Mani Kannappan

CPO at Vogo

Mani Kannappan is Vogo's Chief Product Officer and a seasoned traveler with six years of hands-on experience across luxury, family, and corporate travel. His expertise centers on hotel data and machine learning. He spent three years as Senior VP of Product at Cupid and Nuitée.com, building hotel mapping systems and ML-powered supplier dashboards, and six years as CTO at HUM, scaling a B2B2C platform from the ground up. His travels have taken him deep into Asia — including Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, India, and Dubai — as well as Spain, Morocco, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Istanbul, giving him firsthand knowledge of some of the world's most sought-after destinations. Mani's top travel advice is to build in breathing room: keep the itinerary light and leave plenty of time to explore spontaneously. He's also navigated the added complexity of international pet travel, having brought his pet along on trips to Europe and Africa.