In continuation with its ninth birthday celebrations, IndiGo has launched ‘6EAppsters’, a virtual appathon, inviting travel enthusiasts, ideators and innovators, tech and start-ups and creatives to participate in this campaign. Launched on August 7, 2015, candidates can participate as individuals or in groups to share their entries either as a concept, design or final app.
IndiGo is giving away over 500 tickets to the winners on its domestic network. The winners who present the most exciting and gripping app will take home 100 return tickets. 75 return tickets to the first runner up, 50 return tickets to the second runner up, 25 return tickets to the third runner up and 10 return tickets to the fourth runner up of the competition.
The app categories are; app to make travel easy, app for crowd funded travelling, app using APIs from other sources like Facebook and Twitter, app for travel suggestions and planning and IndiGo themed gaming app
IndiGo’s #6EAppsters campaign will run the course of a little over two months, calling for entries from August 07, 2015 to September 15, 2015. Candidates signed up can submit their proposals between September 16 and October 31, 2015, post which the winners will be shortlisted as the evaluation process will conclude. The shortlisted winners will present in front of a panel of judges with four final winners being announced shortly thereafter.
Aditya Ghosh, president, IndiGo said, “The #6EAppsters contest is a one of the kind championship as we celebrate IndiGo’s ninth birthday and we go beyond to build long lasting bonds with our community. We are excited to see the incredible work individuals will put forward as it will create a benchmark for others to follow.”