Central Florida welcomes the world. It should help shape what comes next.
The opportunity
Central Florida already has what hospitality innovation needs.
The region brings together one of the world’s strongest hospitality economies with technology entrepreneurship, research institutions and investment capital. The Proxenia Foundation exists to help those resources work together more effectively.
The pillars
These three pillars are how the Foundation turns relationships and resources into lasting capacity for Central Florida’s hospitality ecosystem.
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Help build what comes next.
If you see a way to move the work forward, we’d like to hear from you.
THE PROXENIA FOUNDATION
Help Central Florida shape the future of hospitality.
The Proxenia Foundation connects hospitality knowledge with the people, technology, and institutions that can put it to work.
THE FIELD
What is hospitality-tech?
Hospitality-tech includes the tools, systems, and new ideas that help hotels, restaurants, attractions, events, venues, and other guest-focused organizations work better and serve people well.
The opportunity
World-class hospitality operations. World-class innovation. No shared platform to connect them.
Every day, tens of billions of dollars in hospitality decisions are made alongside emerging technology talent right here in Central Florida. But proximity alone isn’t a strategy. Without a neutral institutional bridge, operators remain locked in daily execution while founders build solutions in isolation.
We turn that parallel existence into a competitive advantage—giving practitioners, researchers, and entrepreneurs a quiet, permanent home to advance the industry.
Steward
Bring regional knowledge, experience, and relationships into shared use.
Structure
Turn those assets into programs, pathways, and practical support.
Sustain
Build the trust, resources and continuity that keep the work going.
Building the missing interchange between operational mastery and emerging technology.
THE SUPPORT
Help build the institution Central Florida’s hospitality economy has been missing.
Founding Stewards and Partners provide early support for research, founder access, educational initiatives, and industry gatherings.
THE STAKEHOLDERS
Where do you fit?
Contribute the experience, access, knowledge, or early leadership you already possess.
Mentors & Advisors
Challenge assumptions, share relationships, and help founders make better decisions.
THE ACCELERATOR
Supporting founders is part of the larger mission
The Foundation puts resources in action through programs like the Accelerators
In each Proxenia Accelerator cohort, founders test real decisions with operators, mentors, investors, and industry experts—leaving with clearer customers, stronger evidence, and practical next steps.