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TravelinAI, a next-generation business travel booking platform, came away as the first-ever winner of the inaugural run of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)\u2019s VentureConnect initiative in the Asia Pacific<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n The announcement was made yesterday,13th May, on the second day of the GBTA APAC Conference 2026 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\n Founder Roy Golden said of the platform: \u201c<\/span>Our vision is to create an experience which will<\/span> truly reflect on how people live and work and travel.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Prior to this most recent victory, TravelinAI was named among the top four global innovators by the German Business Travel Association and the platform was named the Most Disruptive Travel technology at the most recent World Travel Market.<\/span><\/p>\n Golden added: \u201cWe’ve also been very fortunate to be handpicked by Sabre to launch globally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n GBTA\u2019s VentureConnect seeks to bring together promising travel tech startups with potential investors, travel buyers, and corporate leaders, thus creating opportunities for meaningful feedback, collaboration, and growth throughout the business travel sector.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Golden likewise pointed out that TravelinAI accords three potential benefits to corporate travel managers.<\/span><\/p>\n As he explained: \u201cOne is to save time, so travel management companies can now launch customers within minutes instead of several weeks or several months.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n End-users can actually use the platform even without prior training, enabling them to book trips with just three clicks.<\/span><\/p>\n The second outcome is control through real-time spend dashboards, budget setting, approval processes and travel policies with built-in DTF care and a flexible architecture which can be customised for the specific requirements of each end-user.<\/span><\/p>\n The third end is a split-payment technology that allows employees to combine their business and leisure trips in a single booking flow.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Golden: \u201cThrough our split payment system, we can identify and separate all the expenses between business and leisure for flights and hotels.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Prior to the announcement, Golden joined seven other travel tech firms \/ startups in pitching their innovations to conference participants.<\/span><\/p>\n Each firm was given 90 seconds to present their ideas and the concepts ranged from pilgrimage tech for Indonesia\u2019s massive hajj and umrah markets to a comprehensive banking app specifically developed for business travellers.<\/span><\/p>\n Aside from the winning innovator, the inaugural roster of disruptive technologies for GBTA APAC included the following:<\/span><\/p>\nThree primary benefits<\/b><\/h4>\n
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