: VNA