France
Start-up & Tourisme Nautique is a national contest supported by CCI Morbihan and its partners, and sponsored by Thomas Coville – French Skipper Sodebo and Ariane Pehrson – French owner Lyophilisé & Co.
Aim
The aim of this contest is to identify and follow the best projects that are offering an innovative service to assist the water sports tourism.
Who can participate ?
New registered project owner, start-ups and SME (less than 3 years) can apply if their project is related to the following themes :

Encourage water sports tourism discovery : Win and attract new water sports tourists

Promote the sea / earth link : Bring the water sports users to explore the touristic surrounding (new services, concept, usage & enable the touristic communication)

Expand the users water sports experience : encourage the repeat of that experience, better communication clarity of the users path, new water sports assistance tools.

Assist the solutions deployment related to water sports tourism : Eco-friendly, Creation of new product, DATA collection…
Award and support
4 projects will be awarded and supported : 5 000€ (1st prize) or 1 000€ (other prizes), incubation, expert advices, intellectual property diagnostic, market study according to the needs.
Agenda
- 27 November 2017 – 16 January 2018 : Deadline for applications
- 22 January – 4 February 2018 : Online vote
- 15 February 2018 : Project auditions at crédit Agricole Headquarters in Vannes
- 15 February 2018 : Award ceremony in Lorient
For application, please click here.