Each year PhoCusWright selects 35 young leaders to join the PhoCusWright Class of 35, a community of rising stars in the travel industry
Lincoln, NE (PRWEB) September 02, 2014
Travefy, the easiest online and mobile group travel planner, announced today that Co-Founder & CEO David Chait has been named to PhoCusWright’s 35 Under 35 as a part of the PhoCusWright Young Leaders Summit. The Young Leaders Summit recognizes rising stars in the travel industry and encourages executive development through a series of exclusive events held throughout the year.
This year’s summit will be held in Los Angeles, California from November 10th through 13th in conjunction with The PhoCusWright Conference—a top annual event for the travel industry.
"It is an honor to be recognized as a member of The Class of 35,” said Chait. “The PhoCusWright 35 Under 35 are some of the freshest and smartest minds in the travel industry and it’s thrilling and humbling to be counted among the group. I’m looking forward to a year of collaboration and learning.”
Chait founded Travefy in 2012 to solve the coordination headaches of group travel. Users can collaborate on trip details – with access to over 8 million activities, restaurants, accommodation, and flights – build a rich mobile itinerary, and collect shared expenses. Before founding Travefy, Chait served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
PhoCusWright is a leading travel industry research authority. Each year PhoCusWright selects 35 young leaders to join the PhoCusWright Class of 35, a community of rising stars in the travel industry who will be invited to participate in a yearlong program of organized online meetings, networking opportunities, contests and awards.
ABOUT TRAVEFY
Travefy (https://travefy.com) is the easiest online and mobile group travel planner. Through Travefy, groups can collaborate on trip details, build a rich itinerary, and collect shared expenses.
Travefy serves over 8 million activities, restaurants, accommodations, flights and deals across the globe to discuss, book, and build a rich shared itinerary. Through Travefy’s patent pending expense management tool, users can track and collect all shared expenses so no one is stuck with the bill.
Travefy is free to consumers at Travefy.com and branded Pro versions are available for travel agents, travel technology firms, and vacation providers.
Travefy is based in Lincoln, Nebraska and launched its full beta in late 2013. Travefy has been featured in Fast Company, Network World, Entrepreneur.com, The New York Times, Tnooz and Skift among other publications and has won numerous awards.
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