THack São Paulo is Tnooz's first stop in South America for it's global travel hackathon series.

Developers are invited to create web-based and mobile apps that improve the searching, shopping, traveling and sharing user experience.

Developer team must take on one or more of four challenges:

Inspiration, discovery, memories – Create an application that helps travelers decide where to go and how to share their experiences and journeys.
São Paulo mobile guide – With the 2016 Olympic Games coming, build a mobile application that helps travelers engage with activities in São Paulo and throughout Brazil. Your application should help navigate challenging issues that include personal transport, public transportation, crime and personal safety.
Accommodation finder – Hotel? Hostel? Home-sharing? Build a recommendation engine for personalized accommodations for any traveler's style and budget.
Route planner – Create an travel application for transportation choices that are time-efficient, cost-effective or creatively scenic ... or all of the above.

Eligibility

  • Particpants must register and being photo ID to gain admission

Requirements

  • What to create: functioning web or mobile application; demonstration by video, screenshots or working demo

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,000 in prizes
THack best small team
1 winner

Best project by individual or team of up to two members

THack best large team
1 winner

Best project by team of three to five members

THack People's Choice
1 winner

Best project as selected by THack developers

Best use of Sabre API
1 winner

Members of team project voted best use of Sabre API will each win a pair of Beats by Dre headphones.

Invitation to pitch at Seedstars Brazil
1 winner

One team will be invited to pitch its idea during Seedstars Brazil startup pitch contest in December. Winner of Brazil contest will receive expense-paid trip to global Seedstars startup pitch event in Switzerland in February 2016 and potential to earn US$1.5 million in investment.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Arian Razzaghi

Arian Razzaghi
VivaReal

Luiz Candreva

Luiz Candreva
EZPark

Tony Celestino

Tony Celestino
TechStars

Judging Criteria

  • Originality and innovation
    New idea and approach compared to "how it's done" in the market today
  • Technical skill
    Functional and coded digital travel application
  • Meets challenge(s)
    Execution of project meets one or more THack challenge
  • Presentation skill
    Team clearly solves a problem or pain point in travel and explains clearly in its demo how the project does so

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