MILANO (AIMnews.it) – Digital Magics Palermo, the Sicilian headquarters of the most important ‘Made in Italy’ digital startup incubator active throughout Italy, in collaboration with the partner company Factory Accademia, expands its portfolio with the entry of the innovative Catanese startup Tripoow, the first intelligent virtual tourist operator. Thanks to proprietary technological algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Tripoow’s app is able to find all the travel solutions at the most convenient price in 3 simple clicks. Founded in March 2016, Tripoow obtained in December 2016 a loan of over 1 million euros from Invitalia thanks to the Smart&Start Italia program. Since 2018 it has obtained a Tour Operator and Travel Agency license. Over 12,000 users have downloaded and used the Tripoow app. The startup has a team of 12 and has established important business partnerships with Italian and international companies. Digital Magics Palermo is supporting the founders of the startup, Sergio Serafini (CFO) and Salvatore Ambrosino (COO), in the strategic and commercial development of incubation services. “Tripoow already has everything in place such as a business model, technology and team to launch its service internationally. – explains Alessandro Arnetta, partner of Digital Magics Palermo and Founder and CEO of Factory Accademia – They are developing the ‘Optimisation Itinerary’, a system for calculating optimal travel itineraries, which is divided by days of stay and other variables. Therefore a itinerary can be built based on the experience that the user intends to have, always paying attention to the quality/price ratio.”