Tnooz conducted its first U.S. event last night, #tcamp1, starting at 9:30 p.m. at the PhoCusWright conference in Orlando, and it began a little raucously as big-wigs from #tcamp1 sponsors Amadeus, its sibling TravelTainment, TripCase and Tourabout sat on-stage to review the day’s events, competing with the not-so-hushed voices of hob-nobbing attendees armed with alcoholic beverages.

A section of the crowd — representatives from all over the travel-techosphere — just wasn’t in the mood at first for another panel discussion after sitting through almost three dozen, 12-minute presentations at the Travel Innovation Summit earlier in the day, but Tnooz Editor Kevin May, the low-key, grand-master flash of the evening’s town hall-style event, eventually got the throng’s attention as he meandered throughout the room, microphone in hand.

One of the most-speculated about questions was how many of the day’s innovating presenters — ranging from 10Best Solutions at 9:15 a.m. to Travelport’s Journey Manager around dinner time — would survive to pitch their stuff next year at this time.