Media release: Star Alliance receives Corporate Innovation Award from PlugandPlay

Plug and Play, the global innovation platform based in Silicon Valley, announced Star Alliance as the recipient of the accelerator’s annual Corporate Innovation Award. The award recognises exemplary corporate partners in the Plug and Play ecosystem that have demonstrated exceptional commitment to engaging tech startups and have achieved outstanding results in driving digital innovation. More than 400 global corporate partners are engaged with Plug and Play worldwide. “We've been working with Star Alliance and some of their member carriers since 2017 and they are by far the most innovative and digitally minded airline alliance,” said Saeed Amidi, Founder & CEO of Plug and Play. “The number of startup engagements Star Alliance has been able to secure puts them on top of our travel and hospitality ecosystem.” Star Alliance is the first global airline alliance to partner with Plug and Play. It was recognized this year for its leadership as a partner to travel and hospitality startups. Together, Plug and Play and Star Alliance have brought together 126 emerging tech companies in the travel industry over three years. A dozen products from those companies are being tested by various member airlines in the Alliance. <br/>