Marius Nigond

CEO & co-founder
iWander

2024 Phocuswright Conference speaker

Marius Nigond CEO & co-founder
Marius is the CEO and co-founder of iWander, an AI Travel Companion. Marius is passionate about improving how people explore new destinations – leveraging Artificial Intelligence, Personalization and Product Design to help travellers get more from their trips.

iWander’s technology transforms in-destination exploration by providing personalized, immersive audio tours and real-time recommendations tailored to individual traveller preferences. Through its B2B2C model, iWander partners with travel brands to enhance the customer experience, offering its technology as an SDK or API for seamless integration into existing travel apps and websites.

Marius began his career in Marketing and Product Development at l’Oréal’s Paris headquarters before launching Vidi Guides – a platform for self-guided podcast tours. He is also the co-founder of one of the world’s first blockchain book publishing platforms.

Marius is an alumni of HEC, Paris and Trinity College Dublin, and is passionate about history, literature and consumer product design.