French Tourism Tech

During the France Tourisme Tech MEETINGS 2025, in Paris, Business France and The Directorate General for Enterprise organize special B2B meetings between foreign buyers and French key players specialized in Tourism sector as part of its buyers program.**

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?**

These meetings are open to any French company participating in the France Tourisme Tech MEETINGS 2025. Meetings are free of charge!

Meetings are also free of charge for international buyers, CVCs, VCs, and Business Angels.
For French companies not exhibiting, meetings will be held in a dedicated room at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Business France headquarters.

To facilitate meeting requests and approvals, a detailed profile is required from each participant.
A dedicated marketplace is available to showcase your products and services, as well as buyers' needs.

The goal of these two days is to connect technology and service providers with clients who have specific needs, focusing primarily on the tech and tourism sectors.

Morning: France Tourisme Tech — Launch of the 3rd Cohort

• 8:30 – 9:30 am: Optional: VIP breakfast with the awardees and the Minister
• 9:00 – 9:30 am: Participant registration and welcome
• 9:30 – 9:45 am: Opening remarks by Geoffroy Cailloux, Head of the Department for the Local Economy
• 9:45 – 10:00 am: Duo-stage talk — “Feedback from cohorts #1 and #2 through examples of POCs and the mentoring program”

Three showcase pitches of successful collaborations between France Tourisme Tech award-winning start-ups and their partners or mentors:

• Duo #1: Ask Mona x Evaneos (5’) — Marion Carré (CEO) & Aurélie Sandler (CEO)
  or Skaping x Home Exchange (5’) — Jean-Pierre Caurier (CEO) & Emmanuel Arnaud (CEO)

• Duo #2: Luniwave x Agence Française pour le Développement d'AlUla (5’) — Léonard Grynfogel (CEO) & Guillaume Maréchal (Innovation Advisor to Mathias Curnier)

• Duo #3: Wemap x Tictactrip or a major group x start-up

• 10:00 – 10:45 am: Investment in Travel Tech — roundtable discussion

• Roch Ventures – Bobby Demri

• Daphni – Paul Bazin

• Kolet – Eduardo Ronzano

• Adobe & Beyond – Armelle Solelhac

• Naboo – Maxime Eduardo

• A Naboo investor: Notion Capital, ISAI, or Ternel

• 10:45 – 11:15 am: Coffee break

• 11:15 – 11:45 am: Pitches by the six finalists of the UN Tourism Open Innovation Challenge
Moderated by UN Tourism

• Pitch 1

• Pitch 2

• Pitch 3

• Pitch 4

• Pitch 5

• 11:45 am – 12:05 pm: Speech by Thomas Courbe, Director General for Enterprise (DGE)

• Announcement of the France Tourisme Tech 3 awardees by Thomas Courbe

• Announcement of the 2025–2026 mentor cohort

• Group photos with awardees, alumni, mentors, and partners

• 12:05 – 12:30 pm: Pitches by the awardees of the 3rd cohort

• 2 minutes per awardee if 10 start-ups are selected, or 1 minute 30 seconds each if 15 start-ups are selected

• 12:30 – 12:45 pm: Speech by a UN Tourism representative, followed by the announcement of the UN Tourism Open Innovation Challenge winners

• Networking lunch cocktail

Afternoon: Speed Meetings

• 2:00 – 6:30 pm: B2B meetings — 1-to-1 speed meetings between start-ups, buyers, and French, European, and international investors (upon registration)
• 2:00 – 6:30 pm: Open networking and booth visits — meet start-ups and partners (French Tourism Tech 3 awardees, Atout France, ADN Tourisme, Bpifrance, etc.)