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Skift IDEA Awards is the travel industry’s yearly acknowledgment of excellence in design, imagination, and development. Here’s the shortlist of this year’s finalists.
Matt Heidkamp
Each year, Skift IDEA Awards celebrates the brands and companies developing new and better methods to travel. The tasks entered this year pressed limits in design, imagination, and innovation, showing without any uncertainty that the next period of travel is smarter, better, and more purpose-driven than ever in the past. Below is the shortlist of finalists throughout this year’s categories.
We want to thank this year’s panel of judges, made up of prominent style, technology, and magnate from around the world, who are in the midst of determining the results.
- Aaron Walton– CEO & Creator, Walton Isaacson
- Amy Burr– President, JetBlue Innovation Ventures
- Casper Overbeek– Chief Digital & Client Experience Officer, citizenM
- Colin Nagy– Columnist, Skift
- James Thornton– CEO, Intrepid
- Lola Akerstrom– Founder, Regional Handbag
- Mia Kyricos– President & Chief Love Officer, Kyricos & Associates
To make these calls, our panel is scoring through the requirements of style, imagination, innovation, and effect, with these concerns in mind:
- Style: Does it serve a function and solve an issue?
- Creativity: Does it stand apart or challenge the status quo?
- Development: Does it reveal where the future of travel is (or should be) heading?
- Effect: Does it have a meaningful impact for travelers, business, or society?
Later on this year, select winners and judges will be featured at Skift’s Style The Future event on December 9. Register totally free here.
Skift IDEA Awards– 2021 Shortlist
Air travel: Jobs that improve the airline traveler experience, in the air or at the airport
Company Travel & Work: Projects that enhance the business travel experience or the method we work
Brand name Imagination: Creativity in marketing, advertising, media, or brand experiences
Destinations: Jobs that enhance how travelers experience a location, consisting of mobility, way-finding, and transportation
Commitment: Products, services, or techniques that earn client loyalty
Meetings & Events: Quality in occasions, including planning, design, and ingenious innovation
Pandemic Response: Style or strategic services to enable safe travel or mitigate the financial impacts of the covid-19 pandemic
Social Effect: Projects that create a positive effect for or promote an essential cause
Spaces & Places: Development in constructed environments, including architecture, interiors, and public areas
Sustainability: Projects designed to decrease environmental effect or assist clients take a trip responsibly
Tech & Development: Smart products or technology-driven projects that solve challenges in brand-new and meaningful methods
Wellness: Products, services, and areas developed to influence health and health and wellbeing
User Experience: Tasks that think about a traveler’s journey across digital or physical touch points, including apps, environments, and hybrid experiences
Visual Communication: Visual and graphic design, branding and identity projects for print, digital or physical environments
Stay tuned for the outcomes later this month and sign up with choose winners and judges at Skift’s Style The Future occasion on December 9. Register free of charge here.