Sarah Hilmy is the co-founder and CEO of Oddysee, a Gen Z-focused travel app to collaboratively plan and book holidays with your friends.

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👋🏼  How would you explain your job to someone outside tech?

Oddysee is a collaborative travel app that makes planning your next trip with friends really fun.

We’re taking away the headaches of trip planning by making it really simple for you to plan your itineraries together, manage trip payments, and find activities that work for the entire group.

We're also working on launching our booking portal very soon!

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🧐  What's something about you or your job that would surprise us?

A lot of our work is actually done remotely, so we encourage everyone on the team to travel a lot.

As a travel startup, it makes sense for us to explore the different destinations we share with our users so we’re able to give a truly curated experience.

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‍🏆  What has been the biggest highlight of your career so far?

Launching Oddysee a few months ago, and watching people use it to plan out their holidays. We're seeing users from over 60 countries, and we're growing every day! 

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🔍  What's a startup trend or space you're watching this year?

Unsurprisingly,  I follow a lot of travel tech news and updates.

Travel is just such a huge and fragmented space, so there's always a lot of room for new and exciting technologies to emerge, especially around airlines and airports. 

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💼  What advice would you give someone starting out in your industry? 

Stay focused on the problem that you're looking to solve.

It's easy to fall in love with your own product and get carried away with the features that you think are great, but at the end of the day, your product actually needs to make your customers' lives better!

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🗣  What's one thing you can keep talking about for hours? 

What truly exceptional service in hospitality looks like.

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🎥  What's your favorite movie/TV show? 

I love a good K-drama. 

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🍨  What's your go-to ice cream flavor?

Matcha soft serve (in a cone!)

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Update: The initial version of the article contained the wrong link to Oddysee. We apologize for the oversight.