About Us

A former Wall Street guy, Vinay has spent the past 15 years founding and successfully scaling technology platforms globally that exceed $1.5 billion in annual revenue. His companies, including VIA and TripFactory, have been backed by top venture capitalists like Vinod Dham (Father of the Pentium Chip), Kalaari Capital, WestBridge Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Aarin Capital. Vinay's worked for Morgan Stanley, Citibank, BMW, and Credit Suisse, has been invited to mentor other entrepreneurs through the prestigious Alchemist Accelerator program, and the London and Indian Schools of Business include his work within their case study curriculum.

Sure, he’s brilliant, but we love Vinay most for his humility and empathy.

VINAY RECOMMENDS:
The Amalfi Coast, London,
New York, Prague, and Shimla

Amit is passionate about travel, technology, and solving real world problems at a scale that can be disruptive. As Co-Founder & CTO at VIA.com, Amit built the sophisticated technology platform that seamlessly runs across 62+ countries worldwide. He constantly endeavors to build technology that upgrades the consumer experience. Amit’s vast knowledge of domain, segmentation, analytics, and consumer behavior enables better trip planning, which enabled him to successfully co-create TripFactory. Amit received a gold medal from the President of India, and he's a proud IIT Roorkee alumnus.



Sure, he’s a gifted innovator, but we love Amit most for his ability to get things done.

AMIT RECOMMENDS:
Maldives, Gstaad, Dubai, and London

Varun is a gifted technology leader with over 16 years of experience and extensive knowledge of back- and frontend technologies. He was part of the initial core technology Team at Via.com, and later served as CTO, growing the tech staff from 20 to over 100. During his time at Via, he helped launch multiple new products, and led the initiative to upgrade the backend technology to scale. Varun also started LifeMojo, an
e-commerce platform for wellness products and services.

He holds a B. Tech in Computer Science from NSIT, Delhi.




Sure, he’s the silent type, but we love Varun most for how he knocks solutions out of the park.

VARUN RECOMMENDS:
Phi Phi Islands, Singapore, and Japan

KK Menon (or Unni how he is fondly referred to as) is an experienced professional with a career spanning over 4 decades with one of the most powerful business families in the Middle East, the Kanoo Group. He was last serving as the CEO of the Kanoo Innovation Division. He brings a depth of knowledge and experience in industries like travel, technology, shipping and oil and has played a pivotal role in shaping the Kanoo Group as a leading conglomerate over the last 44 years.

Michael served as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Sabre Group, positions he held from 1996 to 1999. During his tenure at Sabre he led the company’s IPO and helped expand its technology solutions throughout the travel and tourism industry. For the sixteen years prior to joining Sabre, he worked at American Airlines where he was CFO from 1989 to 1995.

Mr. Durham currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Hertz Global Holdings, the holding company for The Hertz Corporation, and Cambridge Capital Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company focused on the transportation and logistics industries. With extensive experience in the travel and tourism industry, he has previously served on the Boards of Directors of Hotwire, Bombardier, Inc., Fairchild/Dornier Aerospace Corporation and Northwest Airlines Corporation.

Ninan is a global chief executive experienced in the B2B and B2C technology, media and travel sectors with a track record of creating shareholder value. Previously Ninan served as the Chief Executive Officer for Travel Leaders Group, one of the largest retail, corporate and entertainment travel companies in North America and the UK with sales of over $20 billion and more than 4,000 employees.

Before this, Ninan provided highly-respected, visionary leadership as Chief Executive Officer of PR Newswire. During his tenure, PR Newswire enjoyed significant organic growth from product innovation and international expansion.

Ninan also served as Chief Commercial Officer of Worldspan, the worldwide travel information, e-commerce and technology service provider. In this role, he was responsible for sales, marketing, operations, service and support activities for customers and partners in over 60 countries.

Andrew has held numerous senior management and director roles as part of his 25 year stint in the tourism industry, including at the Melbourne Convention Bureau, Tourism Victoria and the South Australian Tourism Commission, and is a former Managing Director of Tourism Australia.

During his time as Managing Director of Tourism Australia, Mr McEvoy worked with the industry to embed the Tourism 2020 Strategy – with its aim to double the value of overnight expenditure – a target the country is on track to achieve.

Mr McEvoy is also experienced in the media, most recently as the Managing Director of Life, Media and Events at Fairfax. He is currently the Chairman of the Sealink Travel Group (SLK) and sits on the Boards of Ingenia (INA), and the Lux Group, owner of Luxury Escapes.

Swami Swaminathan was the Executive Chairman of Manipal Health Enterprises a leader in the Healthcare Industry in India with 16 hospitals, over 5000+ beds , connecting with over 2 million patients annually, supported by over 2000 doctors and 6000 Nurses and support staff. Prior to joining Manipal Health Enterprises he was the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Infosys BPO with annual revenues of over 600 Million dollars. Swami led the firm building a 25000 + team worldwide, of over 65+ different nationalities in their workforce, with global operations in 6 centers in India and over 18 centers outside India in Americas, Europe, LATAM and APAC.

Recognized as a thought leader in the industry Swami is a key note speaker in many global conferences.

With a professional experience spanning 36 years across various industries including Healthcare, Automobiles, Software, Engineering, Retail, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Aviation and various other sectors. He has clients covering major corporations where he has built relationships and helped on finance, tax and transactions in multiple areas including entry of various groups in India.

He also runs two venture funds, Ideovate Ventures and V9 Ventures, and makes angel investments in early stage startups in India and Singapore. His investing experience includes sectors like AI/ ML, Consumer-tech and Fin-tech.

He also Founded, AARC & Co, firm of Chartered Accountants in 1984 with offices at Delhi and Bangalore, India. The firm has a strength of over 100 people spanning Delhi and Bangalore offices.