It’s less than a month until the inaugural Business Travel Show Asia Pacific’s Business Travel Innovation Faceoff. This April, for the first time ever, cutting-edge corporate travel suppliers will have the opportunity to showcase the latest technology and solutions at the show that’s already established itself as the leaving event in Europe and the US…
The first Business Travel Show Asia Pacific takes place on 16-17 April 2025 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, alongside The Meetings Show Asia Pacific. The event will unite 200+ corporate travel buyers from across the Asia Pacific region, the US, the UK, and Europe with over 50 top-tier exhibitors expected to attend, including airlines, hotels, TMCs, technology providers, and ground transportation services.
The Business Travel Innovation Faceoff brings together some of the most forward-thinking suppliers at the forefront of developing new technology and service solutions to support business travel and enable travel managers and meetings planners to not only enhance their corporate travel and meetings programmes but, in turn, achieve their own growth ambitions.
Select suppliers invited to pitch their solutions
It promises to be an inspiring showcase as the selected shortlist of suppliers are invited to battle it out with a seven-minute pitch of their solutions to a panel of expert judges. The contest will also be witnessed by a live audience of travel buyers and bookers before the winner is announced in the Knowledge Arena at 1540 on the second day of the show.
Who are judging the business travel solutions contest?
The panel of judges includes some of the most inspiring leaders from across APAC’s business travel and travel technology sectors:
- Adeline Kang – Director JCAP Operations, Travel Meetings Card & Fleet, MSD International
- Kurt Knackstedt – Head of Sales – Pacific, Avis Budget Group
- Elvin Lee – Regional Travel Manager APJ, Service Now
- Pramod Shetty – Head Corporate Global Travel, LTIMindtree
This year’s entrants at the Business Travel Show Asia Pacific include:
Acai – AI-powered travel agent tool built to introduce intelligent automation that optimises corporate travel support at scale in over 85+ languages. Rather than burdening human agents with low-value, repetitive inquiries, Acai’s AI provides instant, accurate answers to travellers.
Pavel Pratyush, CTO, Acai Travel comments, “For Acai, APAC isn’t just another expansion opportunity—it’s an essential part of our DNA. Seeing our AI transform corporate travel in the region is both exciting and deeply personal, and we’re committed to continuing to push the boundaries of what automation can do for APAC’s travel ecosystem. Winning the Innovation Faceoff would be a powerful validation—not just from corporate travel agencies, but from the travellers and businesses they serve.”
Travog – Corporate travel and expense management solution, powered by AI. It offers a self-booking tool enabling users to reserve flights, hotels, and car rentals, while capturing and categorising business expenses.
Supriya Bose, Manager – Customer Success, Travog comments, “APAC is a key growth market for Travog, with its rapidly evolving business travel landscape and increasing demand for digital transformation. Winning the Innovation Faceoff would validate Travog’s cutting-edge approach to corporate travel and expense management. It would also enhance our brand recognition, open new partnership opportunities, and further drive our mission to redefine business travel.”
Zenmer – An Agentic-AI powered ‘Travel as a Service’ platform for Corporations and TMCs to book, manage and track business travel globally.
Nikunj Agrawal – Founder & CEO, Zenmer comments, “The most exciting part is presenting our technology to industry veterans from various verticals in the industry, which creates a huge opportunity to get first-hand feedback from our potential customers and users.”
Trip Biz – A full-service TMC offering all-in-one digital corporate travel for nearly 20 years. Always believing in human-centric technology, its all-in-one platform reduces off-platform bookings which increases visibility and the ability for the travel managers to have cost control with a duty of care service.
Terence Eng. Product Director. Trip Biz, comments that being part of the Innovation Faceoff is a platform to “Acknowledge and justify our effort to continue partnering with industry providers.”
Commenting on the awards, Nelson Khoo, Events Director, Business Travel Show Asia Pacific said, “The Business Travel Innovation Faceoff has long been celebrated as one of the highlights of Business Travel Show Europe, attracting some of the brightest minds in business travel technology and development, with previous entrants still breaking boundaries today.
“We have an incredible panel of nominees to kick off the first Business Travel Innovation Faceoff awards for the APAC region who have worked incredibly hard to build solutions that will not only support the business travel sector but, in turn, support growth for the wider APAC economy across a whole host of sectors. We look forward to welcoming them to the stage and showcasing some of the most exciting talent in the industry during what promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation.”
Business Travel Show Asia Pacific draws from success of the European and US
Business Travel Show Asia Pacific builds on the success of Business Travel Show Europe, the leading event for European corporate travel professionals held annually in London for over 30 years. Business Travel Show Europe takes place 25-26 June and will be followed by the very first Business Travel Show America on 15-16 October 2025 at the Javits Center in New York City.
Business Travel Show Asia Pacific will run alongside The Meetings Show Asia Pacific, which launched at Marina Bay Sands last year to great success. Marina Bay Sands is Asia’s leading business, leisure and entertainment destination. The integrated resort features Singapore’s largest hotel with over 2,200 luxurious rooms and suites, crowned by the spectacular Sands SkyPark and iconic infinity pool.
Corporate travel buyers, procurement managers responsible for corporate travel and meetings planners are invited to attend the event for free, subject to qualifications, while non-exhibiting suppliers may purchase tickets.
Find out more an register to attend
For more information, including registration and hosted buyer applications, visit www.businesstravelshowapac.com.
