The partnership will see Agnitio Consulting provide services and mentoring to members of the Amadeus Next Asia Pacific startup community.
Agnitio Consulting LLP, a leading New Delhi based travel, tourism and hospitality advisory firm, has inked a landmark agreement with Amadeus, the leading provider of technology solutions for the global travel industry. The partnership will see Agnitio Consulting provide services and mentoring to members of the Amadeus Next Asia Pacific startup community.
Amadeus established Amadeus Next to support, nurture and help scale budding travel tech start-ups into leading and viable business entities. The community focus means start-ups are connected with corporations, government bodies, partners, and other entities, who are equally as excited and knowledgeable about travel technology, and want to support the APAC travel tech start-up scene. The Amadeus Next community also leverages Amadeus’ own technology, expertise and customer reach.
Agnitio Consulting, will share their invaluable expertise and industry connections with start-ups in the Amadeus Next community. This will help startups validate and incubate concepts, ideas and business models. All Amadeus Next member startups will benefit from Agnitio’s network of mentors and advisors to assist and guide them during their growth.
Simon Akeroyd, VP, Corporate Strategy, Amadeus Asia Pacific commented, “Partners are a crucial element of the Amadeus Next community. They extend the knowledge and technology beyond what Amadeus already offers, and provide start-ups with access to expertise, software, connections or even funding which they couldn’t otherwise access. Agnitio Consulting’s network and strong relationships with the Indian travel and tourism industry, will help Amadeus Next start-ups based in India, or looking to expand into the Indian market, to make their business model a success.”
Talking about how Agnitio Consulting was intending to proceed, the Managing Partner, Mr. Ashish Kumar said, “We shall support Amadeus Next to reach out to potential startups through our strategic partners, with guidance and mentoring of selected start-ups. We will support start-ups by connecting them with existing industry players and associations. We will work closely with the Amadeus technology team around user requirements, web services / APIs. Most importantly, we shall also help startups in product ideation, conceptualisation and the realisation of their product roadmap or vision.”
Narrating his experience with Agnitio Consulting, founder of a leading corporate travel tech startup said, “The thing that excites me most is that they think like a startup. You’ve got to think like a startup to help a startup!”
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