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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CTO’ operating in the Travel space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Edgars Kohs
Chief Technology Officer of Fly Now Pay Later
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About Fly Now Pay Later: Fly Now Pay Later is a fintech company that helps consumers split the cost of their travel in monthly installments.
Brad Wright
Chief Technology Officer of Pollen
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About Pollen: Pollen builds, curates, and delivers the best travel experiences.
Ben Hajduk
CTO of Luxtripper
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About Luxtripper: Luxtripper is a luxury travel company that operates an online travel booking site which matches users with suitable holiday destinations.
George Goodyer
CTO of Skyscanner
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About Skyscanner: Skyscanner operates as a trips meta-search engine company.
Heather Utech
CTO of DMG Media
Heather Utech is CTO at DMG Media.
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About DMG Media: DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Stephen Mason
Co-Founder & CTO of Splyt
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About Splyt: Splyt is a B2B mobility marketplace that connects institutional supply and demand for ground-based transport.
Josh Moont
CTO of WeSwap
Josh is the CTO of WeSwap.com the world’s first person to person currency exchange for travellers.During a career spanning more than 12 years in the IT field Josh has been instrumental in many major web projects. His career began in a small web design agency where Josh designed and developed a large range of multi-platform sites. He liaised with companies ranging in size from small firms to fortune 500 businesses, culminating in an award-winning e-commerce site for Kangol. Moving on to become a senior web-developer for Dial-a-Phone Josh played a key role in the launch of the ‘3’ online shop and developing the leading strategy for future direction of their website. Since leaving Dial-a-Phone in 2006 Josh has continued to build upon his skills, developing many more cutting-edge web sites including a bespoke content management system for Your Golf Travel amongst others. Josh brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the IT sector and web technologies.
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About WeSwap: WeSwap is a mobile application that allows users to swap different types of currency with others.
Sam Graham
CTO of Hitlist
Sam Graham is a software engineer at TripScout and the CTO at Hitlist.
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About Hitlist: Hitlist is a travel app platform that serves up bargain-priced flights and travels deals.
Sam Graham
CTO of Hitlist
Sam Graham is a software engineer at TripScout and the CTO at Hitlist.
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About Hitlist: Hitlist is a travel app platform that serves up bargain-priced flights and travels deals.
Ben Jones
CTO of GfK
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About GfK: GfK is a market research institute in Germany.
Christopher Moon
CEO & CTO of Tribe Travel
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About Tribe Travel: Tribe Travel is a marketplace and club for youth travelers.
Marc Roberts
Chief Technology Office of Hiyacar
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About Hiyacar, Neutron Creations: Hiyacar is a UK peer to peer car sharing platform.
Son Pham
CTO of Esplorio
Son Pham serves as a Chief Technology Officer at Esplorio.
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About Esplorio, VinAI Research: Esplorio uses social data and our iOS app to create a digital travel journal that you can use to re-live and share your adventures.
Vincent Hus
Co Founder, CTO of Flymble
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About Flymble: Flymble is a next generation travel platform that offers instant travel financing. Book flights for just 1/10th upfront and spread the cost.
Quinlan Morake
CTO of Make it Social
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About Make it Social, Make it Social: Make it Social, the Social Booking Technology.
Alexander Browne
CTO of SKOOT
Past experience includes Senior IT Leadership, Business & IT Strategy, leading large scale architectural initiatives, and driving innovation programmes. Conducted & consulted on all aspects of technology strategy & implementation; direction, leading global architectural change, multi-vendor programme management, organisational design & implementation, business case generation, business impact assessments, roadmap creation, high-level design, detailed designs, audits, development & operations.
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About SKOOT: SKOOT is a platform for Climate Change helping businesses, communities and individuals to IDENTIFY, OFFSET & AVOID their CO2 footprints.
Gavin Heavyside
CTO & Cofounder of COCO+
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About COCO+: COCO+ is a B2B travel management platform that enables companies to offset their carbon footprint by working with ClimateCare.
Achim Weimert
Co-Founder & CTO of wOndary
Mostly about the mobile web, travel and experiencing local cultures
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About wOndary: Connecting all your travel dots – save, organise and share everything travel.
Dan Harrison
CTO and Co-Founder of Snaptrip
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About RentalTrips, Snaptrip: Snaptrip is a marketplace for people to discover the best last minute cottage holiday deals in the UK.
Avner Bluer
CTO of Vacationship
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About Vacationship: The only travel meeting app that connects locals and tourists for exciting vacation experiences.
Mike Beech
Co-founder, CTO of Horizon Guides
Mike Beech is a Co-Founder at REQQI.
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About Horizon Guides: Horizon Guides aims to help people enjoy more authentic and memorable travel experiences.
Shadi el-Hajj
CTO of Paradizo
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About Paradizo: Paradizo is a luxury travel agency specialized in deluxe villa rentals, truly unique experiences and global adventures.
Jack Timblin
CTO of TapTrip
Jack Timblin serves as the chief technology officer of Taptrip.
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About TapTrip: Powering the world’s leading travel management companies in bringing business travel online for SMBs, marine, energy and resources companies
Nebojsa Joncic
COO & CTO of FLOOFL
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About FLOOFL: FLOOFL is a Oxford based Social Enterprise committed to provide free on-line learning for travel and tourism professionals and students
Nebojsa Joncic
COO & CTO of FLOOFL
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About FLOOFL: FLOOFL is a Oxford based Social Enterprise committed to provide free on-line learning for travel and tourism professionals and students
Mark Wisniewski
CTO of TripLinks
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About TripLinks: TripLinks is a social travel network helping business travelers to connect and meet with others.
Mark Wisniewski
CTO of TripLinks
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About TripLinks: TripLinks is a social travel network helping business travelers to connect and meet with others.
