Radisson Hotel Group Partners With Plug and Play

<p>Radisson Hotel Group has formed a partnership with Plug and Play&&num;8217&semi;s Travel &amp&semi; Hospitality program&comma; located in the heart of Silicon Valley&period; Plug and Play is a global innovation platform that brings together the best startups with the world&&num;8217&semi;s largest corporations&period; Through this partnership&comma; Radisson Hotel Group will strengthen its connections with selected startups&comma; enabling the company to accelerate its innovation capabilities for future travel technologies and solutions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We are thrilled to be partnering with Plug and Play&comma; the largest startup ecosystem in the World&comma; as part of our Radisson Innovation Roadmap&period; This partnership is vital to connect us with a large network of startups and potential partners at different maturity levels&comma; improve our innovation ecosystem to maximize business opportunities&comma; and develop outside-of-the-box pioneering solutions when it comes to technology and digital innovation&period; We see this collaboration as a way to boost our Business Transformation Plan quickly and accelerate our five-year strategic plan&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Gonzalo Carpintero&comma; Senior Vice President Operations &amp&semi; Head of Business Transformation &lpar;BTO&rpar;&comma; Radisson Hotel Group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Plug and Play Travel &amp&semi; Hospitality launched in 2016 and has since expanded to six locations around the world&period; Since its inception&comma; the travel program has accelerated over 250 startups and worked with the most innovative corporations in the industry&period; By working with Plug and Play&comma; Radisson Hotel Group will gain access to top industry startups&comma; networking opportunities with peers&comma; and exclusive events surrounding the latest travel and hospitality technology trends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re thrilled to welcome Radisson Hotel Group to our ecosystem&period; It really speaks to their innovation culture and leadership&&num;8217&semi;s strategic vision to prioritize innovation during these difficult times&period; Hospitality technology has been a focus for our group for many years and we can&&num;8217&semi;t wait to help them engage with the startup community&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says <span class&equals;"xn-person">Jordan Bray<&sol;span>&comma; VP of Corporate Partnerships at Plug and Play&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our main mission is to supercharge the Pilot&sol;POC sourcing and implementation of new technologies for the group which will ultimately take their already amazing portfolio of hotels and customer-centric services to a new level&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;