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Our Mission

To nurture the growing demand of knowledge sharing by providing a transparent media platform connecting hotel and travel professionals

techtalk.travel

Representing the change needed by the fragmented hotel and travel technology landscape, techtalk.travel is a dynamic community of hospitality innovators ranging from hoteliers and hotel owners to industry students and tech providers.

With the power of idea collaboration and shared knowledge with key stakeholders, game-changers and industry influencers we aim to be the go-to resource for neutral hospitality technology content.

A thought-leadership community for industry professionals to join the discourse about the relevant topics and developments impacting the hospitality and travel technology space.

Who we are

Lea Jordan

Lea Jordan

Co-Founder & Head of Marketing

Prior to joining techtalk.travel, Lea was Managing Director of the German Hotel Association, HSMA Deutschland e.V. Lea strongly believes in the need of unbiased industry knowledge and is passionate about building the leading travel technology community. Lea worked in the hospitality industry across Europe and is a graduate of Business and Hospitality Management from Hotelschool The Hague in the Netherlands.

André Baljeu

André Baljeu

Founder & Managing Director

André’s experience derives from a career spanning over 25 years across the globe, with senior IT and operational positions with leading hotel chains and technology providers. André creates relevant content for the travel industry by speaking to movers and shakers about all that is happening in this dynamic vertical.

David Turnbull

David Turnbull

Founding Partner

David is an established hospitality, travel and technology leader, supporting a variety of companies in an advisory and board capacity. Championing progressive approaches to hotel revenue management, distribution and data management for more than 20 years, for brands including citizenM, 25hours and design hotels, David co-founded in 2012, SnapShot, the first and largest independent hotel data platform.

Daniel Zelling

Daniel Zelling

Founding Partner

Daniel comes with 12 years of travel industry background, having worked in director positions for companies such as MICROS-Fidelio (today Oracle Hospitality), Pegasus Solutions and ReviewPro before he founded opensmjle at the beginning of 2013.

Our Why

As travel technology experts ourselves, we saw a gap between the challenges hoteliers face and the solutions tech providers have created. techtalk.travel aims to provide industry intelligence that is educational, inspirational and connects you with the right change-makers to bring your business to success.

This is your media platform offering multimedia editorial-based content with a regular dose of travel tech knowledge.

For Industry, By Industry.

Our Philosophy

techtalk.travel is your knowledge hub that helps you grow, connect and be inspired - always with the theme of travel technology at its core.