Alessandro Lo Piano is the Co-Founder and CEO of E23 Retail, a Rome-based media tech company he launched in 2023 to turn the global airport into the world's most precise marketing environment.
E23's cloud-based platform covers over 10,000 IATA airport terminals worldwide—with data broken down to the individual gate level, refreshed at one-minute granularity, and powered by predictive AI that anticipates traveller behaviours and purchasing intent before they even reach the store. Brands, duty-free operators, and media agencies finally know exactly who is in the terminal, where they are headed, and what they are likely to buy.
Named a PhocusWire Hot 25 Travel Startup for 2026 and selected for Plug and Play's Travel & Hospitality Batch 21 in Silicon Valley, E23 is fast becoming one of the most talked-about names in travel retail intelligence.