Yanolja, a leading global travel tech company led by CEO Sujin Lee, announced today that it has been named a Gold Stevie® Winner in the 'Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year' category at the 2026 International Business Awards (IBA).

Now in its 23rd year, the International Business Awards is a premier global business awards program honoring the achievements and innovative contributions of organizations worldwide. This year’s competition received more than 3,400 nominations from organizations across 82 nations and territories. Winners were selected following a comprehensive judging process by an international panel of over 210 expert professionals. Yanolja joined a distinguished lineup of global recipients, including Cisco, IBM, and DHL, underscoring its standing as a global tech powerhouse.

Yanolja received the top Gold award in the 'Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year' category in recognition of its structural transformation of the travel industry, driven by its unmatched global travel data infrastructure and integrated AI capabilities. This accolade reflects Yanolja's continuous efforts to shape the global travel landscape through its hospitality solutions—which support operations for travel providers worldwide—and its transaction solutions, which bridge travel suppliers with sales channels globally.

In particular, Yanolja focuses on boosting productivity and operational efficiency across the travel ecosystem by pairing its proprietary data infrastructure with advanced AI technology. The company provides travel operators with actionable AI solutions—such as demand forecasting, dynamic pricing, and automated operations—while simultaneously shaping a travel ecosystem that offers consumers smoother, more convenient journeys. Across Yanolja Group’s global subsidiaries, enterprise capabilities are focused on advancing vertical AI technologies specifically tailored to the travel industry, moving beyond simple feature enhancements to drive true domain-specific innovation.

"This award is an international recognition of our dedication to solving structural inefficiencies in the global travel industry through data and technology," said a representative from Yanolja. "Moving forward, we will continue to enhance our global travel data infrastructure and AI competitiveness to empower travel businesses with greater operational efficiency, creating an environment where anyone, anywhere can travel with ease and convenience."